Missouri state times (Jefferson City, Mo.), 1868-01-17

              RATES OF ADVERTISING. ,VIRBY& COOPER, Ot iqarf, sot wf. fc Mcfe tdtl. -tonal mit,. t to tftTM inUi 1 I to SB t M Ot .. - tt .. M at .. tt ..1(0 ..mm . 4t W . "M tt . 10 tt ViiMisto and proprietor?, ,1 l 1 I.KSON CITY, MO. do Or-va-orta ctwaaia, Uvm nootta. o to uz i to 4a o colon, Uvr. tts am TEKKS OF STJBSCRIPTIOK: . , ;s?r sr v euana. am i .!. 00 . 1 to JEFFERSON CITY, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1S6S. WHOLE NTOfBER 264. tl Mllimt man t 4llw ta4 Sfty -unuttntor' Mit tan feLUi. ; f.v. per yf,r . v. VOL. 6 NO. 2. ":. 'i A. .' A .-tV' A CSf' rt. 4 f MB "V.; ''El ' f t ;' ft . I - ff - I i. ! tit!. I ,h; I... L I r its .' be: tt. H) - Iii. ., -41 ;. Cr r t - hi.-- I r ,.-r. Un free ,m n ;r.srr.R.i. am-ehm.. N 1 i MORNING SESSION. Friday. January 10. lsOf. , . i hsplain. Hcv. T. It. Hratton. iM".ity-ninc Senators answered to - ' ; . ",-.., Adams. Morse. MarKine ami , a reported sick . '.' : ,1 Ilie Superintendent of l'ulilu-, V' i 1 1 J , the rending of the same -.1 with upon motion. I'M'KK offered a resolution for tlio , i : .1 two additional Senators as inem-. ( . !iiii)iii e on Internal Improvements. , 1 M'l-li remarked that the probabili-;!..,! ry important leiral iiestions ! . tore the eominittee during tlie ses- :i they found themselves without , ; they would sufrppst that two V , ,. ,if al'iiity say Mr. Wn nierand . !.e added to" the same. . , . iiitini was adopted and Mvssrs. ; Kruere were appointed as additional : jln- l ommittee on Internal Improve- ; . 1I M imrodiii-ed a joint resolution : the publieatioii of the laws and . : The !at session. Adopted. i:i I P oflen-il a resolution iiistmetin; our . in! ri'iuestinc oir Hepresentatives, in ... M t:.i.e ntei!res fr the reieal of all ij'tin Tinted Slates lons from t.ixa- ':: t'l aid I l, -iri the i:i-ae of (ln .n. Im-i-ai-.' .i i-ti- e to oor lieai ily taxed . . .i i rilieil uiyeiii demands tlial those 1 t- 1 kii 'W 1 wilt ! Did tii: t,.U were i-siud and delivered to parties ,.,:.ed their money to save the life of the rioter an express rout raet thai they wen . ., taxed. And that if you nou repeal i: :ir. repudiatinc the eotitra. t. -I iiiwrr. 'otii;ress had no eontitii-, t exempt those lM.nd!Vom taxation. oii.titiition and yi'in !' trovern- . imi-t le uniform. And if the law u. r undertakes to exempt any speeie. i. in taxation it tr:ineeiuU itpoer. ( .i!..i as io siien exeinpiioiiv ;ir in .jue-tioii a to exemptiiitr tlmse : ,x -it ! Im'iiiu' iineonstitutiona!. their is dematided as all art f! y .. i rtaxe.l toiling million-. j v intake of the widow and orphan ! !- ulioiraie his life for his country i I . 'he shrewd money dealer lia only i.i- means in I'nited States Iloiids. j . - taxation on his millions, and re- j .ktere-t on those millions in i'o(. .. .Mitaiii inviolate all the provisions of j-. .-ot-nized l the oiistitution. 1 !'. interest on those bonds as they fall r-lance with the terms of tUe contract. in iie taxed at once; justice demands Is of down trodden and oppressed ni'lsit. And allow met" say that .. the bondholders them-eh e de- i .'MI VM moved that the resolution b. omniittee on Federal Hclations v. ' 'I i:Ni:i; said that 1m had doubts as to :.. rv of it reference to that committee. ...ii. liter involving a tinatieial ipiestiou of .- uiagiutii'le. and ought, perhaps, to . .1 .y the t omniittee on Ways and ! ; s'i ! I II said that he would agree with the : i:i st. Louis, in regard to the pro-reference to that committee; that in -I l in arinirs upon the State he regarded : : financial question, while the ipies-constitutionality of such exemption -:r ; r'.v to the Judiciarv. !l'd.l.ANl said that he believed theCoin- V . ..ii 1 ederal Relations to be the proper com-; i t je consideration of the questions in-: i: tin resolution. I P111.H moved to amend i . .. t!ie Committee on the ;. -MUM said he would . !:.. i,t . :: Mr. 11' -LLANO said that : iii,. nd bv referring to the by making its Judiciary, accept of the would now iininittee on .. UelatiollS. I"WNI.KY moved its rcfereti : : r.-i the Lunatic Asvliun. to the '. i 'KIINFR seconded the motion, and be- in committee to be competent to consider nniiie the questions involved in it. lives and nays were taken on Mr. Tovvns-... ::.!!. and it waslot. i . :ion referring to I'oinmittce on ICb ral 's was carried . I'KAL, from the Committee on I'ntini-hed -. otlcred a resolution referring bills be-. .' eominittee back to the several com- '.. which they had been originally refer- ' LM'F.l' otlered a resolution authori-.. Internal Improvement Committee toctn- rk. Adopted. In .VRIM AN offered a resolution referring i ot the Governor's message as related to ini-nial Improvement Land Record, to : s!;,tc. land salt-sand to the surveying ar- The Committee on State Lands, resolution was adopted. . 'KIINFR introduced a hi!! -niieiidin.' IV' ot the (ieneral Statutes in relation to i"ii. . i UM time, fifty eojiies ordered printed, . : ' the -i-cial order for Saturday morning, rv r.Th . at II o'clock . i"VNLFY introduced a bill to amend r -tahlishing a court of common pleas in iutv of Laiayette, and a court of common the counties of Kay, Daviess and Fetlis, j-r-'bate jurisiliction in the last three eoun-.iiii r. p. aling all laws in conflict w ith the ::.! t. :nnd the ('omniittee on the Judiciary. AKTF.RNOON SESSION. vi: 1.1. LIS introduced a bill to amend section hi 47, General Matutes of Missouri, con-schools in cities, towns and villages, i:-j : lir-t and seeoud times, and referred to ' i-tec on Education, and KiO copies priuted. M: . i AVFNDER introduced a bill ainei.ding . . i ;.rf-v iding for thepunishment of any hus-: uLu -hall, without good cause, abandon .-. .! or child, or children, aud fail, neglect : Mm to maintain and provide for them, or ' i-:r of them. ic i 1 twice and referred to Committee on ' nal Jurisprudence. i ;e bill No. l'V. "oneeriiing the collection . -Iiur-eiiient of costs, was read the tirst ii bill No. loi), amending sections i and - : j.ter 4's title It;, revised .Statutes of Mis : . . ueeniing Common Schools, was read : time and referred to Committee on Fduea ii ;- i. ,il No. !i.", amending section .11 of chap i 1 mil ral Statutes of fissouri, concerning t ic- h'lidiiig court in Kay county, was read :.! tiiw nd rf fr-rred to Committee on the J- i. -.arv. liciis. . in uncut resolution No. 2!i, appro , '-c : 1.. th.- National Lincoln Monti-i.c it A-. i i iti'.n. vva- read the tlrst time. Mr. UFl:i mtr ..bleed a bill entitled an act .iim.n, , hi,,t. r ii of the Constitution of the t ile ., M ii. o'-r.i.M.u introduced a trill proposing .i. .iiK ijiiineii! to tin .,!i-titutiou in relation to the government ot niimirinulities. i !n- J'l.i ;.t..ij.i- that the General As-einl.lv --. .ii no law granting, amending, repealing , ii .iny wav changing any municipal charter, -c.i.i i cenerai taw designate the powers "'' and right which mav be exercised bv i t.-.- ini' pal corporation. i t 'in- ui st time. 1 :. Pre-idcnt announced the following select i..;,.,-,-ci . io whom should be referred the ui ..f Thomas Allen, in reference to the " 1. :!- and Iron .Mountain railroad: Messrs Tiv-r. Graham. Elliv, Evans and Fisher. !r. UKl KUE introduced the following concur '" .e-;ution : nihE.vs. I'nder section 10 of an a.-t toineor--"- the l'acitic railroad, approved March 12th, ;:i- Legislature may at any time require a - j' t:a iit from the l'acitic railroad company as to iai ! mi of business and the receipts or the .ii:-. : n- I uhtreat, under the same section f -and accounts of said company may at -i ' .ih- investigated by a committee appoin- ' Genrral Assemblv; therefore be it . '. tfa ate tht Houtf of .'tprtrentatirtt tuernn, that the kuU l'acitic railroad it-y i- h.-rebv required to tran-mit to thi '" it:i' Asseiubit , a full statement as to the - ,,t I. ii-ines and the receipts and expen - : -u: ! coinpaey. since the last annual report y -aj.i coiiipanv to its stockholders, and ' ' "iiunittee of live to consist of two mem in '.in- i-iiite and three from the House - . ;i.-- d to inve-tigate the books and ac : - : -aid eoinjiany, and report as soon as ; - u '.v and he it lurther That a copy of this resolution be " i to the President of said company. ''.I LItE aodressed the Senate in a state- iieuiii-tances which fceemed to ne-'' adoption of such a resolution. One - iiiiporti'iit questions before the Gen-- miily was the question how the State ! . j,!.,r, e it- claims against the Facitie rail- j: "inpmiv. Erom an examination of the ; -r-iJtin.-tu the road, he was satisfied that :;- -it.-agi- s,nld only be closed by a tale of the ".x liiotiths "advertising, or that the J'- - ,'iai;ij eiiiihl be -old to thin or any other : . : ! -n whatever course the Legislature ' t ; 1 c.r-nc it w as of course necessary to have " ' '. "... !ge of the value and Income of the IMLlLs? -aid that he was heartily in a loption of the resolution. "-" 'f l that the darkest subject for the ; i .:ioii of the General Assembly wat tiiin ' ' '!n- liiianeial condition of the l'acitic !- lb- wanted a statement of its receiDts ;.. i !. litures for some time past, and there h'i excuse for the management not -sk. - ' ' !. a statement for tlie information oi 'ral Assembly, ir the affairs of the com-Let KWi honestly conducted there could be no obie tion to the produetion ofsudi nn exhibit. If the" affairs of the road had been dishonesttT inanaced and the State defrauded in its interests in the same, such a statement and investigation were all the more neeessarv. Mr. KINO said, that while he could have no particular objection to the resolution, yet lie thought that it did not po far eiioiiL'h. Tlie committee ouc;ht to investigate overytiiiiiR eonncted with the road, with a view of Affordinpr ua some information a to how much the road ii worth, so that if we are called upon to sell it . which I have no doubt we will, we want to know what is the greatest amount we can sret for it, so that we way put it in the bill for the State vihatisthe least amount it shall be sold for. Oeiit!enu-n ought not to be in a hurry about o important a matter. Mr. WOKRXFU moved to refer then-solution to the Committee on Internal Improvements, in order to fhve Senator Kinir lime to introduce bis amendments. Mr. BOMIAM moved that the resolution layover.Mr. SHKI.ToX moved to suspend the rules for a third reading of tlie resolution, on which in lion, isenutor Holland called for the ayes and noes, all the Senators voting- in the aitirmative but Messrs. itoiih iin. King, Williams and War-ner.The resolution was th.Ml adopted. Senators Itonham and King voting in the negative. Mr. WtKKNKIS. in behalf ofthe Cotnmittee mi Judiciary, nported for the passage of an act amendatory of the law concerning public administrator.Keport was adopted and bill passed. Mr. WtKKNKK, of the Commit! n Judiciary, reported for passage of House bill amending the act regulating provedings in the circuit court in St. Louis, so that defaults may hereafter be taken iii any ol the court rooms of -aul conn. The report was adopted am! bl!' pa-ed. Hous bill No. T, iiuthoriziii" the Att.viiej General in behalf of the State of Missouri to institute and prosecute all suits and other proceedings at law and in eipiity requisite or necessary to protect the rights and interest- of the Stale ami to enforce any and all rights, interests ur claims of the Mate against any and all peroiis. bodies, polit ic or corporate, w a- read the tii st t line. Mr. IT. I l tiered a resolution t. adjourn till l'l A. M. Monday. January l".th. -t -iting at the same time that the House dad adopted a similar resolution in honor ot tije aimiv er-arv ol the uiaiii ipat ion ordinahee. Mr. VK1NKK hoped that tin- resolution would not pass; if we adiourncd upon the anniversary of every import am i-i cut , vvc would soon have no day to work on 1 here was important and pressing liisne-s vv Inch on :M ; t.,- di-i-i of. The rc-olutioii vva- carried by a Vote of I 1'!, and the "senate adiourncd accordinglv. ed to ii ii i: ak minim; si ION. FlMI' V V , pursuant January 1". lsi.s. to adjournment . at I he 10 o'cl, II. Ills.- ck. A. Jll.-I V. Speaker H ARLAN" in the Frayer otlcred bv the Rev The minutes of the pre I'hair. . Mr. citing V hitaki lllectilic r. vv. read and approved. Mr. WHITE, of l ole. presented the credentials of the meiiilicr elect from Platte county. Mr. Doniphan, who came forward and was sworn in. Mr. McFARLANF.membci elect from Pemiscot county, also came forward, presented his credentials and was sworn in. (n motion or Mr. FINKFLMU KG. f m Louis, the vote by which the House referred that part of the Governor message which relates to lihancc to the Joint Committee on Finance was reconsidered An amendment was ..tiered bv Mr. ITMv'FLN-151'RG to the resolution and "adopted, striking out all after the vv or.! -... i'.-. " and inserting, "that so much of the ,oeritor's in. -age as relates to linan. e be referred to a select committee of three, with instructions to investigate whether the act approved March 1J. lviT. has been executed, and to inquire into the necessity orpropri ety of further legislation tlie subject of State indebtedness.' The resolution, so amended, was adopted, and the following gentlemen were appoint.-.! on the committee: Messrs. Fiiikelnhurg. Mullins of Linn, and Doniphan. Mr. LAFGHLIN". of Saline, presented various claims of certain militia eompauies; Which was referred b the Committee on Militia. Mr KFHL. of Warr. ii, presented a petition from the grand jury of that r ..nntv. asking for increase of jurors' fees. Referred to otnniittee .n Judiciary . Mr. KFHL nl-o presented a petition from the grand jury of Warren cotiutv , asking in; iv i-r of pay to county justice-. Referred to Committee on Judiciarv. Mr. ' iRRICK. of t . Charles, ottered a resolution referring that part of the doveriior's message which recommends the allowance of additional clerks to the Register "I Lands to 'omniittee on .swamp Land-, w ith iu-tnictioiis t examine. Without ,1. l-iy 1 1. I n. I l-nnl'i .,ii,l r,, 'i,r,li in the Register's otliee. and ton-port -ueh a bill as. in their opinion, the necessities of the ca-c require. Adopted. Mr. RET., of li.it.-. otbred the ! .Mowing re-olution : WHf.RF.ts. It ha- ben alleged l v many respectable and trustworthy citizens of tin- ..n of Trillion, in Callaway county, that the general management of the Lunatic Asylum of the Mate has been and i such a to be seriously injurious, loth to the institution and its inmates,- that the funds are being improvidciitly squandered. that corruption is manifest on the part of some of the present managers, and that tin- present superintendent, taking advantage ot hi- official position, has assumed and exerci.ed power to the detriment of the institution; therefore, be it Hfti-irtJ. That tlie committee on said institution be instructed to examine into the charge preferred, and, for such purpose, to send lor persons and papers, and that the committee report the result of their investigation at as early a dav as possible. Mr. WHITE, of Cole, offered an amendment as a substitute, striking out ai! after the word "rtt'Avfd"' and inserting, "That the Committee on the State Lunatic Asylum be instructed to inquire into the general management of the said Asylum from the opening ol that institution to the present time, and that said committee be empowered to visit the Asylum and send for persons and papers. Mr. UYLAND. of Lafayette, off. red an amendment, striking out tin- words "the Committee on the State Lunatic A-yliim," and inserting "a special committee of live persons ' ' Mr. WHITE accepted the aineiiilinent The amendment, so amended was agreed to. Mr. McGlNNIS. of t. Louis, offered :.n amendment to the resolution, directing the committee to inquire into the general treatment of the patients; Which wa- agreed to. The resolution, so amend'-. I. was adopted. Messrs. Retz. Waters, M-.tik-. Column and Kuhl were appointed on th.- committee. Messrs. Monks and Colman were excused at their own request from serving. Mr. BLKCH. of Ja-per. was apt iiit.-il on the committee. OKR1CK. of St. Charles, i. tiered a resolution appointing a special committee of nine, whose duty it shall be to take into consideration the school laws and to carefully examine tlx-same, and, from time to time, report such amendments as may be deemed proper and expedient , said committee, a- far as practicable, shall act in conjunction with the standing omniittee ..:i Education.Mr. KYLAND. of Lafayette, otbred an amendment striking out the words "from tune to time" and inserting, "during the present session, and to embody all the law - iieee-.-.iry ill one act.'' The amendment was accepted by Mr Orri.-k. Mr. WATERS, of Kay . offered an amendment that the present standing Committee on Education be released from lurther duty and a new committee appointed in its place. Mr. ORRICK. of St. Charles, offered an amendment to the amendment that the members of the standing 'omniittee on Education, w ho have failed to attehd, be requested to resign. On motion of Mr. REAL, of Knox, tin-re-o lution, with the amendments thereto, vv a- laid on the table. Mr. COLMAN. of M. Louis, gave notice that he would on to-nmrrow . or mi -onie future dav. offer a resolution adding live iin uibers to tin-Committee on Education. Mr. J AOL'FITI , of Iron, otbred a resolution referring the part of the Covernor's ines-ago relating to setting a apart lands for an Agricultural College to the Committee on Agriculture, with instruction-' to report bv bill r otherwise. Adopted. Mr. KIRCH, of N-otlaii.l. off', red a resolution requesting the Committee : Justices of the Feace to ascertain if any I, i-iaUon is necessary in regard to tlie matters referred to in chapters 10" and Ins General Matutcs of Missouri in rela tion to the commencement of suits, Ac...m. I if they shall so find they shall prepare a bill for tin-action of the House. Adopted. Mr. SCOTT, of New Madrid, offered the fol lowing joiut resolution : WHEKKAS. Ill the opinion ot this lioii-i-.the lest interests of the countrv require the iinniedi- att and unconditional repeal of ihe law imposing a tax on cotton: and irhna, in the bother opin ion of this House, the repeal ol this taw would hot only lie an act of eminent justice to the outh. but would tend, toa greater or less extent . to fraternize, conciliate and re-tore lor to the Fnioii. and to her former agricultural and commercial great ness and social equality : tln-retore IttHArtH. That our "senators in oiigr.-s. ue in structed, and our Representatives requested, to use their best exertions to have uu law at once and unconditionally repealed. L'ttolad. That his excellency, the Governor. be requested, at his earliest convenience, to furnish each of our Senators and Represcntativei in Congress with a copy of these resolutions. Read a tirst and second time, ami lelerrci to the Committee cm Federal Relations. Mr. McELHIN'N'EY. of St. Louis, introduced a bill to repeal an act entitled of Homesteads," chapters!. "an act of estates General Statutes ! 1 of Missouri. Read a tirst time. Mr. MXTLLLNS, of Linn, introduced a bill ex tending the powers of the circuit courts, and pro- iding that any attorney not interested in any suit may he requested and authorized to act as juhre. : Read a tirst aud se.-oud time and appropriately referred. Mr. ZEYELY, of Osage, introduced a bill requiring the KUiH-rvisors and officers of registration to give bonds in the Mini of $5,000, to be approved by the county court. It also provides that all votes of boards of registration touching the rights of person to be registered, shall be ri'iu i-ntv. and the vote of each member shall be recorded bv the Herk ; that a correct abstract of such Totet," signed by the cierk and certified by a ma-ioritv of the me'mbers of the board, shall be tiled in the office of the county clerk ; that in case the bond of any officer or supervisor of registration Is disapproved by the county court, the county oourt shall till such vacancy, and in case any vacancy shall continue to exist in any district the totes may be registen"d iu the adjoining district, where tlie names shall be noted upon the margin, and it shall be shown where they are entitled to vole, in order that correct voting lists may be made out. (supervisors and officers of registration shall be subject to a tine of not less than one hundred nor more than live thousand dollars for any violation of the provisions of the bill. The time of the sitting of the Board of Appeals is extended. It shall Ik- the duty of the county courts in districts where no registration is made by the supcrviiors and officers elected according to this law. to cause sueh to be made in accordance with its jKtwerto till vacancies. Read a first time. Mr. HARPER, of Putnam, introduced a bill amending the act to provide for the payment of the intiyest on the State debt, and providing for the lew and collection of a tax of oue-fourth of one per cent, on the assessed value of ail the real and other property subject to taxation throughout the State, the same to lie applied to the payment of the interest on the State debt. I Ki ad a tirst and second time, and n,f'T:.u o tlii1) .vrleet Oo.'-uiiit.':-s on KiuaUsS.-, t.v .stiu of- (Messrs. r inkelnbtirg, Mullins. of Linn, and Doniphan. I Mr. GRIFFIN, of Chariton, introduced a bill I to quiet tlie titles in the military bounty land dis- tri. ts. I Read a tirst and second time and appropriately 1 referred. ! Mr. Si HN EIDER. ..r Perry, introduced a bill j in relation to the ad of estates of homesteads. I Chap. General Statutes Missouri. Read a tifst and second time. 1 Adjoiir I until o'clock I-. U. AFTKl.NOON SF.SK. i Hol-e lint at I'll clock r. M . Mr. liRIFMN. "f Chariton, introduced a bill repealing sections 1,. 14. l.". li, 17 and is of title chapter-!. Revised Statutes of Missouri, relating to county l.onrds of equalization. R. ad twice' and referred. Mr. KIRCH, of Scotland, introduced a bill amendatory of and supplementary to chapter Ki t iieiieral Matutcs of Missouri, concerning forms of civil actions and the parties then-to. The bill provides that an unmarried woman may prosecute as plaintiff' an action for damages for her own seduction, and that a father may prosecute, or when he is dead, or unable for other causes to do so. the mother or the guardian may prosecute for the seduction of a daughter or ward, although she may not be residing with them at the time. The damages recovered shall issue to the bclietit of the daughter. Read tw ice and referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence. Mr. KFHL. of Warren . introduced a bill authorizing county courts to appoint additional Justices of the Feace where the incumbents are found incompetent or vvhero they reside at distances too remote from the most populous towns of the county. Read twice and referred. Mr. WYATT. of Atchison, introduced a bill to encourage the growth of timber, providing hat every person who shall successfully plant one acre of prairie land with forest timber, and shall maintain the same for three years..shall receive annually two dollars per acre for twenty years, commencing after the third year after planting ; provided that the trees shall be kept in a thriving condition for that length of time. Read twice and referred. Mr. KKOWN. of Davie-s. introduced a bill t amend section 10. chapter .'7. General Statutes of Missouri, providing that the board of education shall establish a number of primary school.-, together with a number of high schools and schools for the reception of colored children. Read tw ice and referred. Mi. WIIITTAKER, of St. Clair, introduced a bill to repeal an act to regulate the terms of the county court ot St. Clair county. Read twice and referred. Mr. MITCHELL, of Camden, introduced a bill providing that no per-on shall hold the office of county court justice w ho shall be indebted to tin-county treasurer. Read twice and referred. Mr. ORRICK, of St. Charles, introduced a bill to provide a county teachers institute fund, by collecting one dollar and a half from every person applying for a certificate to teach in any i .'mil . v. tl.o Ohio If the tees so collected do not amount to htty dollars annually. in-i..ii.ui. c shall be paid from the county treasury Read twice and referred. Mr. EAGLE, of Macon, introduced a lull reducing the salaries, fees and per cent, of State and count officers twenty-live per cent. except the Judges of the "Supreme Court and the Gov enior. Read twice and referred to Committee on Re trenchment. Mr. CALDWELL, of Pike in relation to the settlement introduced a bill of the accounts of guardians and curators. Read twice and referred. Mr. Till iMPSON. of Montgomery, introduced a bill to amend section Rl. chapter 7, title :t. General Statutes of Missouri, in relation to the distribution of tin- laws. Read twice and referred. Mr. LAWSON. of Carter, introduced a bill to amend chapter 12, General Statutes of Missouri, in relation to assessors and the assessment of property, approved March Kith. 15J7. and providing that each county assessor shall receive live cents fort-very tract ot land or town lot as-essed. Read twice "and referred. Mr. lluWELL. of Reynolds, introduced a bill to appropriate ?lS.ooo for the payment of enrolling offic ers and examining surgeons who yet remain unpaid. Read twice and referred. Mr. FERRELL. of Phelps, introduced a bill continuing the titles of railroad lands to the purchasers of the same from John C. Fremont, under his title of purchaser of the Southwest Kranch l'acitic Railroad. Read twice and referred to a select committee of live. Mr. WOLKRECHT, of St. Louis, ottered the following resolution, which was adopted: Wiiekeas, The people of the State of Missouri, in Convention assembled, pas-ed on the 11th day of January, liMiTi, the following ordinance: 'That hereafter in this Mate there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except in punishment of crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, and all persons held to service or labor as slaves are hereby declared free." Therefore, be it Iffohid, That iu memory of and in honor to that great event which has made our State free forever, vvc adjourn until 10 o'clock a. m. oh Mom lav next, whenever we do adjourn. M. JEWETT. of M. Louis, introduced a bill authorizing the Attorney General of the .Mate lo institute and prosecute all suits and other proceedings at law and iu equity requisite or neeessarv to protect the rights and interests of the Mate, and to enforce the same against any persons or bodies corporate. In any suits to the appil-late courts no bonds shall be necessary or required to be given. The provisions of the bill are to apply to suits already commenced. Read the lir-t, second and third times and passed. Mr. MFLLlN's, of Linn, introduced a bill to amend section 7, chapter Jt!, General .Statutes of Missouri. in relation to peddb-rs and othif licenses. Read twice anil referred. Mr. WATER, of Ray, introduced a bill to amend an act to incorporate the Lrxiugtou Ferry l oinpanv. Read twice and referred. Mr. STEELE, of Cooper, iiitnxhiccd a bill supplementary to an act establishing a probate court in Coojmt county. Read twice and referred. Mr. POND, of Laclede, introduced a bill to alii'-nd section 77, chapter .'S4, General Statutes of Missouri, in relation to county boundaries. Read twice and referred Mr. Kl'LKLEY. of Ralls, introduced a bill to protect persons ill the possession of property obtained from the military authorities. Read twice and referred. Mr. ZEYELY, of Osage, introduced a bill to amend section !', chapter 4"!, title 17. General Statutes of Missouri. Mr. EPPSTEIN. of ooper. introduced a bill to amend all act to incorporate the city of Koon-ville. Missouri. Read twice ami referred. Mr. JA(1 1 1 11, of Iron, introduced a bill to amend section 7. chapter:'.:, title p.'. i.eneral Statutes. Read twice and referred. Mr. KIRCH, of Scotland, introduced a bill to amend chapter isj, jGcucral Statutes, concerning non-suits, defaults, trials and the revival f -nits before justices of the H-ace. Read twice and referred. Mr. KRANSCOMKE. or St. Louis, introduced a bill directing tin- Fund Commissioner to pay all unpaid coupons which became due prior to January 1. 1"-J1 . belonging to the bonds issued ' or guaranteed by the Mate in aid of railroads. the Hannibal and M. Joseph railroad excejited. Read tw ice and referred to Commute.-on Vavs and Means. Mr. KIRCH, of Scotland, introduced a bill j punishing any person w ho shall seduce an tiiimar-' ried woman of the age of twelve years, by im- prlsonnient for not less than two "nor more than , live years, or by a line of ot less tJian one thou-. sand dollars. i Read twice ami referred to Hie Committee on criminal .iiinsiruiienee. -,lr- ZEYELY, of Osage, introduced a bill to reduce the number of county court justices, with certain exceptions, to one for each county. Kead twice and rererred. Mr. HOSRTLN-jON', of Caldwell, introduced a bill to amend section 35, chapter 121, title 32, ! General 'statutes, concerning the estates ,4 de- sJs-os-i -si i , . . - , O ceased persons. Iteau twice anu reierreu. r 7FVKT.Y. of Osa-re. introduced a bill w reeulate the commissioning of county officers iiVwriVRrriT nf r ThariM intnKlucHi a W.,. Statutes of Missouri, and allowing any person qualified to vote in any election district to vote in anv precinct of the State; provided, he can produce a tnie certificate showing that he was reentered as a legal voter of some election distncl in this State. Read twice aud referred. On motion of Mr. FLNKELNBI RG, fcenatc joiut resolution was taken up and passed, requiring the Pacific Kailroad Company to transmit w the General Assembly the annual statement ol their receipts and expenditures. The resolution also appoints a committee of live, two from trie Senate and three from the House, to investigate the books and accounts of the company, who shall report as soon as practicable. 31essrs. Finkelnbtirg, Ryland and Eu''3". were appointed on the committee on the part oi the House. The SPEAKER laid before the House the annual report of the Auditor of the State; Which was laid on the table.it having lcett alreadv ordered printed. The SPEAKER, also, laid before the House communications from the State Treasurer and the Fund Commissioner; Which were laid on the table and three hundred copies ordered printed. Adjourned to ten o'clock a. M. on Monday. SENATE MOKNINd SESSION. Monday. January 13. lstS. 1-mver by the Cm" 'niu. Key. Mr. Br'.on. 'I lln 'l e ! I w MSoatorr i-.-t"iu "-s- I ,,rifMcssrs. Adams, Granam, itorse, rum and Rea. Mr. ELWELL asked leave of absence for Senator Graham until to-morrow. Leave of absence granted. Mr. WOERNEK, on behalf of the Committee on Judiciary, requested that permission be granted to that eominittee to sit during the session, do business of importance calling for present action had come before the committee. No objection being raised, leave was granted as reollestcd. I non motion the President added the name of Mr. Goebcl to the Committee on County Boundaries.Mr. WILLIAMS introduced a bill amending section 14, chapter 20of the General Statutes of Missouri, for the reduction of the rates of public printing and binding. Mr. KONHAM moved that it be read a second time, and the usual number (tifty copies; ordered printed. I pon motion of Mr. SHELTON, the bill was referred to tlie Committee on Retrenchments, with instructions to report at as early a day as convenient, and liftv copies ordered printed. Mr. SHELTON introduced a bill amending chapter IS, of the General Statutes of Missouri, in relation to the collection of revenue. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. The PRESIDENT announced' the follow iug as the Committee n the Agricultural College Kill: Messrs. Park. Ridgely. Elvvell, Hubbard, King. Filler. Williams, Morse and Conrad. Mr. KoNHAM introduced a bill changing the mode of selecting graud and petit jurors. Read the second time, and upon motion of Mr. FILLER, lift y copies ordered printed. Mr. WINTERS introduced a bill for amending the charter of the city of I'almyra, so as to empower the city council of the city of Palmyra, in addition to ail other powers now conferred on them by law , to fund her railroad debt and compromise the same, and for that purpose to direct by ordinance the issue of new bonds with interest coupons annexed in such amounts ur siiui as may be found necessary to accomplishtin-purpose in view, the interest to becoiiipiiied .it Hot exceeding eight percent, per a mum. The bill was read the second lime, w hen Mr. i Winters, after making some remarks iu explana- E tion of the object contemplated by the bill, moved that it be read a third time ami put upon its passage. The motion prevailed and th- bill pass,..! without opposition. Mr. FISHER moved ,. rcn -i,!. r an I to Uv that motion on the table. Carried. Mr. HOLLAND introduced a bill to establish a general law tr the organization of probate court. Mr. HOLLAND remarked that be had iiol drawn this bill in any want of respect for the Committee on the Judiciary by whom sueli subjects and questions were properly to be considered, but merely to save that committee unnecessary labor, as they had already a va-t amount of business mi their hand-. The bill was read the second tune, fitly copies ordered printed, and referred to the Cnuiiintlcc on the Judiciary. Mr. KoAKDMAN offered a resolution instructing the Committee on Education to inquire into the expediencv of so amending the school law as t .. lin.L, to . rcM,.iliaL! 3 I.W'-Mht t SII'M- to I -e i levied by taxation tor school piirMse.. Mr. M1ELTON presented a report from the Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence recommending tin- passage of bill No. 17! with accompanying aiiii-hdiiichts. The bill is entitled "an act to provide for ami regulate the issuing and granting of licenses to locomotive engineers within the State of Missouri, and prescribing penalties for the violation oftin-provision-i thereof. ' On motion, ordered tube engrossed for third reading. Mr. iloARDM AN introduced a bill amending chapter 4 if the General Statutes iu relation to the sale of svvayip and -chool lands. Referred to tlie Committee on Swamp and School Land-. Mr. ToWNsI.F'i . from the Judiciary Committee, presented a majority report, favoring the passage of a bill for the relief of the sheriff of Franklin county . The bill prov ides lor giving a credit to the sheriff on the books of the Mate Treasurer, and on the books of the county treasurer, lor a sum or money belonging to tin revenues stolen from his safe. Mr. TOWN'SLEY, favon d the passage of tin bill in some leugthv remarks, and showed that the majoritv of ihe committee had found no con stitutional, or other objections to tlie granting of such relict; that the case was one cieanv within the breast of the Legislature to determine upon; that tlie sheriff was guilt v ol no malfeasance in office, or neglect of official duties, but that the evidence both pro and c-.i , before the committee exhonorated him from all blame. Mr. ToWNLEY asked to be corrected if this was not the case. Mr. HARKINE stated in n-plv.th.it he was of the opinion that there was no blame at taching to the acts of Mr. Wilhelmi, but that h did not favor the bill because ol his constitu tional objections, and of netting a bad precedent. Mr. HOl.l.Au asiiea .nr. iiartnne it lie un derstood from him, that the committee were of tlie unanimous opinion that Mr. Wilhelmi was guiltless and that no blame attached to him from negligence, Ac. Mr. IIARI5INE replied that such were hi views, from what he remembered of the case. Mr. ToWN'SLEY resumed his remarks, show ing his views and construction of the const itu tioual objections, as well as the law cited, givin: the courts jurisdiction in such cases. He argued the subject at somerngth, and held that the law-makers never intended depriving themselves of the right to interfere and grant relief where a clear ea-e of justice demands it; that the Legislature had the right at all times to give relief to the officers of the State and to protect from injury or loss in extreme cases ol" great hardship; that no general law covenng such cases could tie enacted Mr. SHELTON spoke against the present pas sage of the bill, and quoted the one hundred ami thirty-hrst section of tlie revetiue law as beann upon the ease. Mr. KKl.'ERE said in reply to the ."senator from Putnam, that in his opinion the section quoted lid not applv to the present case. Ihe section allows a judicial investigation onlv in cases of losses sustained by acollet-tor from "robbers, marauders and othef public enemies:" but not in cases of burglary and theft. Even if this section was amended so as to include the latter, it could not be made applicable to a case which happened before the pas-age of the act. without being ret rospective and therefore unconstitutional. He. did not think the present bill was unconstitutional on the gmuhd that the Constitution prohibits us from passing a bill relieving any collector from the due performance of his official duties,1--caiise the committee was convinced that Wilhelmi did comply with all his duties. This bill simply directs the Auditor and authorizes the county court of Franklin county to give Mr. Wilhelmi a credit in his settlement for the amounts stolen from him. Mr. KRL'ERE also g:,ve an outline of the evidence given before the committee, by which they had been convinced that no blame could attach to Mr. Wilhelmi. As the case could not be reached by a general law, a great injustice ami hanlship vv'ould be inflicted upon an honest and faithful officer, if the bill did not pass. He would, therefore, vote for it. Mr. SPAL'NIIOl'ST said that he was opposed to the passage of the bill. He desired a Kstponc-nieut for a w hile at least. He thought that the matter was important; that though he had no direct evidence at hand for the moment, he nevertheless believed it could be shown that claim ought not to be allowed . This matter had !een before various committers all last winter: that now the committee from whence the report comes is divided, which he deemed a good reason for not acting hastily in the premises. If the bill was pushed to a vote he would vote no. He could see no good reason why the matter might not now be referred to a committee ; no just measure would suffer by thorough investigation. Mr. WOERNER said that as he was a niemlier of the committee and having considered this matter, he felt called upon to explain his views. I laving been very desirous to extend the relief asked by tlie petitioner, a was the whole committee, the most anxious examination of the law applicable was had by them. He was called away from the citv before the committee concluded their investigation, and did not therefore assent to or dissent from anv report made. But he had coine to the conclusion, that the bill was clearly unconstitutional, in violation of two clause! of the 24th section of the 4th article. But even If the General Assembly bad the undoubted power j U pass the bill, it appeared to him to lc a most ilanivasAii. eml nA-ni.iAii, n-nMi.lunt In 4i I . Ir. WOERNjER disclaimed, however, know- Vt an? thing against this applicant personally. 3Ir. V1.nI2R. in reply to Mr. Woenier, held ! Oit this was one of the specific cases eontempla-a i t d hy the 1 'onstitution for social legislation for M & by the i onstitution for Relation for genera, law could be framed because the general law in relation totheeollce-. ton of the revenue the duties and liabilities of j officers did not providerelief inthisease.that . Uerefore the framers of the law intended to ex-lude all legislation tending towards the relief of iaims arising from exigencies of this kind. He iBtertained views entirely different, and believed that the complicity of such cases actually rreclud-'dthe possibility" of framing a general law that "Wild protect the interests of the State and relieve also, officers from the payment of losses hich no reasonable human foresight could sue-- essfullv guard against. f the circumstances in 'he case he knew nothing, except as they were stated bv the committee. " The Senator from St. --ouis himself had admitted that he had no doubt f the honesty of the officer in quo-tion, or that le had not used all the vigilenee that could easonably lie expected, but that he questioned he propriety of aueh a precedent aside from my constitutional prohibitions. This admission .satisfied him iMr. F.jthat petitioner's prayer for "elief was founded upon just grounds and ought 'A be granted. In this case, the collector's safe was broken oiien bv bunrlars and the money ab- . i-iiiui ui vis uis i uin u. i ! .ti-ieted without his knowledge or the power to ! jrotect it. Whajt would a private corporation do riiacase of this kind? Would a banking corporation demand from its treasurer or cashier the refunding of moneys stolen from its vaults and f nfes by burglars? 'isurfcly not. This is just such o icase. Common liumanitT ana justice iiemanu ! ' "",a "iiexea. . in n,"ui.ii u ,i.i-r uu .i....fe reply to Mr. Fisher, but yielded the floor tor a motion to adjourn. AFTERNOON SKSI( N. At roll call all the Senators were present, excepting Messrs. Adams. Morse. Rea and Graham absent bv leave. ) The PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of State, that the resignation of James R. McCormick as a member of the State Senate had been tiled in his office. Mr. WOERNER, from the omniittee on tlie Judiciary, instructing and authorizing the Attorney General to prosecute suit against James K. Kails. The resolution authorizes and directs the Attorney General to institute such proceedings at law or in equity, and prosecute the same to filial judgment a:iiiist James K. Fad-, or against said Eads and such other parties as may be necessary, for the purpose of setting aside tin-sale made to said Fads of certain shares of stock held and owned by the Mate of Missouri in the Rank of the State of Missouri, and to protect the interest of the State ami of the schools, with le-gard to said shares of stock, dividend- and other matters connected therewith, and ratifies and confirms all proceedings heretoiore had and instituted by the Attorney (it-ueral. in the cause of the State of Missouri "vs. James K. Fads, as fully as if the same had been instituted by direction of the General Assemblv. Mr. WOERNER said that the Judiciarv Committee to whom the House bill, authorizing the Attorney Oeneral to institute suits and otherproceeding-, on behalf of the State of Missouri, had been referred, were of the opinion that the bill lesiTvcd more mature consideration than could !. given by the committee, without defeating f.'n-direct purpose for which it was introduced, rtiich was to give authority for the prosecution 4 the suit against James It. Fad-. t set aside tit- sale ol the bank stock to him, and which was ln:r.s:trv , as the court had ruled that the suit c-nfl not be maintained, unless authority he sJl-.VII l.v the AttorileV (, ell. ral bv the l'lth. Mi! WILLI A.Ms moved to amiin. I. by including itlr name of Thomas Allen along with that of .latum it. Eads. 'lite tineiidniciit was afterward withdrawn. The Jf.'iles were suspended, and the resolution read a -eoiiii time, rules further suspended, read tht-'-l time and passed. On luutilon of Mr. GoEl'.EL. the consideration f the hiU fir the relief of the sheriff' of Franklin countv w resumed. Mr. WOERNER, h iving the floor before adjournment, sjid that he desired to call attention to the inconsisl'Hcv of the position of those Senators vv ho argue that no general bill can be drawn t meet tlie exigencies ,, :his cusi , because such bill lllllst necessjLr-lv be retrospective and there-lore iincoiisiituiiousj : and that in .ice we had ovver to pass a sjx ejtl bill. II that be so, now is a special law, operating retrospectively, free ?roiii the objection made lo the general law? The argument of the gcntieiuell seemed to him to be an additional ground agau:t the bill. Mr. WINTERS spoke in favor of the bill. He said that the matter was a very simple one merely a matt, r between an agent ami his principal. Mr. Wilhelmi. an honest and faithfiilageut ot the Mate, had been robbed o a certain amount of the Mate's funds. He had Used all customary vre aiitio-;sag:diist thieves, rol.bcrsand burgl-irs", but this misfortune had liel.clru iUM1 all(t the question was whether the Mate should stand the 10- s of the inoiiey. or whether the individual agent should be compelled to make good the loss out of his own pocket. He hclicvoi that tlie sentiment of tie- people of the whole Mate Would be in favor of the State affording Mr Wilhelmi rr'Jri' li-sim sin Ii obligation a- provided in tlie bill. Mr. Winters was followed l.v several other .senators, when Mr. Town-ley again took the tin.- and said In-thought that the discussion of thi-. question had assumed a "retrospective lati-tudinosity" beyond all precedent. That whenever the Senate attempted to discuss constitutional, retrospective. --? or laws effect - 11- g the obligations of contracts, they l.ccanie so muddled that We invariably loose sight of the subject under consideration, and In- would therefore move the previous question, which was siis-Liined.All Senators present voted aye upon the previ-m.'s question, excepting Mi...r. Reed andSpaun-h--st . Flu- Vote upon the adoption ol the bill stood aw. 2"-. noes. 7, as follows : AYES Messrs. Koardman. Koiiham. Kruere, Cavotder. Clark. Deal. Dodsoii. Evans, Ellis, ElweiL Filler. Fisher. Gr.ebel. Hcadl.-e. Holland. Uubbard. Human. King. Park, Ridgely, Tow n-li y and Winters T2. NoES-- Messrs. Conrad. 11 ill. inc. Reed, Shel-toii. Spauidior-t, Williams and Woerner 7. Mr. FISJJER offered a resolution to refer a memorial frtwi the St. Louis Hoard of Trade, in rrfercuce U 'lie St. Louis and Iron Mountain railroad, tsi -elect committee, on the petition of Thomas Allen- The resolutio was adopted. Mr. HARBINE introduced a bill hanging the time of holding -.vc--Jiit court in Kuchanan county, and e-tablishiiig I'dn additional terms of tiie court. Read the third I'm. and pas-ed. Mr. KoNTIAM iiitrwluccd a lull providing for the general relief f ; Sectors from losses hy the acts of robbers-, thieve' .mid burglars. Laid over under the rules, and fifty copies ordered printed. Mr. I1EADLEE introdtHvd a Mil relating to tin-arrears of certain militia -!liccrs charged vvitli public property irregularly a-inunted. on motion of Mr. KlU'EKE, the bill was re-lerred to the Committee on Militia. Adjourned till ten o'clock. Tuesday. January U'.h." HOI 'SE-MoKNING sF.sSloN. MiMAV, January 1.:, ls;s. The House met pursuant to adjournment, at 10 o'clock, A. . Speaker 1UKLAN ill tin-chair. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Whitaker. Chaplain The" minutes of the preceding meeting were read by Capt.ii.1 Colby. Assistant clerk, and approved. Mr. FINKELNKFRG. of M. Louis, offered a resolution, which was adopted, increasing the number of gentlemen composing the select committee on tinam-e to live. Messrs. Harper and Jcwctt Were appointed on the eominittee. Messrs. Kuhf. Brock . Jaqiiith , Wade. Martin. Learning. Long, Wilkinson and Howe were appointed a select committee on tin Insurance Liu s Messrs. Jewell. Fiiikelnhurg, Applegate. Re-qua. Learning. McMillan. Freeman. Kirch, of Scotland, and Thompson were appointed a select committee on the revision of the registration laws. Mr. WimhI was apM'intel on the i 'omniittee on the Kiinil Asylum lo till a vacancy. Mr. Doniphan was appointed on the Committer on Swamp Lands. Mr. White, of Cole, vvasapiwiintcd on the Committee on the Penitentiary. Mr. MtElhinney was appointed on select committee on the formation of a new county, to be called Winn. The SPEAKER laid before the House a com munication from the President of the Pa.-iiie railroad company, acknowledging the receipt of a resolution requesting that company to report what measures have been taken to conform the gauge of their road to that of the I n ion Pacific railroad. The President, in replv. states that thai sub ject has been frequently and seriously discussed. and that the change lias oeeu uecnieti io in- iuaue at the earliest possible moment. The change involves much expense and time, and the company do not feel justified in undertaking it while the present relations between the road and the State exist. The cost of locomotives, originally new, to supply the absence of old ones w hilst being al tered, would be .'l"0.ooo 00. itiese would not be lost, as shortly after the wholechange is made they would be probably required for increased business. Alteration of rolling stock would cost, economically alone, say $:i.j0,ouo 00: labor in withdrawing the rail, sav ?-).U0O: new iron required, t-!00,(. The whoh- required would be an ag- trre.rate of ?h;I0.i. The interruption to busi ness WOUIU lie fcenous ioi ii nnon nine, aim cannot be estimated with much accuracy. The time renuired to make the change would be econo mized much by dividing the road into thn-e sectionsfrom Kansas City to Warreusburg, War-rensburg to Jefferson and Jefferson Citv to Saint fyuiis. doing tne worK uy mree ecuou9 anu ar ranging for translers at unfinished points, the han"C ntlgnt oe luuy cuccieu nnuiu one jear. The President of the road begs leave to suggest that if the State will sell her claim upon this road to the company for 'our millions of State indebtedness, they "will instantly make the road conform in gauge to the l un.u I'aciho aud the east-cm roads that meet it. On motion of Mr. FFNKELNBl'RG. ol St. Louis, the communication was referred to the joint committee appointed to investigate the affairs of the Pacific railroad. on motion of Mr. BROCK, of St. Louis, two hundred copies were ordered printed. , The SPEAKER laid before the House a com-j muiii.-ation from the Board of Trade of t. Louis, 1 enclosing the following resolution, w hich was unanimously adopted by that body : 1 Itttulrtd. That the St. Louis and Iron Mountain i railroad and its projected extension to the Mis- sissippi river at KelinoTit, is a work of the highest j importance to the commercial interest ofthiscity, I and the energy and success with which its con-I stmction is now going forward deserve commen-I datioii and encouragement, and to that end. in the opinion of the Hoard, not only should no new iiiUK'dimentsbe thrown in the way of itsprogresn. but all existing restrictions and embarraasments should le promptly removed by the Legislature. Tli favorable consideration of the Legislature is Despectfully lequested. as also the withdrawal of the legal process commenced by the Attorney General of the State. The communication was referred to the Committee on Internal Improvements. Mr. COLMAN offered a resolution, which was adopted, increasing the number of the gentlemen comprising the Committee on Education to twelve. Mr. CALDWELL, of Pike, introduced a bill appropriating the sum of .'luo.in-i to aid in the i-onstniction of the Louisiana and Missouri River Railroad. Read twice and referred. Mr. BIRCH, of Scotland, introduced a bill to define the boundariesof the school district known as the town of Memphis, in the county of Scotland.Read twice and referred. Mr. RUE, of Gentry, introduced a bill to amend chapter 1J. General Statutes of Missouri, in relation to the collection of the revenue, and imposing an additional tax of ten percent, on all persons 'who shall neglect to pay this tax w hen due. excepting thoe who are absent iu the military service ot tin- I'llitcd States. Read tw ice an-1 leierred, and two hundred copies ordered printed. Mi. KEY. .. viawiord. uilrodiiced a bill to amend section ."i. chapter.VJ. Revised Statutes of Missouri, by striking out the words "twenty-one" and "tifty." and inserting "eighteen and fortv-tive." Read twice and referred. Mr. Ill MAN. of Grundy amend section . chapter i introduced a bill to General statutes Missouri. Read twice and referred. Mr. M lINElDER, of Perry, introduced a bill to amend chapter ll'J. General Statutes Missouri, entitled "of curators, guardians and wards. " Read twice and referred. Mr. ESTER, of Clinton, introduced a bill to amend chapter loo. section .", I.eneral Statutes Missouri, regulating the number of pounds to be estimated to the bushel. Read twice and referred. Mr. KKAN'SCOMK. of St. Louis, introduced a bill to provide for the maimer of taxing and assessing the property of manufacturing corporations and other corporations named iu chapter t;-.i. General Statutes Missouri. Ihe property of the manufacturing and other corporations shall be taxed the same as that of individuals. This law I- to apply to alla-scssineutsof taxes not completed at the "time of it- passage. Read twice and referred. Mr. SMYTHE. of St. Louis, introduced a bill to amend ail act to establish a corporation in the citv of St. Louis for the purpose of public education, approved February 1-tth. lsti. The bill authorizes the President and Directors of the St. Louis public schools to take a census of the children in St. Louis, of both sexes, between the ages of five and twenty-one. All school moneys arising from any source whatever, and appropriated for the support aud maintenance of the pub-lie schools of St. Louis, shall be divided bv said Hoard of Directors equally between the different religious denominations, when demanded by any of them, in proportion to their numlier, as near as mav be practicable. The parents and guardians "of the children of any denomination, when amounting to fifty or more of the requisite age. may select their own text-books and their own tcarhers. Two or more sects may. if they desire, unite and form a mixed school in any district. Parents mav also withdraw their children from any school at stated school hours, for the purpose of separate religious instruction by teachers of their own choice and religion. After a brief hut sharp debute oil the .pii-stiou of reference to the local delegation of St . Loins or to the standing Committee on Education, the bill was, on motion of Mr. Mitchell ..f amdeii. indefinitely postponed. Mr RIi E. of Gentry, introduced a bill to amend section .". chapter 7'. General Statutes Mi-souri. Read twice and referred. Mr DHI "MMoN'D. of Marion, introduced a bill t--n-nJ the Constitution of the State, as fol- ' lows; t Section 1. At the general election to be holdell . .... ,1... ...... 'I'.l..I.i . -.!.. r tin, tir-r Mnlld-lV ill I oil llie in. .s. i ii' -m.i i ..... i ... .. - - -- . November. 1j;s. the following amendments to the Constitution shall ft- submitted to a vote of the legal voters of tin- stale, in ihe manner now-provided bv law. Section J.' The sixth section of the second article of the Constitution of the Mate Is hereby allien. led so that said section shall road as follows: The oath to be taken as aforesaid shall be known as the oath of loyalty, and shall be ill the following terms: I. Ai R.'.lo solemnly swear that 1 will bear true faith and allegiance to the I'nited States, and will siipiMirt the Constitution and laws thereof as the supreme law ol" the land, any law or ordinance of anv State to the contrary notwithstanding: that I will, to the best of my ability, protect and defend the union of the States, and w ill not allow the s:inie to be broken up or dissolved, or the government thereof to be overthrown, under aiiv circumstances, if in my power to prevent it: aiid that I will support and !e-feiid the Constitution of the Mate ot Missouri." Section :!. The ninth section of the second article of the Constitution of the Slate is hereby repealed and forever annulled. Section 4. The' eleventh section of article second of the Constitution of the Mate is hereby repealed and forever annulled. Section .V The twelfth section of the sixth article of the Constitution of the State is hereby repealed andforeved annulled. Section ti. All laws, ordinances and provisions inconsistent vvitli these amendments, shall, upon J their adoption by a majority of the qualified voters of the State voting for or against , he forever abolished, and of no effect. Section 7. This actio take effect ami be iu force from and after its passage. Adjourned to i o'clock, P.M. AFTT.IJNOON SESSION". Messrs. Griffin E-tep. Colman. Learning aud Freeman were appointed - additional members on the Committee on Education. Mr. BRANSCOMK moved to postpone the bill indefinitely. Motion lost, aves :1. noes Wi. The bill was referred to the select committee on Constitutional Amendments, of wnictt Mr. Wol-brecht of St Louis is chairman. The following gentlemen voted in the affirmative : Messrs. Betz, Birch of Scotland, Boon. Hrans-coinb. Britton. Brown of Daviess. Klirch of Jasper, Kuzick Cannon, Cartmel, Childress. Dall-niever, D' Land, Downey,. Drum. Estep. Eu-baiiks, Fourt, Freeman, Goodson. Gnthu, Haeklciiian. Harper. Hathaway. Hickman, Hornbeak. Hoskiiison. Howe, Jennings, Jerome. Jevvett, Jones, Kellv. Laugh in. Under,MeEl-hiniiev- McMillen. Martiu. Mitchell. Mulling of Grceiie. Mullins of Linn. Neville. Pond. Pyle, Rinker, Robertson, Kountree. -hneider. ."ctiu-lenburg. Shafer. Smith, Tavlor, Thompson. Yalle. Walker. Wcinrich ami Mr. Speaker The following geutlemeii voted iu the negative: .Messrs. Allev. Applegate, Baldwin, Real. Bennett. Klodgett .' B"gv , Britton, Brock, Brown of Dallas, Kulklcv, aldwell, Cockerill, Cole. Colman. Driiniinoiid. Doniphan. Eagle. Ellison. Eppstein. Ewing. Ferrell. Finkelnbtirg. Fletcher, Forgev, Fox. Hewitt. Howell. Jaquith. Key. Kidwell, kuhl. Lawson. Learning. Lt'lcrg.-rt r, Le"". Lvman. McFarlane, McGinnis. .Monks. Orrick. ' Regun. Rice. Kiggs. Ritchie, M-ott. Snielser, Smvtlie. Steele. YanWagoner, Waide. White of Cob-. While of Randolph, Whittaker. Wilkinson, Woods, Wolbreeht. Wyntt and iZevely. . . Mr. MONKS rose to a pnv ileged question iu re gard to an article in the Missouri A'puKiwt of the 10th inst . ou the question or paying the militia of the State for services. He stigmatized theassertions in that apper as false, and declared himself willing, at any time, to have the whole question thoroughly investigated. Mr. HEWITT, of Marion, presented the report ot the Committee on Elections, declaring that Mr. Proffer is legally entitled to a seat in the House as member elect from Stoddard county, and that the charges of disloyalty brought against him by the contestant of the seat are groundless. Mr. JEWETT called up the Senate concurrent resolution instructing and authorizing the Attorney General to institute such proceedings at law or in equity, and prosecute the same agaiust Jas. K. Eads. or such other persons or parties, as may be necessary for the purpose of setting aside the sale made "to the said James B. Fads of certain shares of batik stock held by the State of Missouri in the Rank of Missouri. The resolution was n-ad a Grst. second and third time, under a suspension of rules, and passed. . Mr. ORRICK introduced a bill to kiueiid au act entitled an act forthe reorganization, supervision and maintenance of public schools Read twice and referred. Mr. FERRELL. of Phelps, introduced a bill to strike off a part of Maries county and attach it to Phelps county. Read twice and referred. Mr BF VL. of Knox, introduced a bdl to amend chapter VS. section 9. General sututes Ussouri. in relation to change of enue m mil cases. , , Kead twice and referred. Mr C YRTMELL, or Bartou, introduced a hill to change the time of holding courts in the 13th judicial circuit. ?.esJi',T.ud 'J- . v .nr. oivviv o. -wouis, ounaa oi u.r maiI jor th Missouri convention in-Teb-Committee on Accounts, offered a resoluun In- ... ,- ' , " . ' V stmcting the Committ-fe on War. m Mraas to rpa.-T,.181' tme ia tbAt gute whell report a bill at their earliest eonVemieBce tppc - t monism wtu wita many theoretical, and onating money for the contingent funi i rfc.' ' when even Sterlinjr Pric was chosen House. Adopted. I president of a Union convention. lie was s.i" FLNhrEJ-.r5L-iU,0s Lew, introduced Jhes fleeted one of three "Union men" a bill providing that where two or more persons ' ;itu . -u . i.--.iMa , ,. are juitly charged with the comim-Mion cf a felo- i4Mia one of the most hopeless rebel dis- nv, crime otmisdemeanor, anv wet Mich de-) fendants mav be sworn as a competent witness in behalf of the State or a co-defendant, wbere sm h defendants are tried ieparately. untMs rach witness is already rendered incompetent ly some court of competent jurisdiction. Read twice and referred Mr. Ml'LLLNS. ot Linn. introduce4 a bill to amend an act to incorporate the town of I inneus Linn county, approved juarcn, us. Read twice and referred. Mr. WOODS, of Wayne, introduced bill to authorize the county courts of Madison and Wayne counties to levy a special tax for the purpose of paying the taxes of said counties. Read twice ami referred. Adjourned to 10 o'clock, a. M. to-morrow . SPEECH OF H0X. R. T. YAIf H0BJT. The inevitable James II. Birch of Missouri has finished his contest of! Col. Van Horn's seat in Confess and luw been sent home with a tremendous flea in his ear. The Committee on Elections reported unanimously against his claim to a seal, and the House listened to him a lowr as anvbodv could be found to vieid time to him. Col. Van Horn then replied in the following brief but pithy spwii.. after which resolutions were utiai- niouslv passed de. larintr that 1'iivh w., , ... , nnf oti.i . mi f.i; iiii i r i.iii r.k r i v-i seat : Mr.-""peaki'r. I had no thought of-cupyiiijf the time of the House in I lie discussion of this question until iiiforntci. that the contestant intended making "a speech," as tin- committee have certainly left no ground for an argument. Hut :i i he has so often declared, as reported. during- his canvass, thai lie would freely i rive 1.0iio for the privili-gv of niakinir one speech in Congress, it is to be pre-j sumed that the opportunity could not be lost. I mention this fact merely forthe benefit of the Speaker, that the proper; credit may be entered in favor of the) contingent fund in any bill which may be i rendered in behalf of the contestant in I this ease. For manv vears has the dis tinguished rentlema'n been seekinir the opportunity, and in behalf of the people ol the sixth district for the lirivilegis it 1 thank the House mav save them a hundred next fall. In this case there is nothing that can complain of save the manner which the people voted. He as I loin'ft alone in Ins giorv vluring tlie canv Although hp fid me the honor to invite H discussion before the people, vet. as lie was riiniiing for a ( 'ongress f,r which 1 was not a candidate, the utility of such a proceeding was not apparent. In the contest here, iu which he believes himself to have been engaged, he has also had the field entirely to himself. I have not even called a witness, and in a majority of instances was not represented to eross-exaiuiue his. He has with his own hand written nearly every deposition in the case, and the ouly trouble he has bad was iu getting men to sign them. More than this, when in March he complained that the session b:ul compelled hiiu to forego much that he intended to prove. I had the time ex - tended sixtv davs. all of which he con - sumed without let or hinderance. He gave notice thai at certain times and places and before certain otlieers lie v ould take testimony, yet lie took it at diUt-reii places ami before dillereiit oilicei-s vv ith-otil warrant of law. and with no our to interfere; yet lie has bad advantage of all testimony so taken. If then, under all these favoring circumstances, he has so signallv failed as to leave me without even a minorit y report to cast a doubt unon mv risrht to the seat he cannot sav I dpi it. . I shall not attempt t- combat wha;: does not exist, leaving in in where the committee find him ; but I hope to be pardoned in a few brief remark-- upon the general subject. This is no new iiucsiioii. nor is it raised by a new contestant. No matter how often he runs, m, matter by what uia-jorit beaten, a contest is inevitable. or is this the only case. From the time Ihe Union men of Missouri first began to deal with the rebellion and with rebels il lias been tin custom to contest. Cnless beaten by thousands a contest is sure l follow. In lStii your records will show a cloud of contestants, the distinguished gentleman himself among the number. In LSti-l these were not quite so numerous, because the constituency on the day of election were mostly under the banner of Sterling Price, making rapid marches to place the Arkansas river between them and the loyal voters iu their rear, and consequently had no opportunity to disturb the polls. But iu 1866 they' had returned, and the result is three contests from Missouri ; and just so long will this continue as countenance and pay for contesting can be found here. First, every effort is made to break down the law of the State, then an appeal for a hearing by this House, where before a new audience they may arraign the "tyranny of Radical proscription"--which nif-ans simply that rebels are allowed to live in Missouri in peace and safety, protected by her laws, engaged in her marts of trade, in tilling her soil, in every pursuit of life, and prevented only from seizins her jrovernment and turning; it s machinery uixta the Union men of the State, as is done j-day by their coadju - tors iu Maryland and Kentucky. it may be a mysiery to many why-o lame a case has been brought here so lame even when no rebutting testimony was taken. But it was simply because it is all there was of it. Well was it known that an effort to disturb the poll-books would only have resulted in more than doubling the majority by which the contestant was beaten. When it is known that two senatorial and three representa- tive contests before the Missouri Legisla- ture from the district have been decided game of confidence which in ibingsma-against candidates on the same ticket 1 terial would be visited w it h t he, i'.i s i with the gentleman, and hundreds of bal- j your penal statutes. lots thrown out for fraud, upon which j We have pardoned -md amnestied all his name heads the list, the explanation is ; our rebels. They have been t rented vv it h patent. i a magnanimity and ovM-rosity unknown More I ban this. All his array of reject-! to previous civil war5-. They plant ami ed votes is outside the case. There is no j sow, reap and njoy . free fr-m even list of "rejected" voters kept at the polls, j ( ial ban. treated t" tin- -ame I- iral pn.tec hut any man. be he citizen of Missouri or ; tion accorded f the iuot loyal defender Texas "may go and vote in the rejected of the Slate We have only said you box it amounts to nothing. But the se-; must siand back IVi in the control of the cret of this rejected vote was well under-! Government against w hich you have stood at the time in fact, there was m j warred until ls.I.and then by the simple secret about it. All disqualified men were ! affirmation of the people, through tl;. ;. exhorted to go to tne election and vote a rejected ballot, and, as his own testimony shows, in some cases these bits of paper were collected by passing round a hat in a grocery, or some nrocessakin to it. And to induce them to do this they w ere told that when the Congress, composed id' the northern opposition and the southern iTele.rnt.s which the President was to re cognize as Congress, met. all such votes I would be counted and the gvutlenian and his friends be admitted. This is the motive for all frauds and violence against the laws of Missouri in the last election and of the contests which have arisen. Say what they may now, this was their open and avowed purpose iu the election canvass.It is very easy to understand a matter when if is explained, and a verv easv thing to carrv elections when vou have srarrthtiiir vnnr nwn wm' : tho onlv dif- , ticnltv in This rase was that it did not sue-' ceed." My venerable friend, however, is ! ports that she spoke, off the Bahama-, the not so ntuch to blame as is his party. He f schooner Grace Clifton, lour days from has a weakness for office, particularly for' Xew Orleans. Her cargo was on tne. but Congress, and is always willing to lead a) she was trying to get to Key H pt. which forlorn hope He has been a candidate j she hoped to reach without assi-tance. Jaried sbeach tS It is now conceded thatH hTq.-s of a, ISbSrnatorialXir or anything else that sembling a conference t..r the -ck-m-ii. IffereJI and never but once in his history, of the Roman question have been aban-I believe" ?he succeeded before the pe.b- donedby the French Government. Ipter nd tht "M when ht ran u Union triA in the State. But he soon found that a janajority, as one of his witnesses testifjetc were on the other side, and he beiran tv? be fiercely- conservative. He was once .a rrisoner-araest of sSterlius Price. ar.d.I un not sure that he is not un- dor parole; lo ti is day. Certain it is that ever since, . t:rjhjr under parole to "do nothine dnit .the rebels until exchanged" or froju4ne other controlling cause, he has been try iug to wipeont what little loyal record Le aver had and to ingratiate himself with tit? -rebel element of the State, until he is to-day one of it most trusted leaders. I ask pardon of the House fosr this persona! episode. I should not have referred ar all to the gentleman's history or position, but for the fact that in an ex parte proceeding;, and in affidavits written bv himself and attested byhiero-jrlvphk- iri--ttures. with no chance for defense, he has assailed the loyalty of men. o.fcVersof registration above ail reproach, andwhow rliaracters for all that ennobles loval mew we as free from re proach or doubt i his ova i- obnoxious to both. It became necewsary at the iast j election in Missouri that -Aenperate at- tempt should be made to breax down the ' election law, of the jstate. Delegation latter iieleuatioit waited upon the I resi- . . . . . . lent asking: him to interfere and "giirtr- nfv a republican form of government" i. his- oppressed supporters. Every spe-oi" violence, intimidation. fraud. p r-i.rv and corruption was employed, and ftli-'iiir. tJiey now. with an iir-unr wij. li passes all credulity, are asking Cob-yress to interfere in their behalf. I ittfi1 purposely avoided complicating thit-.'-r' with any testimony of my own. aniou tuit an opportunity should be allonieij House to know what all this erv of -ivviuiny. violence and terror" in Missouri rou:3y meant. And it full y demonstrates it. jt stands out in its full and onlv purpose i-B etl'ort to reinstate tin rebels of Missouri iu power; to re-enact there the crimes ajid outrages of which Maryland and Kentucky are examples; to pia.v the pallant and sorely tried men e oi .Mis ssouri under tlie feet of those thev have conquered ; to use the courts ami their machinery to harass and persecute Union men all overtlie State, as they have done imd are now doing in every county in which they have succeeded in gelling control. It is this we are resisting l (in- l ivvs -villi it is this we ask tin- Ilotisc to resist, by upholding these laws and set tling once tor all the tact that Congress will not assist in reinstating in power the rebel element which the Union men of Missouri hav just put down. A woril us to the policy and necessity of disfranchisement. Much has been said of amnesty and pardon by despotic ruler-, nd their exatnple held up for our emulation. Well may a despot who is the State, nd who holds in his hand all the powers ui the Government, grant his pardon. If tlw . vlTender is not cured tin-remedy is at on.-v available to punish and crush. In our -.yi?ni where each has equal power as rui'V, and where all abuses are remediable by majorities, the ; rebel is not m revolt agaiust a personal ; ruler, but against society, against the law i he has himself established, and against a itovernment oi which ne is as much a part as those against whom he wages war. How . then, is lie to be restrained when hi- lieeomes au enemy ? By clothing ffini i,i. .m tettli ll.r. y. re 1 1 rvf ....titer.! . . i lee ,l.t I-IWII lllll.lv p. I I'llllUI, l' III U' i privitig him ot the power to do harm V j This can be done I ,y one of t wo methods I only : l.v depriving him ot life or liberty , or by depriving lam ot his 1 unction as : ruler in the State. monarch when he pardons does not j anaicate in lavorci tne paiuoneu, nor ; does he -hare his ; rcrojr.tivc wiTh He --imply says I forego my right to take your life, or to imprison you, banish you, or strip you of your property. You an- ' free to go and do so long as von commit uo ouense. iut m a liovernment ruled by votes the rebel after being conquered in amis is capable of a thou-aiid-fn d more injury by his ballot than In- va , hi, musket. With the musket he only kills the individual : with the ballot lo- can destroy the ?tate. The one is violence to be overcome by force : theothcr is poison which kills under the forms of law which the traitor only disregards. The loval man must perforce submit, for the thing is done under tin- law ; the rebel repudiates the law and submits only to what he pleases. Disfranchisement is a remedy unknown to despotic Governments, simply because the function of suffrage is unknown. It is a remedy known only to democratic government, because it js tin-only protection democracies can have against those of their .number who attempt to destroy their toi mi of government. There i.s out one form of treason in our Republic force or abetting force and it is simply folly, suicide, to put down armed treason only to clothe it bv the law of the ballot with command of the power to which it has just surrendered. It is this that has influenced Missouri in the enactment of her law s, s-ti iiigeui they are admitted to be; stringent they had to be. where perjury via- systema tized and taught as the tactic- o! pni;ti- i cal warfare. Stringent as they ai ! iurv in hundreds of instance, i- ou -. p. i-v .r. , vented bv a personal ktiovvle.igi 1 public record w hich prevents its attempt, ! The worst class of m.-u in the Mat.- un those who joined ihe rebels alter :in hud surrendered. Hating a cause tin-y had not the courage to fight for when ai m-d ; lov iug treason always, but loving property more, they have joined themelves t. the championship of a!o-t cans... and exhibit a hate and malignity aiiai pened l.v a sense of their own ovv nr. lice and h-pocrisv. At home thev are known, but here with protessioiis rd lov alt v in. .mi their lips, they pursue, imhitishiugiv , a j representatives, without the toi uialit ot l constitutional change, vou can lo- i i invested with all yon have forfeit..,! .,ud stand up in the full stature of citieu- of Missouri a Missouri free, prosperous and powerful beyond the wildest iir.-aiu, of her ancient rulers rulers v on - faith fully followed. And this, Mr. peak is Radical tyranny, Radical oppre ami Iladical wrong in -orelv m. . victorious Missouri. ioll Kill Further dispaches from Havana o pi. sent that Porto Rico was visit. -d by an earthquake again on thc'-Mh ofDe-ember, the shocks being slight, and causing little alarm among the inhabitants ; that the British ship-of-war ( 'loud, from Liverpool, which went ashore on the j'.nh ultimo, is going to pieces in tin- heavy weather which prevails, most of t he cargo beinflT avtd bv hsfhters; and the ! r i Bobbin, which arrived i ardeiias, re- 1