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1L hu. THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1866. gjatiimiil, lupitbtan. ICDBTAOII A CO, PODLlSUERa a T. HANSCOM.

EDITOR. IK1DAT HORN1NO APRIL 18 TIIKCELKIIHATIOX OF THE COL- ORKD PEOPLE. The colored people yesterday celebrated the anniversary of the abolition of slavery tn tho District of Columbia, having postponed the demonstration from last Monday on account of the weather. The day was one of unusual loveliness, and the population specially Interested tn tho event honored the day of their liberation by making it one of general rejoicing. The utmost decorum pre-Tailed, and the procession, made np principally of military, Masonic, Odd Fellow, and other associations, was very creditable In its appearance, and rcceh ed from all sides praise and respect.

Fcnnsjlvaum avenue was crowded with an outpouring of the freed race; bat no disrespect or insult was offered to our Colored alliens. Indeed, their behavior was such as to command universal commendation. The procession was received by Tub Pres ident in mo rnosi coruiai anu inenuiy man-1 I net and he extended to them every cour. lesy within his power. No one was more BTaUSed by the rci pectahrtity and enthujssa of the demonstration than Tut Passat? wouunjj so clearly proves tbe mi change In public KntunentanJ the trot advance of the tored race, thia their pa- rade yesterday in the national capital, the reception and attention tbey received from the highest officer of the Government, and the significant respect everywhere extended to them.

W't doubt if fifteen tbonsand peo-plo of any race could gather to celebrate the day of their deliverance and exhibit so much order, sobriety, and good conduct as the colored citizens did yesterday It is by their own efforts and their own behavior that their position is to be established and their future achieved, and not by the noisy champions who trade politically on their condition and chances. "We could not but contrast the time when, in tho midst of fierce opposition, we contrib uted to herald the passage of the bill abol ishing slavery in this District four years ago by tho salute of tho booming cannon, when rebel hate could scarcely bo concealed, and cursings and muttcrmgs were loud, with the peaceful affair of yesterday, when the emancipated thousands without interruption, discord, or offensive remarks harmoniously distinguished the third anniversary of their freedom tiie infamy. The resolution uitroduced into the House by Mr. Tiiaddecs Stevfxs to furnish ttp Government representatives in foreign countries with copies of Fob sky's newspaper, at the cost of the contingent fund, is a small enormity in comparison of tho other enormities sought to be perpetrated under the same auspices, yet It has had a decided success its lino. Strange to say, the people are more aroused at the pohtk.il petty larceny at tempt, which would cost the country merely the contemptible sum of ten or twenty thou sand dollars annually, than they appear to have been at the passage of the Freedmen's Bureau bill, with all its complications, which without a revolution would have cost them their constitutional liberties 'litis contrast is no proof of a want of due igilunce, nor does the cose stand without a precedent The murder of a slave to procure his blood, to be handed around reeking In a bowl and tasted as a pledge rendered inevitable by the atrocious act of fealty to a conspiracy, at the meeting made memorable by the delivery of the best stump speech of ancient or modern times, was an insignificant deed of slaughter in comparison to the piles of carnage which succeeded the deed in a few weeks afterwards at the foot of the Alps, where the conspirators were badly whipped, and the lieutenant of the gouty obtained a bloody victory.

Yet it was this in-significant murder of a slave that aroused the Republicans of Home. Its atrocity elec trified the people into the conviction that the cause which demanded such sacrifices was infamous, and tho warnings of their chief magistrate, hitherto unheeded, summoned them to a successful defence. The contingent fund of a legislative bod) is peculiarly sacred, became, from its very na ture, its disposal is left mainly to their honor. According to the ruling of the Chair in this case, when the question was well put as to the power of the application of the fund to such a purpose it is ut the absolute disposal, nay, caprice of tho lIoiit uud tho decision would have publicly informed a man of higher principle than MrTiiAUDr-isSTEVEss of the impurity of las proceeding The reason given b) the member in defence Is a forced one, and evidently proves Ins own con-sclousness of attempting un outluy of the con tingent fund for an uniiutiirul purpose He avers that our public servants in foreign coun tries would be thus correctly informed of the proceedings of Congress Ifow 'J he btute- ment is a scandal to the man who utters it, and a Blander on the press of tho country. It is not the proceedings of Congress that tho Infamous resolution hecks to convey correctly to aiiuisiers ami uonsuls uliruad, but the lying commentaries thereon, daily pro mulgated in me Morning Chronicle The proceedings of Congress are more copiously and accurately published Ihb Hmiu- cam; and if correct Information wo tho ob- Ject, as announced by the member, our unuiiicra unu cummin uro already sup plied.

It is not, then, the publication of the proceedings of Congress the concurrent resolution intends, if its object bo as stated by the member from Fennsjlvanh is another and a very detestablo object, and in the selection of an agency to carry out that object, the instincts of Mr. Stevens are admirable Other newspapers the Globe, for instance, as one could better supply the servants of tho Government abroad with full Congressional proceedings, but what editor could fcuually nil hi aiil tolumns with the clamors and the commentaries and the jeal ousies anu me venalities and the other attributes Of TUB EUHlCU or TURClIBOllICLSf These aro the virtues in which Mr Thaddeis Stetews most delights, and in what other political catamite of tho country connected with the press could he find them so wonderfully blended. Of course, among the members of the prcu no smsll modicum of the Inltrmi- ties of our frail nature Is found; although, for the honor of I the great Institution, more private and public rlrtue survives among them than among any other equally numerical body of men In the The rlr-too, however, Is happily and fairly distributed all over the conntrj; but the Infirmities are nearly If not altogether a unit, under thocare of Mr. TiiADDifi Briritts, In Washington. How tenderly he iloals upon his luscious charge, let his concurrent resolution attest; and how religiously he labors to train him In the ways of truth, let the lionest reason given by the member for plundering the contingent (unit of the House suffice.

Go on, Mr. Tuaodixs Stktexs 1 lie sure you call up your concurrent resolution in the House on Monday next, or as soon thereafter as the infamy can be heard, and sec to it, in return, that the Chronicle urges the passage or the "air luic to New York, through a comparatively unsettled region of I'ennsyl-Tanta, to the injury of rhiladelphio, but for the benefit of Iiinti otrners along the proposed route I See that the Chronicle keeps up the fire on the air lint," and Tiunnrxs will push the CArumrir I "Tickle me, and I will tickle you." the game. TIIE Y. COIXECTOIWIII1, YMthr't Ww Yrfc fem.I rontuwd gi unJer the abovexaption, mSuik abra about as many falsehoods In ,0 appoiaunent of Mr.SxTTBK as lfW inw he arUcte- Tiiraww Vra, oppwej Mr, tfxvvn appointment, nj one ef a hoi of disannmntnl inen. who gracefully acquiesced in The Presi dent's fixed purpose after they discovered that they were squarely beaten.

Thercwere no compromises, bargains or arrangements, cither to procure the appointment of Collector, or with reference to the future management of the New York Custom house. The attempt of tho Xew York IFeraldlo influence the Senate against the confirmation nf Mr. SrTnE will prove futile. IJkt vett had better turn his attention to the construction of his new building on the site of IUrxih's Museum, and leave politics to honest men. TIIE CON NPIIt ATOUS.

"We understand that several claimants of the rewards for capturing the conspirators, who aid nothing, and got nothing under the awards announced, aro organizing all the lobby thieves in tho city to change the results arrived hi by tho commissioners. One or two clerks of committees, who are correspondents of Philadelphia and Western news papers, are understood to be employed by a late leading detective of the War Office to do his dirty work on the floor of the House. NENATOIt COHAVtt SPEECH. We call special attention to the very able Bpceeh of benator Cow ay on our outside to-da). PEHSUNAL.

Cmrr Jistick Chasf Is banqueting in Baltimore Gkn. Gordo Granger and Gen Hiram Walbrldge, late candidates for tht Collectorshtp at New Yoik, are In town, good new Wake-' men, Davis, Depew, and several other candidates for th seta office, bare left for New York Gk. Looav has been in the city fur several weeke attending to legal business, but we regret to state that be le la poor llaulan Cleuieucy lu Furor of lite United State. Col i Li Am All sir, of New York, foreigner by birth, who exerted hlmielf noblj In behalf of onr Oorernment during tb rebellion, baa lately bad the fatlifactlon of reieulng his half brother, a young Pole named Michael MATKiDonrr, from exile In Siberia throagb the 1 mini mentality of President Jobxsos and our MlnUter to Kuiila, Qen Cabsici M. Clat.

MAVixDoarr, who wa eomehow Identified with the Pollaa rerolutlon, waa arretted at the ige of sixteen years, and exiled to Siberia with three hundred other political prlionere Ilia release at the Imtanoe of our Oorernnient la a elr eumitano without parallel, we bellare, and ai an exceptional eaae la quite significant of the good feeling entertained toward the United States by Buaala. Young MArsmwRrr waa eight monthi In march Ing from Poland to Siberia with hla armed eaoort, but when tb order for his release waa prelected be was brought to St Petersburg by pott In tblrteeu days Ills exile lasted eighteen months On bis arrlral In St Petersburg he was presented with a paci port, girlng him the freedom of all tb Russian dominions, signed by the civil and military GoTer-nor of St Petersburg, wbot titles cceupy fifteen printed lines on a sheet of foolsoap before his sign tart of MATEitDORrrwat made bearer of dispatches by Minister Cur to the State Department, and brings a present of boute hold pictures from the Emperor of the Ilurslaa to Tns Pbisidxit which will be presented Indue form to-day Pen, I'onoll nncl IIaiii'Fh'h Mahazink for May has been received by Hadton teylor, 334 Pennsylvania ar enue The contents are TArled and excellent. Mr. Baldwin, C. of Massachusetts, is not tb loventor of Baldwin's glue This thoold be thoroughly understood Tub May number of tho Galaxy, a new monthly mega tine, published In New York, Is out.

The leading story Is "The ClaverlngJJ by Anthony Trollop, three chapters of which are glren. The gentlemanly barkeeper, Destiny, sajs to mortals "tientlemen, what will you bare In yours? Cholera, rinderpest or trichina Mortals, aa usual, are ready to take something "Who is that foreign lady with the low cut dress? asked Qullp of a bystander at a party tb other evening "That Is Miss Chemise off, a Russian lady," was tb reply, "and aaappropriate name It li Dickers declined a recent invitation to read before Vie lor on the ground that be would not go as a performer where he was not reoelred as a gentleman Charles fa almost equal to self gor eminent. Tup Governor of Maino has appointed Thomas 8 Lang, of Vassalboro, Franklin Mutty, of Bangor, and Charles A Shaw, of Biddeford, Commissioners from that State to the International Exposition at Paris Juoob UfiRAiiAM has decided rclativo to the olalms or Morris Ketchum A Co on the New York and New linen Railroad Company a to tb latter's responsibility for the fraudulent Issue of stock by Robert Schuyler The decision 1 a Judgment fur the defendants against the plain tiff for $100,578 65, with intuest CO, from April 19, 1838, with oosts Pudcu's lost cartoon i called Tho Yunkce Fireman," representing Canada as a ft male figure apply log at tb headquarters of tb fir brigade, where tb President Is seated with a fireman's cap on. The following conversation oocun CawiwAi "They say there's a Ore at Head Centra Ilonae. If tt spreads to my premises" Ftrttnan Joktttoti1 Qusss It only smoke, Miss Walt tUI It busts out." THE, FoetOfllea Dpeu-Mnt route mails.

On Satarday, the 31st Instant, malls wtll leave New York, as follows 1, For Ha? ana and Nassau for South Pacific, Ae for Ireland via Qaeenitownj for Franc, Italy, Bwltsertand, ft via Bros and IIavr and for Great Britain and Continent, (ex, etpt French mall,) via Southampton and Bremen. CorreipoodeDo from this elty should be mailed during tb day, not later than th postal car, which leaves the depot this eveelng. wAsnisoroa ciworrtCB. are roqueeted again to remind correspondents of the ImporUno of putting stamps onr all their letters, and of being sort to have pottagt $tampt. RTnu stamps cannot bo reoelred for postage Letters not properly stamped ar transmitted to tb Dead Letter Office, from which they art re turnednot to tb person to the writer.

A letter containing $1,500 was thus dis posed of within a week. rassoaAU lion. N. Zev1y, Third Assistant Foitmaster General, returned to this city and renewed the duties of his office yesterday. Dr.

C. F. Mac Donald, Chief of the Mny Order Bureau, has left for a few months1 sojourn In Karopo for tb b4t of his health. mraovED mail aaavica. A very large number of persons on that route will gratified to learn that mall lervle on No 3,409 Brookland to Gem Forks! i now extended from that point, by Ebongo and Stannard'a Corners, to Wellrtllle, on tb Erie railroad The Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire railroad will oommeno running to Guilford Station, 37 miles from Alexandria, In a few days, probably nextweekt from that point to Leesburg, 9 miles, stages will ran.

The bridge over Broad Run will first noon-straeted, then that over George Creek) the whole Hi to Leesburg being completed this summer. On route 5,253, Norfolk, Va, to New Berne, (George OIney, contractor,) th serrlee will be discontinued from and after tb 80th Instant, roar orricis At WolfTlll, Frederick county, Md John H. Maogalrt Is appointed postmaster, vie lliram II Mullen, resigned Virginia Offices Reopened Mount Vlca, Buckingham county, Mlis Mollle Spencer, poitmlstress. Willow Spring, Russell county, Miss Jane Fir gat, postmistress ElmmonsTlU, Craig county, John Taylor, postmaster. North Carolina SladesTllle, Ilyd county, Mrs Ellsa Dillon, postmistress Swan Quarter, Ilyd county, William II Pierce, postmaster.

BurasTlIle, Yancey county, Isaiah Bradihaw, postmaster Grassy Creek, Tancey county, Dlokson, postmaster. Marlon, McDowell county, James McCormlek, tjoit master. Fairfield, Hyde county, Janmes J. Swayne, post master Mlddleton. HdeeountT.

Lak Landing, Hyde county, Selby Watson, postmaster. Reedsvllle, Rockingham county, Stephen P. Terry, postmaster Mars Bluff, Marion county, Margaret A. Williams, postmistress And many offices In other Southern States. Th Cattl DImum A communication from the Commissioner of( Ag rlcolture, In answer to a resolution of tb Senate, was receded and ordered to bo printed to day.

It announces the fallacy of lb reports of the breaking out of the disease Id this country, arising from cases of fatal attacks of other diseases, and reports an arerag healthfuloess of th lire stock of the country. It gWes a concise statement, from official reports, of the rise and progress of th present outbreak tn Europe, with an analysis of the mortality reports from Its commencement. It Includes the latest Information, up to March 34, which shows a decrease in th number of attacks under tb operation of th new Cattle Diseases Prevention Act, wlthj weekly increase of the number killed under Its pro-rislons. Th whole number of attacks, It seems, has reached 203,350, of wbleh 120,831 hare died, 28,050 hare recovered, 14,873 arc unaccounted for, and 39,437 hare been killed In the bop of staying the progress of the disease. But while this Is the official statement, It Is understood that this Includes only a portion of tb oases, as oonoealment Is cry where practised, and with success, not only by butchers and others Interested la th cattle move ment, but by th farmers themselves Some esti mates make th total loss In Great Britain as high as 400,000 animals It shows that only fourteen per cent of the attacks In England ar reported as.

recovered, and that the Increase of the disease was constant and regular until tb middle of February, and that since that date It has been gradually decreasing Th Commissioner calls opon Congress as Indeed dd our foreign consuls, whose statements are quoted to pass an additional law authorising tome mode of prompt dealingby the "cordon" and the "pole axe," or Isolation and extirpations, In case of Its accidentally breaking out Cattle DIhui a Penama. Th Secretary of the Treasury has addressed the following circular to the collectors of customs Tasurar Dipabtmbst, April 17,1663, Sib I have received, throurh the State Depart ment, a dispatch from the Consul of the United States at Asplnwell atatlng that a cattle disease along tb Una of tb Panama railroad has mad Its appearance, and a considerable number are dying dally, Th writer does not seem to regard the disease as the rinderpest, but I deem tt Important that great care should be need In regard to all en-' tries of oattle from the vicinities named, without being fully satisfied that tbey are free from die It reel pt a from Customs Tbe receipts from customs during the week end Ing April It were as follows New York, $2,857, 090 OS, Phladeiphla, $193,777 64, total, $3,050, 867 BO. Par ment a of Prlae Honey. By order of the Secretary of the Treasury, all payments of prise money on lists upon which no sums hare yet been paid has been suspended. Pyueuter In tbe Jlegular Army Major A Rueker, brother of General Ruoker.

has been appointed paymaster In tbe regular army. He was formerly paymaster In tbe volunteer service Depository of Public Funds Tbe Ilrst National Bank, located at Helena, Montana Territory, was yesterday designated as a dsposltory of the publlo funds BbivbtMaj Oil Jsrr, C. Davis has been as slgnsd to the command of the Department of Kentucky, to relieve Gen. John Palmer, who has tendered his resignation. The Presidential Serenades.

Tbe dog with the collar on stated yesterday that the persons tendering the serenade to President Johnson were not members of the "Soldiers' and Sailors' Union It Is true the serenade was not given by that organisation as such, but the assertion that tbe serenade was not tendered by loyal soldiers and sailors Is absolutely false A combination of three or four hundred discharged soldiers and sailors does not represent the million of brave loyal men who bore arms during the late war Tbe committee In the late affair was composed of seven gntiemen, nre or wnom are memoers or tue Soldiers' and Sailors' Union, and tbe serenade rs did not represent tbe Soldiers' and Bailors' Union tbey represented the honorably discharged soldiers and tailors holding civil appointments under the Government, and their visit to tb Executive mansion was one of reipeet and gratitude Tbe dog wiin tne couar on sooum not oars so mueu AssASfiiNS or Booth and Tayne and Atzerodt. Arsassixs of cnARACTra Stevens and Forney and Dana. rivjTwjuiTiu aro going up lu Uurojic, TUB NATIONAL UNION CLVIlv, The fellewInV is the list of officers ani platform of principles bf the UkiokNatiokal of Washington, D. Officers of tn irusua ubioh cia. rnrjiinfcXT.

Hon, ALEX W. ItANDAUi, of Wisconsin. TICS rSKSIDEXVI Hon. DANIELS NORTON; of Minnesota, Hon. A.

J. KUYKENDALL, of Illinois. Hon. WM. F.

JOHNSTON, or Pennsylvania. IBCaBTART. SAU'L B. LAUFFER, ef Pennsylvania. VaiASOBBB.

0. E. RFTTENnOUSE, (President National Bank of Commerce, and of tht firm of RltUnhouie, Fowler A Co aXSCCVIVl COMNITTII. ITon, GREEN CLAT SMITH, of Kentucky. Hon.

THOMAS N. BTILWELL, of Indiana. Hon. W. A.

BURLEIOH, ofDacotah PLATFORM Or Tilt RATIONAL t'KIOH CLVS. 1. Riolvtd, That ar tow, as heretofore, ardently attached to lb Union of th States nnder the Constitution of tb United StaUsf that deny tb right of any State to recede, and hold that all attempts at secession are null and void that all the States ar bow 8tates of this Union, as before the rebellion, and deny th power of the General Government, tinder the Constitution, to exclude a Stat from-th Union or to govern It as a Territory, 3. JUotvid, That our confidence In tb ability, integrity, patriotism, and statesmanship of President Joassof Is undiminished, and we cordially approve th general policy of hla administration. 3.

RitoivtJ, That we endorse th resolution of Congress of July, 1801, declaring lb object of th war on our part to be th defence and maintenance of th supremacy of the Constitution and th preservation of the Union, with th dignity, equality, and rights of th several States unimpaired. That, In'the language of th Chicago platform of 1800, and as quoted by th 1st President Liscots In his first Inaugural address, "Th maintenance Inviolate of the rights of States, and especially of the rights of each Stat to order and control Its own domestic Institutions according to Its own Judgment exclusively, subject only to th Constitution or the United States, Is essential to that balance or power on which th perfection and endurance of onr political fabric depends United States ts referred to the several States the li.l Ci.l.. I. in Ik. fll.t..

iV.l right to prescribe the qualifications or electors thereloj and that It would be subversive of tbe prloetplcs of our Government for Congress to force universal suffrage upon any portion of the country In opposition to the known wishes of tbe cltlsens thereof. 6. JUolv4J, "That this Union must be and remain one and Indivisible forever," that tbe war for Us preservation having been brought to a triumphant close, and th supremacy of tb Constitution vindicated, the rights of the States under the Constitution are to be maintained inviolate, and that loyal cltlxeni within the States and dis tricts lately overrun by rebellion are entitled to all the rights guaranteed to them by the Constitution. T. Ketolvtd, That all tbe States or the Union are entlUed by tbe Constitution or the United States toarepresentatloa la the councils of the nation, and that all loyal members duly elected and returned, having tbe requisite qualifications as prescribed by law, should be admitted to their seats la Congress without unnecessary dslay by their respectl re Houses, each Hour being tbe judge of tbe election returns, and qualifications of Its own members.

8 JUtoivtd, That treason Is a crime which should be punished, and that we, are opposed to compromising with traitors by bartering "universal amnesty" for "universal suffrage," 9. ikUwreW, That the payment of tbe national debt Is a sacred obligation, never to be repudiated i and that no debt or obligation Incurred In any manner whatever in aid of treason or rebellion should ever be assumed or paid 10 Resolvd, That we cordially endorse the restoration policy of President Jonssox as wise, pat riotic, constitutional, and In harmony with tbe loyal sentiment and purpose or the people in th suppression of the rebellionj with the platform upon which be was elected, with the declared policy of tb late President Lircolm, the notion of Congress, and the pledges given during tbe war. 11. itWttvi, That the nation oweaalasUngdebt of gratitude to the soldiers and Bailors of th late war for tbe suppression of the rebellion, and that the families of tbe fallen heroes who died that the country might lire, ar th wards of tbe people, and should he cared for by tbe Government DAtvrmoitK. WajbiuTii, April 19, 1S5S.

Tu lh4 Editor tf ti Xttftoiuil Rtptbllennt I sec In the ChronicU of to day several columns or prose and nine very affecting stan-aas or pobtbt, by W. Foasar," eon-cernlng the attack on tbe Massachusetts troops by a mob tn Baltimore fir years ago to-day, I say Massachusetts troops, for I bat yet to learn that there were any Pennsylvania troops killed In that fight, although they have the precedence In the roav (The Pennsylvania soldiers distinguished themselves nobly during tbe rebellion when they bad an opportunity.) With the prose I have nothing to do, Inasmuch as It is quoted from another paper, and Is therefore, as a matter or course, superior to the ChronicU standard But I hare ventured to suggest what this poet ought to have writ-ten; this military poet this "son or song" who In nine verses can only find four words to rhyme with "Baltimore''' before," "o'er," "sore," and "shore." I have ventured this too, at the risk of being called a "copperhead" by tbe poet, who was a colonel tn peace and an eminent cltlten In war, although I happened to have been one of the "Massachusetts men of Baltimore," and although I had the hi nor to bo a soldier In the Sixth Corps to the end Uave you ever sees such rhymes as tfaeie 1 Have you ever met each eluu "before Pause Copperheads panee.if you pleas I'm obliged to rhyme to "Baltimore Five years ago tfaUbleiied day, Thoie "me a from the Bay State's rugf ed "ehore Were mirihlng apace thetrwar like way, And were met by a mob la Baltimore It matter not It at a coloael' thee, A I'd beea eo wear yeire "before," I qnlelly dipped toy peaceful pen, And wrote up their BuM lu Baltimore Far what to me le tb ballet of lead, Or what to me le tbe soldier sore I shoot bliok cartridge, and dig up tbe detd Who fell la the itreete of "Baltimore I i lie for "my paper" a "radical" iheet Which I sold to tbe eoldlere, buw often before, For ten cente a copy Ob, patriot aweet, Buy an extra eopy for" BiUlmorc Believe It not 'tie a "Copperhead" He, That wltbtn tbe lines of tbe Bay State's ibore" There a abaft of marble which telle to the eye The tale of that light lu "Baltimore That the shart wee raised In iaicrlptlons made By tb Union mea of Maryland's shore," la sorrow aad as a tribute paid Tothelaskee dead la "Baltimore Bat dig up tbe dead! slog a "radleal" eong 1 And howl, as we Invited ealUtmente "before" Of oer neighbors' sone, with their muskets along. In the war which followed Baltimore "YilESK." It lea well known fact that the authorities of the city of Baltimore made a very liberal appropriation to the heirioflheHaiNact.aeetteu.eB who felllBtb Billl more riot, and contributed liberally towarde a uoua meat erected to th memory of the dead Gorvmuieut frauds Returns were yesterday reoelred from the land office at Omaha, showing that during th month of March last 8,07. acres were taken up for actual settlement under the homestead law, In the lame month at Brownsville, Nebraska, tcerly 1,600 were entered for actual settlement under the game law, Tab Ibtbbbal Rbvbbui reoflpti yesterdsy amounted to $003,881.02, CONGRESSIONAL REPORTS. xxxixtii conoriEst-nutT sbiiioh Tauastar.

April 19. 1806. SENATE. axrtijuTion Mr. UcDontall roe and said: A few davs sloes ha bad mad soma remarks in this Chamber which friends had afterwards told him were out of the bounds or deoonim, and that It was due to hlmseir and to th Senate that he should make an acknowN dgment of the wrong had don.

After such advice, I ttow ask to proclaim my sorrow, now ex Eesa my profound regret, how ask pardon of tht naU, and do ask It, for th remarks that dropped from mo on that occasion. It Is do to myvelf, and also dn to my colleague from California, Mr. Cod ess, to ask bis pardon. That day th sua went down oa my wrath, bat the nut day before he roe high la tb eastern horlson penitence did come, and thee ar penitential remarks. Tb Hone amendments to the bill to Issue American registers to eerUln British built vessels were agreed to.

rnntriNti. Ur. Anlbmiv. from tb Oammltta on rrintlnr. reported without amendment the resolution to print six thousand copies of the eulogies delivered on the late Senator Foot, and also the funeral sermon of the Ker.

Dr. Buoderlandt whten was pasted. call roa isro a nation. Mr Sherman offered a resolution requesting the President tonommunleat to the Senate any official reports or Information wbleh he may have In his possession, relative to the southern ptoplej which was aaopiaa. Mr.

fiuwart offered a resolution rcdsestlnc the Commtttc on Indian Affairs to inquire Into the expediency of transferring th Bureau of Indian Affairs from the Department of the Interior to the Department oi nar. Aaoptea. COLORADO Mr. Wilson moved ts take an the motion to re consider tb vote by wbleh the Territory of Colorado was dsnled admission, Mr. Sumner hoLed tb motion would Dot he taken np There war a great many Senators ab sent.

This was not a proper day to take up such a motion. Tb streets ar now allv with a happy people, celebrating th anniversary or their rights) and be protested against Insulting the Intelligence of the age by recognising A community which comes hero with a constitution In violation of the fundamental principles of the Declaration of Independence lie had been told there were only ninety colored persons In Colorado It mattered not If there was only one If the Senate Intended to past this bill ho protested against consummating such a wrong on this deysacred to human rights and equality. ur. mison saa ms eoiuegue iur Bumnerj naa union on me proclamation oi tne rrcsiaeni, ana tn that act there was no provision against any distinction being made on aocount of race or color) and It was not fair after Inviting those people to form a constitution to refuse them admission because It did not conform to our views, lie Mr. W.I would not consent hereafter to pass any: enabling acts which would allow th people of tb Territories to exclude any cltlsen from political equality but bo each condition had been Imposed In tbe present Instance.

Mr. Lane, of Indiana, hoped the motion would be taken np He had as much sympathy for the people who were celebrating their emancipation today as aav Senator her, and be wished them all joy end happiness, but beoaus of this celebration, be did not see any reason why public business should ne fuspenaea. ueny senators nere were anxious to participate la the celebration, he bad no doubt they could obtain leav of absence The Senator from Massachusetts (Mr Sumner) bad voted for tbe admission of Nevada, whose constitution contained tbe same restrictions as were now complained or In Colorado. He thought tbe true policy was to wel-oome thee territories, and believing that the State government of Colorado was aa true and loyal as any tn ine country, no aaouia vote to aamit nr. Grimes alluded to the statements or Profes- sor Whitney and Ut.

Ured, which bad beea read by Mr. Wilson In the oourse or bis remarks, and said that he did not know that their opinions should hare any weight with the Senate, ae they were both personally Interested. In regard, to tbe enabling act. It ceased to be binding on Congress on tbe re fusal or neglect or the people for whom It wu Intended to take advantage of It. The Senator from Massachusetts Mr.

Wilson bad expressed bis willingness to vol to admit a State which perpetually excludes colored people from all participation tn the rights of cltlsenship lie Mr, could not be guilty oi inch an Inconsistency as to vote for the admission or a Territory under such circumstances and then Insist open Virginia and other routhern States conferrinc universal euffretr. Aral a. as to tbe question of population. If th statements of Tom, Dick and Harry were to be taken, be weald aire aa account which he bad fromaicenUemanJost from Montana, that sis thousand of tbe people of Colorado had Immigrated to that Territory this winter. HASBAS COBPVS.

Mr. Sumner rose to address the Senate, but bad not proceeded to any length when the morning hour expired, and the Chair announced that the special order, tbe bill to amend tbe act relating to tne MA40M cvrpui, was neiore tne penaie Mr. Fomcroy moved to postpone the special order and proceed with th subject nnder discussion. Considerable discussion her ensued. Mr Trumbull said that th ncmls ol this bill were dolog all tbey could to keep this bill from coming before the Senate, and were unwilling that It should have a fair hearing Tbey were pursuing a oours which they had no right to pursue.

Mr. Grimes said th Senator from Illinois Mr. Trumbull bad gotten Into tbe habit ef assuming a dictatorial and superior air and assuming to lecture and direct the Senate what It should do He would tell that Senator that he for one was heartily tired of such assumptions, and he would be glad if be would discontinue them So far as tbe remark, that the enemies of this bill were acting unfairly, applied to him, It was untrue Mr Sumner aald be, too, bad his ground of com plaint against tbe Senator from Illinois That Senator had stated that be (Mr. had said what he did not lay, and bad thereupon proceeded to accuse him or inconsistency. Mr Trumbull said he regretted very much having fallen nnder the censure of the Senator from Iowa, lie bad no wish to lecture any one, and should he desire so to do he would take lesions from the Senator from Iowa.

He disclaimed any Intention of reflecting opon tbe motives of either the Senator from Iowa or the Senator from Massachusetts Mr. Yates said that be waa la favor of taking np tbe resolution to-day for tbe very reason slated by tbe Senator from Massachusetts Mr. Sumner that so many happy people were now on tbe streets and It was aa opportune moment to add another star to our constellation Some further discussion eosued when tbe motion was taken up, and, by common consent, tbe further consideration of the subject wag postponed until Friday next. The bill to amend tbe act relating to the haimt corpui was then taken up, tbe question being on tbe amendment of Mr. Edmunds.

On motion of Mr Conness, the Senate then ad journed, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Morris, of New York, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported back a bill to regulate the terms of the United States courts In the eastern dlstrlotof New York, and for other purposeij whloh was read a third time and passed. Mr Boyer, of Pennsylvania, Introduced tbe fol lowing, which was read and referred to the Committee on Printing RetoUwd, That there be printed for the use of the members of tbe House of Representatives, for distribution, fifty thousand copies or tbe testimony of the Hon Alexander U. Stephens before the committee on reconstruction. Mr Lynch, of Maine, Introduced a joint resolution authorising the appointment of examiners to examine a site for a frh water balln for th Ironclad vessels of tb United States jiavyj whloh was read twloe and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Also, a bill to provide military Instruction In agricultural colleges established under the act of July 2, 1862, which wu read twice and referred to tbe Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. Whaley, of West Virginia, rose to a personal explanation tn referenoe to some allusions whloh be had made to one of the newspaper reporters, (Mr Boynton, of the Clnolnnatt Gaxtttt He sent to the Clerk's desk to bo read a note from that sen- tieman disavowing any share In the authorship of tne paragrapa in toe uasttu to wnioa Air. tvnaiey bad taken execution. Mr.

Whaley staled that, la view of what had passed, he considered the reading of the letter an act of simple Justice to tho reporter Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported a bill making ap propr tat Ions to supply deficiencies In tbe appropriation for tbe public printing for tbe year ending Jan SO, 1866; which was ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee of the Whole on tbe state or tbe Union The rerular order or business belnc called for. Tbe Houm teok up tbe no finished business of toe morning Hour or yesterday, namely, tne diu to Increase tbe salary tfil Commissioner of Pensions, and also the salary vt bis ehlel clerk. A brief discussion ensued, after which tbe bill was read a third time, and passed yeas 60, nays 61, Van IT Am WktJ, V.lr Imhi ItiA pAmmtL tee on Roads and, Canals, reported a bill to construct a ship canal around tbe Falls of Niagara, and asked Its immediate consideration, lie toes addressed the House In support of, tb bill, urging the vast Importance or this measure te promote tbe Interests or New York and th great Northwest Mr. Moulton, of Illinois, said met tots subject wu one oi vital interest to tne people or ms state If the canal was not constructed th West would hare to leek an outlet through Canada.

Mr. Spalding, of Ohio, adverted to the fact that this measure bad been very rully dlicursedIn tb TMrtY.EIrt.th Conrreis. and after passing the House naa laiiea in oonai. uiigwatu; Cleveland. Ohio sent last year to theEart.

AfW iflmi farther discussion, the runner con (deration ef tbe bill was postponed until Tan day next. Mr, Smith, of Kentucky, from the Committee on Military Affaire, reported a bin to provide tot the national defence and to establish a uniform mtlltla system throughout the United States) which wu ordered to printea ana recommitted. At this tvolnt In th nroeeedlnffs th muslo of the procession or colored people, then passing round tbe Capitol, became beard in the Hall, and eo large a number or members suddenly absented themselves to leave no quorum upon tbe floor) there- nivtn. Mr. An eon of Pennsylvania, said that Inasmuch aa to many or tne members on tne ojner siae oi tn Hous seemed anxious to attend the emancipation celebration to-day, be would more that tbe House do now adjourn.

During tbe count of the votes on tbe motion to adjourn, a sufficient number or members to constitute a quorum appeared la their seats; anw the motion wu not sgreed to Tb House than resumed the consideration of the bill to reorganise tbe army, tbe pending question being upon the adoption of the fifth section, oa which tbe previous queitloa was demanded and seconded yesterdsy, previous to tbe adjournment. And the question being pat, the section wu ine section, in tne araenaea lonn id wmvu finally rested th House, reads follows. Seel. And bl furllur tnaettd, That tbe officers of th thirty-seven reglmeat oi Infantry first provided for In lb foregoing section shall consist of those now commissioned and serving therewith, subject to sach examination tb condition of their being retained In the service Is hereafter nrnvtded for. And In maklnz annolotments to fill i t.i.1.

li tbe original vacancies In the thirty seven regiments thus provided for, and for a period of three years after the pessage of this act, alt tbe first and second lieutenants and two tblrds of the officers In each or the grades above that or oni lieutenant anau selected from among the officers and soldiers of volunteers who bare served In the army of tb United States In tbe late war forth suppression or tb rebellion, and who have been dls tlogulihed for capacity, good conduct, and efficient service, but graduates of the United SUtes Military Academy and enlisted men shall be eligible to appointment as seoond lieutenants In (beee regiments as In tbe new regiments of csvalry, under the provisions of tb 3d section or this act, sod not otherwise, Th Veteran Reserve Corp shall ts officered by appointment from any officers and sol dlers or volunteers, or or the regular army, who have been wounded In tbe line or duty while serving in tb army or tb United Stales In tbe late war, or have boon disabled by disease contracted la such service, and may yet be competent for garrison nr other dutr. to which that corns has hereto fore been assigned. The officers selected to fill original vacancies In the regiments of colored troops shall be taken from among those wbo have served officers of oolored troops In th army of tb U. In th let war. And all appointments of officers In the Veteran Reserve Corps and In regiments of colored troops shall be made on examination, as hereinafter provided, having reference to capacity, good cooduot and efficient service In every case.

Provided, That all officers of the existing Veteran Reserve Corps, except those now actually detailed for duty In tne Freedmen's Bureau, or otherwise actually and necessarily employed, shall, on the passage of this act, be mustered out or service and put upon tb same fooling with other disabled officers not now la tbe service Tbe consideration of the bill wu then continued by sections, tbe 6th, Tib, 8th, fith, 10th, 11th and 12th sections being successively taken up, discussed, amended and agreed to. Then sections, In the amended form In which they were adopted, read follows Sec. 6. And tt furtfur taaeteJ, That tbe appointments to be made from volunteer officers, nnder tbe provisions of this act, shall be distributed, as far sa praetloable.amoogthe States, Territories, and District of Columbia, tn proportion to the number of troops furnished by them, respectively, to tbe service of the United States during tbe late war. Sec.

7. And it fnrthtr tnaeted, That each regiment of Infantry provided for by this act shall have one oolonel, one lieutenant colonel, one major, one adjutant, one regimental quartermaster, one'sergeant major, one quarter mailer sergeant, on commissary sergeant, on hospital steward, two principal musicians, and ten companies, and each company shall have one captain, one first lieutenant, and one second lieutenant, one first sergeant, four sereeants, elebt corporals, two arti ficers, two musicians, one wagoner, and flftj privates and th number of privates may be Increased to one hundred, at the discretion of tbe President, whenever th exigencies of tbe service require such Increase. The adjutant and quartermaster of a regi ment snau eacn do an extra urn lieutenant, appointed for tbelr respective duties Sec 8. Atid but further enacted. That tbe ad jutants and quartermaster of Infantry regiments snau oe mountea oiueersi ana tnat ail regimental adjutants and quartermasters snail be paid, in addition to their other proper allowances first lieutenants and mounted officers, ten dollars per month, aa compensation for their greater ear and responsibility, and officers of the line detailed to act as regimental quartermasters, or as quartermasters of permanent posts, or of commands of not less than two companies, shall, when tbe assignment Is duly reported to and approved by th War Department, receive as extra compensation, while responsible for Government property, ten dollars per month Sec.

9. And be tt furtlur ittactttl, Ibat there shall be one ordnance sergeant and one hospital siewara tor eacn military post, ana toe same num ber of post chaplains as now provided bv lawj and tbe President of the United States Is hereby authorised to appoint for each national cemetery now establlibeu, or that may be established, a superintendent, with rank, pay and emoluments of an ordnanoe sergeant, to Le selected from among those wbo were non commissioned oQLoers of volunteers In the army of the United btates In tbe late war, and who bare served faithfully and been disabled while In the line of their duty. See 10 And be if further enacted, That all en llstments into tbe army shall be hereafter for the term of three years, and that but two field officers shall be appointed to any regiment until six companies of tho regiment shall have been organised, and that but two officers for eaoh company shall be appointed until the mlnlmun number of men has been enlisted, and tbe regiment duly organised) but recruits may at all times be collected at tbe general rendeivous tn addition to the number required to fill to their minimum all the regiments and companies of tho army, provided that such recruits shall not exceed In tbe aggregate throe thousand men. It shall be competent to enlist men for the service who have been wounded In tbe line of tbelr duty while serr-log in the army of the United 8tates, or who have been disabled by dlieaso contracted in such service, provided it shall be found, on medical inspection, that by such wouuds ur disability they aro not on-fitted for effiolenoy In garrison or other light doty; and such men, when enlisted, shall be assigned to service exclusively In tbe regiments of the Veteran lteserve Corps See 11. And be tt further enacted, That the President of the United States Is hereby authorised to employ In the Territories and Indian eoun try a force of Indians, not to exceed one thousand, to act as scouts, and who shsll receive the pay end allowances of cavalry soldiers, and be discharged whenever tbe necenlty for tbelr further employ.

ment is abated, or at the dlsoretlon of the department commander. Sec li And be further enacted, That there shall be one lieutenant general, lire major generals, and tea brigadier generals, wno shall bare the same pay and emoluments and be entitled to tb earn staff officers, tn number and grade, as now provided by law Tbe House then took np tho thirteenth section, and pending the disousslon thereon the further consideration of the bill wu toitponed until to morrow. Mr Ingersol), of Illinois, introduced "a bill to authorise a special tax for the Improvement of the Washington city canal," which was referred to the uommiuee lor toe iiairiot oi voiamsia Also, a blH to Incorporate tbe Washington City Canal Company;" which wu referred to tbe.aame eommltte. Mr Delano, of Ohio, aVed but failed to obtain leave to Introduce tb following Reeotvtd, That th President be requested to furnish the House of Ilepreseotatles with any ad-dltlonal reports or Information which he way have reoelred relative to tbe southern people and the States lately tn rebellion And the llouse then, at 4 30 to adjourned, The first salmon of tho season was taken la the Penobscot laitweek. He weighed about twenty pounds Portland Argue lrA Iterncutll 2 AHDrtKWJOItHiOlf, President of ih United BUI of America.

ToallwhomUlHQVtwnni Ratisfoctorr evidence having; been exhib ited to me that Mowts yok BAtwAcn has been appointed Vice Consul of Oldenburg at Milwaukle, I do hercoy recognize aim as such, and declare him free to exerciso and enjoy such functions, powers and privileges as aro allowed to Vico Consuls by tho law of nations, or by the laws of tha United Stales and existing treaty stipulations between the GoTCrnm6nt of Oldenburg and tho United States.1 In testimony whereof, hare caused theso Letters to be tnado Iatent, and the Seal or tho United StaJca to bo hereunto affixed. Given under i7y at the city of Washington, the eleventh day of April, In tho ear.of our Lord ono l. s.l thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, and of tho Independence of tho United States of America, mo lIClh ANDHBW aWWBON. By the rrcsldent AViixiam 11. Skwabd, decretory of State.

ANDREW JOIISlUfi, President of the United RUtes of America. To alt tsAom tt nuty concern; Satisfactory evidenee having been exhibited to mo that Mown ton BiDMBAcuhaa been appointed Vice Consul of Bavaria at Milwaukic, I do hereby recognize him as such, and declare him free to exerciso and enjoy such functions, powers, and privilege as are allowed to Vice Consuls by tho law of nations, or by the laws of tho United States. In testimony whereof I have caused theso Letters to be inado Patent, and tho seal of tho United States to be hereunto affixed. Given under my band ot the city of Washington this eleventh day of April, in the year of our Lord one thou-sxau sand eight hundred and sixty-six, and of tho Independence of tho United States of America the nlne-ticnth. ANDREW JOHNSON.

By tho President William H. Seward, Secretary of State. lfrViaTJULt NOTTOIX 47-T he (iev Toilet liwyert IUr-BiB's Soir-The wmeaad kaowa for eaavleg aad th toilet, tfo B0 bea.tlfy their compleileJ kld 'u sale, wholesale aad retail, by eeutttts, Peaneylvaula areaue, W1W teeath street, WaehleictOB, C. Ta D. St.

Louts, pre 'J11 CoesregattoBal Charth, corner or I) aad Sixth at THIS EVEMINO Seate free. Th pallle ar lavlted to attend ap 1 47-Wouderful but-Tro! Bldam Item- iBnvoy, th worU-reuowaed Aetrologlit aad Suntaam bulUtleClalrveyBBt, while la a dalrveyaBt state, Je-UaeaUa tbe very features Ih pereoa you ar lo marry, and by th aid of an laitramcat of lateaae power, kaowa ae theFeycbomotrope, gsraBtes produce a perfect aod life like picture or the fata re bo-baud or wife or the appllcaat, with date ef arrle, oecupatloa, leading trait of character, he Tale Is no Imposition, aa teitlmoalale without number can assert. By etatlsg plae of birlb, age, dUpoiUloa, color of eye aad hair, aad eBcloelag fifty eeaU, and stamped cave-lope addreued te yonmlf, you will receive the picture by retara mall, together with deelred laferteatlOB. Address la eeafldeaee, Macau sat beds Bbhikqtov, Bex 7, Weet Trey, H. T.

apaO AsrMectlaar of Ih Hoard of Trod Th regular moafhly meetlsr of tbe Board ef Trad of the Dl.trletof Columbia will be held at the rooms of the Board, eealhweet eoraerof reaBiylvaala avenue aad Sixth atrect, oa Fill DAT BVEHIRO neat, April 30, at 6 o'clock. A full attendance le reqaeeted. pi 9 2t K. 1) ItOHCX, Secretary. StfCok la now selling ot the work of th WaihlBgtoa Gae Light Compaay for TWO JWLLAKS-AND A nAJJ" per oad of twenty Av baihels OEO.

A. HcILBfSHr, J(S dtmyl Engineer. 47- Eight Hours. Worklugmen Attend A rUU LIC S.E1TUTO, under Ibe aueplees or the WOHKiaOMIH'S CONVENTION, will be held at ISLAND HALL, en FBIDAT BYXNINO, A PHIL 90, at 8 o'clock. Tbe following dUtlogulehed gea tlemeaare expected te addreis the meeting Hob.

Bldney Clark, of Kansaa, noratlo V. Xeby, eq H. Clay Prenie, esq Job L. Baghle, esq I Richard and oiler dUtlDgulihed geatle-mea. The ladlee are eepeelally lavlted to attend By order of the Xxecutlve Committee arlOeon A CAVISjChalrn.BB.

4V A Card. Sir Chai. IUrnard, Olewkan- well, London, begs leav to Inform the public of tb United States that be le aboat to Introdnee to their notice a new pea reeeatly made by blm, called th CARBONIZED PEN, being rendered, from lie peculiar eonitruotlon, less liable to corrode Ifaaa th ordinary BleelPea. Vt Barnard feels eoandent II will be uted In preference to even tbat of gold Th point being extremely smooth, Itle peculiarly adaptable toreoghaad nnglased paper With Aroold'e writing Said or red Ink tbe Carbonlied Pea has no equal aplS St aud Celibacy-) Be say of Warning and Instruction for Teung lien Also, Diseases aad Aboies which proetrnt th vital powers, with sore means of relief Bent free of charge sealed letter envelopes. Address Dr.

J.8KILL1W UOUOHTON, Howard Association, Philadelphia, Pa BplT 3m ArtnN-Th Hoard for the Examination ol Breech Loading Arm, of which Qen oral lit acock Is president, Is now la seealoa at No CI Winder's Bnlldlag Arms will be received dally, between tbe boars of 11 a. aad 1 until farther notice Inventors are reqaeeted to eabmtt their arms la person or by agent to tbe recorder of tbe board. vr. OWENS, Capt fith U.S. Car, Brer.

Lieut. Col. B.A, mbta tf Recorder 44-Madam Mounts' Pll 8alT Valuable Remedy for tbat Dleeaee I aleo, a Consumption Destroyer, aad aa Entire Cure for the Bronahltls, Aithmn, lie eta be found at Btott'a Drug Store, opposite National Hotel Oilman's, near Metropolitan not el Ford's, corner of Eleventh and Pennsylvania avennc Eatwlsle's, oernerof Twelfth aad Peeaiylvaala aveaaej Elliott's, corner of 7 aad Twelfth street) Ilarbangh'a, corner of SeveBth aad jail tf 44 I hereby certify that 1 hav ueed Sir a. Hoont'a Balve, Ut what le known ae tb camp lth It had th effect to cure It In a very ehort time Tbls was during In war, la lb year 1983, and I avail myself of Ike Bret opportaaltf to give my test loony la behalf or her valuable salve. This certificate I gtre volualarlly aplS lm CHARLES EDWARDS piANOS AND MELOUKONS.

UBBAT BFMBta or UOOO SECOND-HAND PIANOB, at bargains ranging from $JO to $100, on monthly pay. ment. JOHN P. ELLla, 80S Pennsylvania avenue near feutu Sole depot for CUlCkEUtNU A bOHtt flne Pianos apao-at ALE OT ARMY WAGONS. GiisrQoifcTMASTia'aOrrio, 1 "rum, TTAiaiauTU.

WlsilFflTox, April 19, 1800 Sealed Proposals are lavlted for the purchase of 070 Army Wagons, tn lots of not less Iban twenty Sve These wagoae ar worn, but still serviceable for road aod farming pnrpoaear- Proposale will le received ualll 11 m. WEDNESDAY, May 9 Payuesl (la Uoveramenl rnads) will be re quired upon notification or accept nee of bid, aad prior to the delivery of the Wagom. The right to reject all bide considered too low te reserved These wagons are at Lincoln Depot, about one mil bit of tbe Capitol, aad can be i-sen by applying to Tom peine, the Quartermaster la charge Proposals ehoald be signed with ibe bidder's fall name, aad give hie poet otto address, endorsed "Proposal te purchase Army Wagons, aad addressed to 0, li. RUCKEB, Brev. VaJ, Qen aad Chief Quartermaster, ap2A 171 pepoi of Washington.