Missouri state times (Jefferson City, Mo.), 1868-02-28

              :a'lIHY& COOPER, RATES OF ADVERTISING. On K-sre, one wwk A Meb M moral waak.. ......... I 0 th-r month BS mttk 00 rsac n.t i urn.' D ee -fror"i oihiiLn, lire aioetha IS 00 I rl-KRSON CITY, MO. i 0. -ia 'I t ! (!$ at" rcl' tiAi '7f lit-- (i If t hd-t 'T- ' '.r o t'f ? ic lil': , ' tflf o i ; ?J I - r it rSM 0? STTMCSIPT10K 1 S4 o ier r.... ijjB free. "13 - cwmv That ther never wouiu ce arcuiHtM. ana Rene "urer oi saiu roaa oo ine punuwn, mn ilORN v iort. The Houoe. had ordered 4. 000. n1 iW) i and assign to pav Into the eourt tbe entire rash more would make 6,000, which, he believed to be : receipts of said compane until said execution and rf.iTAT, rdruary 51, 138. ample. . . . - l judruient ball be inVf attsfied and paid, and ..inuiant lo eiUonrnment, at 10. Sir. WOERSER was In farcr of prlntla? the . said court may appoint a receiver for thU pur-; ,)uwuanv w v Urffe number. He belieed it te tbe dutf of ; pose; and lor any ierauit -or refusal te nay taid 1 'MIIH intlieobair u Le(l!ilttre to afford . all Jronzmtia tbu recelpu at directed y the eourt tbe aald pre- ' caDlain. Jiev. Ai. Bratv-r.. would be VKelul to the people at lanre and Uiein- I dM and director of tbe road or the purchajera, -eriky read and apnroveU. tereu or the State. The x would i notWo? t their heirs and a-Jpn may M committed for , m Irbta Commsuee e Cf iLiiu: . In tbe compartaoa to the frood done, rven if but i contempt, and be lined in any eum not exceeding I ' rerted btbenate bill SW. en- i one copv in Urn. abou'.d be read. He tu rre- ! one thoind dollar, and Imprisonment nt lea "to 'amend tbapwr IB, General ; quently ivritten te for the report tflat vear, and i than one nor more than twelve months in the mri. wiiii atrtutute. and rm- i for want of a sufficient number being printed, he i county jail.- ; tute do paa. , waa forced to- reply that he could nt furoigh ! The ninth section of the act provide that the V.0 rj)e Miipwided. re.d end ! them. . . I present I'acifle Railroad Compaiiy way hae the e ' enU oniex tor Tueday cert. ( Amendment lost. . I posecwion of the road for four milliona doUara, a ' Resolotjon aereed to. i 1 to be paid wlthm ninety days under the condi- .i;". frwnCoouiiittee on Judidary. i lr. EVAs aked Wave to call up Houte bCl ' tiona asaet forth in eectloM 3, 4 and 3 or thla '.. - L.:ii tl a tit itl.l mm m.t ' JO .-v..U.ir arl.lk t art. on 7. ox coaprer i .i. uwra i or chapter uerai i :.iLiCDdiu(ut- -oil recommended i lb. iinendmert-. i tcothl ume uk1 tjirtad w. jD-i time and parsed. j-j wDd agreed to. Aye, S5; 9M, &ttifcr--..-".-t reads ai loiiows: : !iJ b;:i'.. - i.xuied as aforenald, ! .ilake li.i property and deliver ..iitf. If, however, the property ..- iu'juJ in the hands o( Lh delen-.: )Uld appear from testimony that ' , laimed by plaiotiff was in the bands e: ..nt, at tbe date of the issue of 'aid uelendant bad removed or tian " rerl? 10 Uolcat the purpose of said ." u i'. the property . claimed was the -'."j; ;-e plalutiC, the court i-hali rendei n 1 V nr nr i nlairMM and against the Si r .'.'. '-or tbe value ot aaid property, with ' i " ( i l.t-. from Committee on Judlcuy. ""; v k House bill So. S3, ectitJed aa act ' r -y. action 43, chapter 135, General 'ii'.-iO'iri, with the recooimecdatlon ;,uie, pasoed and Ulie agreed ;" . l .?, none. i.iuii requirea that the majority of ! iiitrn-t. to reverse a decision - i-niirt, othrwie the oeeision of ; - . ! ; nit-d. . .j i t.m Committee on Judcry, re-' ' ,. il ...-e bill No. 184, entitled an art in ' - r.iijes in foreign countriee, with . 2,.:A::itiou that it do not pas. "-cni to. ' .', iurti-er reported back House bill tL-::, su act rejulatlng the times or ' -!"Vo i-i-urt in Morgan county, with :::'.ac that it pix. ;"";; paidaod title agreed to. ." ' op, none. i V'i Tut, from the Committer the i; -rtcd in favor of the paaMfre with : ' oi House bill So. 161, ttiUt4an v :r.irriaj;e record la ceuntie where .'" ua-- e been lost or destroyed. i:::cr.iied provide that In anycountv ". ,;i uLere the record of marriage has " o: ;''J"oyd. such record mav be up-V'tie ta.aiter or officer who solemnized : Svrr.airc, by 61itif In tbe recorder's " .--.l. i uuiity" a certificate showing the ue rersotiS by him married, the date " "V-st. -.se and the coanty in which uch .-'7i -v'.ccniied . k thsitffrom any clause !f should ;.. to obtain a oertiiicate from tbe ' ' s j trloniiing the marriage, Die ha-, been lost. It shall be lawful .. - f-.i-.e persons who witnesd the mar-" -:k s3jda1t to the fsct of the same. ' lsj date, which affidavit or certified ! be taken as yrimafaci evi-,:rh trarriape in any court in' this Bute, i-t:.LXKt explained that tbe bill, a pre-j ii committee, provided that theaJH- u.:c"-ie of marriages in question . - rt riei as "evidence" of tbe same r'c'- tin Suu; that the committeebe--L i provision to be dangerous ucles i hi in tie amendment, making such ,KT isu evidence; and that the h '.ecmicendeJ that tbe bill, as thus -.- tor.M pa. j- ll INTE.'Ii said that be had at first opposed j'i involving the danger of leading to v t-t te'timocy tn rerard to tnarriages. but iL.-n inint had rid the bi!! of its orjee-: as ! jir serous feature, and that he was : i; for of its passage-. ?:? . c ra.,tion of lit. BETJEKE, it-:, '.j 'vrd reading ucder a supeiiirn cf . f fed all the Senators present r; of the same. ! . jMAsLLY, from Committee onJudt-.- -o-ed liack House bill entitled as act to :. t :.' i-t i ntitled aa act to regulate the teitns :;..:vourtof St. Clair county, approved i t.me, f&4H:,a&d title abroad t ; 1 :- none. i- IjVriLEY, from same committee, .-;!-r"-v:ed l-ack Houte bill N'o. 125, eoti ii.iti'jlt Luke TowTiseud to keep a .-rc:0:-iad river, and recommended that it -LC' a-3. :. . t(--j-x's the ferry privileges to one ir.'-csi of t'iree, m the law now glvo. r we ERVEE was In favor of the bill from . at U !i running the privileges of the '-'id of txtenaicg the same. tS.T.D presented remon-txacce of citizens . ' . -..a in tbe law. He hoped that the bill ::: &Ed thst the report of committee . .-riined. : ::E!.T 'N moved to layover lulormally i-t i; iormauon la rerercce to the r :-' eptersined. - ". j'Y;LLY bad no obJetOioa. to letting i'r hotter informally. The committee : T'-vMl any i a format iou in relsrence to Tere might be some merits in the :tc cotrmittee had not materiallycon-- mat'er. OER.vta fhVoreJ the reference to a -.' : :tfe. He was not in favor of taking ' cftba vosted rights of parties, and - k re'ereaoe would be made in order iLore carefully the matter. He be- ' tbe Lerislature could not interfere " " .r-niiitted to select committee. HaEB:E, from Committee on Judiciary, tj k House bill So. 576. entitled an act se:tion 11, chapter 134, General Stat-' . r"cn.mended its pssage. ! tme, passed, and title agreed t .:r-;-;meat chaoges the pay of marshals :- e Court from two dollars per day to EaEBISE, from Committee on Judiciary, 'jack Uou bill So. 14. entitled an act ct;.-.n3J, chapter 121, tiUe 35, of Oen- ' " 't-, concerning estates of deceased recr mniendicg that it do pass. --t-jfi! i-tne, passed, title agreed to. Aye, : iiii-ud-. tie Oeneral Statutes so as to :'.'-tw. i w u.;h personal property as she -' ' r t to exceed the appraised value of "-' t -.' . ; K,r which he shall give her !" 1 : tie addition "to what the old law ; ' tKfERK. r-oui Cotnniitte on Judiciary, ::r.vi7 ftiwi8, chapter 146, title $3, ?-" reiatitg to juries and reoom- io c-..ut potponement. pCT Si "Pt 1 o. - ;iiilI'.'.N, from Coaailttee en CrlminaJ ".rtre, reported Uck House bill No. esi a:i s.?t to aaietid section S3, chapter j'teri; s:s:ute, toncerniog offenses against ! , cpesr-e. aad recommrnR ft mmn 'I'.i i vae, puied and title agreed to. ''- - issti disturbing schools and churches -r. an4. punlahable aa other like rtt:t:, from Committee c Judldarr, '; -i.k 5?kf.te bill So. 138, entitled an art ; -:'. entitled, : boaU and veels," " -". 'itrtral Statute, and recommeuded '.:-.. ; o-tpocement. . ; 'tooned. .;;t.VM.;t. from Couaiittee ou Militia, ,'-'!. ': No. 272, entitled an act to pro-' : iiti.t or certain enrolled militia ' - rvnctrn rendered the State, and - L'.'.tf j therefor, recommended iu i.Tttcl to and bill ordered to en- i reading. 'a if-ave, offrd the folio wii; f-Ll '-, lb .Senate adjourn ll tu- , -. j.! -tay BfeJt at IU o cock, A. m. i , I'm,. ' ju, o.,mmineeou Enrolled Bib. i presented to hlseseeUenoy. : lor Lis sirfoafsre. Jenaie Mil VJ. .u ac. io amena ecuon &. or . ... . . , . . " ti h fio,,..,. i ;.... i , . ulUtfc: , I :rL ect committee, reported . j.v t ntitled an art to amend . io lurorjoraw uie town 01 t'l leb. SJ. lor bill. ' 4,'usi' '.'"""H ; Tr or-t t'me. rules suspended, Jiir.! u-jt, pi-ssedj and due 'te. Uive. lLtrodnred SvrnaU aKs t -ea an act to amend section 30; j: 's ai suuite. or railroad com- n't !iis!flded, read second IV .... " uiptcded, read third time, i .-. ' "" Uie'iaw -o a to authorize f ' ,J": ll' "ue hAni bearing teu per xv.v"" A -,ltd of aB per cent at uow f'w . su itave to ran up resolution :"r-i rtLort of statiatical com- ? istM cDrel lU fUowlig ajnead. VOL. G NO. a Mr. iTSHER botved that Uie amendment would not be paaacd. UrlooVed upon taa iieprirt a t od of the mccrt toportBt published, and that Ui ; circulation eaieaivaly would bo of .tbeutmoen Importance to the State. t- . . t r. UGLET was of the oplruen tht4t wa useless to order the prlntrnjr of k eopie. t Mr. h.lU moj t aiijoum. Aye. io; noe, iui'cmrvTtniiiiiinn Motion lo-t. Mr.-WINTERS coved to Uis a receu niitil 5 o'clock r K Lost Aves'li- noe 18. - House bill No. 49. eoUtled an rt to sWke off a part of a Maries county and attach to rbelps countv. was taken up. Mr. REED wanted to know if notice had been given anrordine to law by said petitioner. .Mr. FULLEU read a noUce. or copy thereof given by said petitioners, comprytsg with law la that repert. Kill ordered to a tbdrJ reading, pesd, and tltlfi agreed to. Area, 57; noes, 3. ...... The bill attaches aB tl.et part cf Maries county iving eotitb of the township line dividing township 3e and 39. and east of the Gasec-nade river to rficip county. - Such change in county lines not to affect tn anywise suits In court of whatever character. But iejral proceedings hereafter instituted to be taken to courts in respective counties as this blU now define" thee boundaries. Mr. EEED. on leave, introduced Senate bill So. , entitled an act to enable the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad Company to pay lu indebtedness to tbe State, by constructing a railroad for ilaron City, by way of Hannibal to Olascow. . Head fir.t time, rules suspended, read second time and referred to Committee on Internal Improvement end 60 copie ordered printed. On motion of Mr. FILLER, Senate adjourned. HOUSF- MORNING SESSION. FEiDar, February 21, 1S0S. The Coue met pursuant to adjournment, at 9 W o'clock, a. M. Speaker HABLAN In the chair. Prayer by tbe Be. Mr. Whitaker, Chaplain. The Journal of yesterday was read by Mr. Col-bv. Acting Chief Clerk, and approved". 'Mr. BU2ICK offered a resolution that la consequence of the meeting of the Radical Convention to-morrow, the House adjourn, then it does adjourn this evening unUl Monday morning, and Die improvements thereon, believing that the sale that the use of the Representative Hall be granted fcT the State and dneds gravely is-ued by IU of-to the Conveution. j Qoiale. were sufficient to make such sales valid. Adopted. , Petition referred to Committee .on Ways and Mr. ZfcVELT Introduced a Joint resolution U5eios , wtth instruction to report by bill or memorializinif Conrres to reimburse the State : fnr l .nn. r f nt.M.t nn .J.... ivi aaxjva. aaji m w wsi wet aa a-a, i j w avat t mM,jm luauw by the State in aid of suppressing the rebellion. Head twice ana referred to ue committee on Federal Relations - Mr. IX AMINO Introduced a bill to amend an act to incorporate the town of Harrison vtlie, approved March, Read twice and referred. . Mr. ORRICK Introduced a blU to amend an act to establish tbe 19tb judicial circuit. Read twice and referred. Mr. STAFFORD Introduced a bill to aid In bu! ldl ng gravel roads in t b e S tate . Read twice, referred and ordered printed. . Mr. LAGLE Introduced a bill to provide the time ard manner la which the Hannibal and Bt. Joseph Railroad Comnany shall pay off and discharge the several debts and liabilities due to the State. Read twice and referred. Mr. LAWSOS introduced a bill to authorize the board of trustees of the town of Potosi . Washington county, to levy a tax on dogs, and to prohibit twine from running at large. - Read twiee and referred.. Mr. FREE MAS Introduced a bill to amaitd section 9, chapter 10S. General Statutes, in relation to the acknowledgment of deeds. Read twice and referred. Mr. FISKELNEL'RfJ introduced a bill to pro-ride lor the reporting of the decisions of the general terra of the circuit court cf St. Louis county. Read twice and referred to the St. Louis local deiepatioB. Mr. VAN WAGOSEfi introduced a bill to amend chapter 152, General Statute, concerning partition. Read twice and referred. On motion of Mr. flOSKINSOS, the Senate b!U to provide for the organization of the militia, and for the pay ol the same when in actual service,Was taken up and referred. Mr. WILKINSON, from the select committee on the Iron Mountain Railroad, submitted a report on the Senate bill conferring the title of that road to Tbos. Allen; Which, with tbe sum testimony on which the report was based, was ordered priuted. The whole matter was postpoued, aud made the special order for Friday next at half past 2 o'clock. On motion of Mr. WHITE, of Cole, the report of the Committee on Militia, in relation to the pay of the paw-paw militia, was takeu up aud postponed to Wednesday next at 11 o'clock. The consideration of tbe bill to sell the Padffe Railroad wm resumed. Mr. LEDEROERBER offered the following substitute to the bill and pending amendments: Section 1. Tbe Governor shall, immediately upon the passage of this act, proceed to advertise tbe Pacific Railroad and all Its appurtenances and property for sale as provided by an act entitled an act io expedite the construction of the Pacific Railroad and the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, approved February 52, 1851, at the east front of the courthouse In the county of St. Louis. See. 5. At the sale, a provided by the first section of this act, the Governor, by himself or aeent, shall bid, for the State of Missouri, $4.- 600,000, and unless a greater sum Is bid by other parties in connection with and subject to the provisions of this art, then tbe Governor shall take possession of said road until tbe next meeting of tbe General Assembly, and until by them otherwise disposed or. Any purchaser under this act shall pay down two 'hundred thousand dollars at such kale, to be forfeited to the State if the conditions of this act are not fully complied with within ten days after such sale in relation to tbe money to be paid into tbe treasury. Sec. 3. 'The money to be paid for this road In pursuance of such sale may be paid in bonds of the State of Missouri or of the United State, or monev; and as soon as the full amount shall have been paid into tbe State treasury, the Governor shall make out to the party so purchasing a deed containing the following ctipuUtiofts and conditions, to wit: In consideration of the grants, privileges and franchises herein confirmed, and by previoue acta concerning said road now lu force and not repealed in whole or In part : First, the purchasers shall, within two years, change the tauge of the road so as to conform tbe aame to that-of the L'oin Pacific Railroad: Second, the said purchasers shall pay the principal and interest due and to become due on the one million live hundred thousand dollars first mortgage bond Issued uuder the act of February 10, 1S64. and tbe floating debt ot sid Pacific Railroad Company existing ai the time of tbe passage of this act; also the price; pal and Interest due on teven hundred one thousand dollar bonds issued bv the countv of 8t. Louis as a loan to the Pacific Railroad Compaov under the a-t of January 7, 1865. The said purchasers, their heirs and assigns forever shall, on the first Mondays of October. Janirary, April and July in each year, pay. Into tue treasury of the State of Missouri live per' cent, on the grbs or total proceeds, receipts or income derived from said road and branches con- i structed, or to be thereafter constructed, for tbe j three mouths then next prei-eding. ; Sec. 4- And for the purpose of ascertaining the i proceeds, receipts or income mentioned iu the I next preceding section, an accurate account shall ' be kept by said purchasers, their heirs or assigns, : a copv whereof haTl be furnished to the Auditor i of the State of Migsourl. the truth of which ac- ! count shall be verified bv the affidavit or the Ir..l n. . ,nil . . . ... . m r: 1 ' -1 mv..! or 1(J rAse prlviite partlc --ha!! own the" road", by themselves or appropriate oiii.-ers, not less than three in number. And fr thepurpoce of verify- !Dg and ascertaining the accmty or such account fufi er u herely veud ia th oovernor of th. A.,.. or Missouri. r auv r.erson bv law au- n(Btad. to examine the books vf said (anTiDiir UULUICU. W - ....i n.. ...ii..... coasers, lurii lien uv. i i.vuiu under oath the officers, agents and employe or jd ratd an(J iu branches, and acv other persons. And If anv Derson". so evamlued bv the Uover- ,hir.utboiitv. shall. wil'Iullv and know- inirlv. swear raiselv. every such person shaJl he uhiecl to the pains and penalties of perjury. Sec. 6. For the purpose of couipelliDg a strict compliance with section 3 of this act it is hereby provided that in rase default it made in tbe payment of any sum of money io aaid section mentioned for thirty day after the ame shall become due and ptvabie, the aame mty be recovered by civil action'in the name of tbe State of Missouri from said purchasers, their beirs and assigns, together with teu per ceiit. interest from date, and with thirty per cent, damages and costs, and a reasonable attorney's fee to be assessed by the court upon judgment ; but this shall be in lieu of ! all other damages upon any amount due under i section o oi mm aci. vuu any action urougnt ny : ,rteJ DV human aveu- can instil morality into involving untold calamines to eociety and po-virtue of this sectiou. Mid this act (hall be tried ! m-n r chankre hisluberent nature. W bat great- i teritf. There wa an eternal conflict between and delermlued. aud judgment enured at the ; , dcterenl can the law hold up to a pure and U principle set forth in the preamble and Uo return term of the court In.which the same Is in- jn M WOInan thsa u,t wa of her honor? assumed in the provision of tie bill. aUtuted, and all that shall be necessary to entitle whu ,,verer punishment can be inflicted upon ' 11 to Ueenae immoralitie was to the tree way the State to recover uaU bethe cm.ticate of the ; ening ones, than the sUme, the contumelv, to tuppre. them, there were otber Imaortlitle nefuunaec PT vlndlcUveiy j which we would do well to 1! bylegitUtlT. LtsAduiMtiini'lM9Avff1bm by til the world, tUlr owb ' ekveiiki. Is.4lJ sctiiakeX lima. tad very execution lulled by virtue of any Judgment obtained nader the provision of thii act shall b made returnable within twenty-three dav, ami upon betne; returned tad not fully tatistied, it shall thereupon fceeome the duty of tie court wherein wild judgment wsj rendered to enter an order upon lis president - and trea- h.uj.uUl... u.vu davnext. - ; On motion of Mr. MITCHELL, the motion to ) postpone wis tabled, i The first amendment of tbe eommlttee, sink- J Inr out iu tbe second section the word "eight,' !nd substituting .."nine," waj agreed to; ayes SC, noes 48. Adjourned. AFTERNOON SESSION". : Boue met at 5 o'clock, p. K. Tfie consideration of tbe bill to J1 the rj-iilc Railroad was resumed. Mr. DOS1PHAS offered to amrnd tLe second amendment submitted by the committee by providing tor the sale of the road to the Pacific Baii-roai Companr for six millions of dollars; four millPses. te be "piid on U-e 1st of September next, and two million j in -the course of the next twenty years, tn annual installments. The whole of the session wa vccuplrj in discussion of the amendment. Adjourned to Monday at 9 o'clock a. m. tbe 1 I I i i SENATE -MORNINti SESSION. MONOar, lehruary S4, lf'A. Vloe President Bonham in the chair. At roll call twentv.aeven SnaUr answered to j their nanie. .Mr. ( ErtEl. j rf-ented a memorial from citi-j tens of Usage county, praying the Legislature to j legalize pat sales of delinquent ana forfeited : lauds, and quiet all titles to same where the original owuvrxias uunu person ur iv acuv (laiu the taxes on the same for a period of five or more years previous to the sale thereof to the present i owner. Ana in every case hereafter wnere the I original o ner fails to pay the State and county taxes on any or ail lands or town lots in Uii State for a term of live years, (except in cases of minors, without parent or guardians.) the same shall revert to the State and be sold to the highest bidder, for which a rood and sufficient deed shall , be given to the purchaser. The petition cites that great hardship will I enure to Innocent parties who bought said de linquent lands earsago, and Lave made vaiua Mr. tLVELL, from Committee on Engrossed Bills, reported as correctly engroased Senate bill to provide for the payment of certain enrolled militia companies and appropriating money therefor.Mr. MORSE presented a petition from citizens of Jefferson countv, asking to be relieved irom the military tax lor 1963. The petition was drawn up by a committee ap-poiuted by tbe county court of Jefferson county at its January term, 1S8S, consisting of Messrs. Abner Green, John. L. Thomas and R. W. MeMullin. - lo compliance with tbe appointment, the committee stated cuccintiy In the memorial the reasons why the county court, the committee ami the feopU think that Jefferson county should be re-eased from the payment of the military tax for 1883. One of these reasons la that this tax has to be levied upon the assemceut of 1S63, and tbe greater portion of It will accordingly bare to be borne bv persons who did sot own tbe bonds at that time. Another reason is that as tbe Government of the I nited States has assumed and paid tbe military tiebt there could be no neoeity for the collection or this tar. I Another reason et forth Is that duriiuc the war Jefferson county appropriated lor the support of ue Union soldiers or the county and tneir wives, widows and orphans, the sum of three thousand rour hundred dollars. This was a gratuity and not given to relieve the people from the draft. Sot one dollar of it went to a voluutear who was credited to the count t oh thedrart. Another reason Is that the eouuty N already overburdened with taxation, having paid, in addition to heavy taxes tor macadamized and gravel roads a school tax. which, in some districts amounted to two per cent. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. Mr. WOERSER, Irom Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, reported substitute for Senate bill No 143, entitled an act to protect public health by checking immorality, and recommended that ft do pass. Read first time, rule suspended, read second time. This bill provides that the corporate authorities or all cities having ten thousand or more Inhabitants, aeco.-ding to any State or Federal census last published, shall have authority and power to suppre6, license or regulate brothels and bawdy houses, to provide Tor a reg-.-tration of the inmates of such bouse and for asur-veilance thereof. The report or tbe committee it as follows : Slnats Chamber, February 54, 1864. To tU ffimorohU, thi Prtridtnt of ih Small ; Tour Committee on Criminal Juri-fprudence, to whom was referred Senate bill So. 143, entitled 'an art the better to protect public health by checking immorality," have carefully considered the same, and uow ask leave to submit this their REPORT. The existence In our populous cities oT a great evil, growing with alarming rapidity, and spreading its baneful Influence over all rla.ses or society, cannot be Ignored. Prostitution, ruinous alike to the body and the soul, undermining health and morals, and destroying the energy and health of the people, exut in the cities of Missouri, as it always has existed in populous places. -dragging in it train all manner of evil and all tbe crimes mentioned in the decalogue. The legislator, who would point to tbe Statute book with Its prohibition of prostitution, and severe penalties against its miserable votaries, foudly imagining tiiatlts provisions have banished from among us this evil. Is signally refuted by the dally report of proceedings in police courts and courts lor the trial of criminals, by the register of our hopitals and poor house, of our work honses and JaiN, which proclaim loudly and unmistakably, tbe utter inadequacy and insufficiency of our law upon thi subject. Missouri is no more exempt from this evil than other State and other communities. Her laws have been and are powerless to suppress it. So other State or nation has ever beeu able to ex-tinguiih It. Our sister Stales, at least those having cities of large population, are in as bad a condition as we are. in the great cities or England and continental Enrone. the rase is even worse. So teveritv or legislation can reach the root or this evil, or even sensibly diminish it.Ex-nerienct- to this effect is abundant and convincing. Magistrate and police officers, judges and crini-lnallawyers, having most to do with the prosecution tor offenses, growing out or or connected with prostitution, are remarkably unanimous In their conviction that prohibitory laws In this di rection are utterly futile. In the ritv or r Liladelpuia tue law against prostitution i severe and stringent, yet the number orproslilut, k'uovvn to the police as Inmates or disreputable houses is appalling, counting by many thousands, without reckoning those who are p'lTlng their infamous calling under tbe cloak of repectability,r havecotyet openly embraced name aud degradation. In the pious city or Boston the case l not better; in New York perhaps worse. lo England, houxs ot prvtiltution are inhibited by law more or leas severe, while in Holland, Prussia, France and other continental countries, tbey are tolerated uuder license, regulation and supervision of government; and lr there beany difference lu the eatentof'the evil as between the oontiueut or England, the balaurr is certainly not-in lavor of the latter. " History is cot without iu lessons for us In tht respect Aa emiueut writer on the priuciplesof penal law, ia treating of the evils of prostitution i relates that "the tmpre.ss-yueen of Hungary undertook to extirpate this evil, and labored w!thaperseveriice praiseworthy in iu principles and deerv iug ofa belter rouse VI' hat followed? C orruption extended itell in private and public file; tue cxinjugai bed was violated; toe seat ot justice waa corrupted; adultery gained all that was lost by prostitution ; the magistrate made a trade ol their couuivauie; fraud, prevariratiou, oppreasiou, extortion spread themselves in the oountrv, and the evil which it was sought to destroy, being obliged to hide Itself, only became more dangerous." Among the Greek this profession was tole- t..i aitiaHrim vn jifWllrni-H Kut it n'u not allowed to pareuu to traffic iu 'the honor of in manner deemed Koet efficient by them, their daughter. ' Mr. WINTERS aaid. that If he understood the Among ti e Romans, in what Is called the ' bill and preamble. It distinctly described prosti-best time or tbe republic, the laws were ailent ; tution a among the greatest crimes known to uion this subject. : society. To license prostitution therefore would i. i. mwioiiiihiv Oiat nr. irfi.Mi Uw. an. be to license crime and a svstem of Immorality, JEFFERSON CITY, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1868. elaaa sot accepted? Cm a fiae or Imprisonment, or even death, have more terror for human being than the forfeiture of all claim to respect, to friendship, to love, thaa condition of utter degradation, bopelesanese nd despair, of un-ceaainr and agonizing remorse,- thaa tbe almost inevitable certainly of want, hunger and ruin; of that terrible aeourge which their crime originate and of which they are the first victim,- of miserable, painful end to their miserable, shameful career? These are the penaltiee which outraged crime penalue from which no Tenalitiet of policemen or prosecutors, no eraft or eloquence of well paid advocates, no eorrupdoa of connrr- n.tlll-i anil aocletT UTeVOCaUIT alUCB SO uu nr mairiftmLea or iuror afford an eecane Let it not be said that the certainty of these eonsequenoee is not present to Use aniadefthe unfortunate one ia tbe motnettt of temptation and danger, or during the wild excitement of their brief career of debauchery and dissipation; for surely no legal enacuoeota or penalties would be likely to be remembered naif so well. The numerous cases of suicide and attain pted suicides occurring among prostitute, attest how keenly alive Ihey are to their condition of ahame , degredaiiea -aasd misery It would seem, then, that although this evil carries with it its ewat inevitable- puD'ahmect a punishment far mora aevere and certain than can be enacted 1 statute book yet It exist and grows with the Increase of our population; that neither mild laws nor aevere law, ner an absence of law, avail to'extarmlnaU it. In ether words : thai the suppression of the evil it beyond the power of human legislation. . Rut it is undoubtedly within the. power of leg islators to mitigate and protect society against aofne of tu most pernicioua con sequences. The fearful diseases engendered and diaaeminated by prostitutes, la notconnnea toinem; ouiinpiwu and communicated to Innocent persona throughout the community. . . , - The actual and important fad 1, " ay acera-mlttee of eminent physicians, in their report to the Sew York Metropolitan Board of Jlealta, 'tat venereal diseases ia sapping the strength of the people. Husbands rive t to their wives, and mother five it to their children; and when It once has entered the constitution, no one can tell whether it ever will or can be eradicated. Every part of the body la invaded; the akin, brain, eyes, throat, nose, lungs and bones. The surface of the body becomes covered with tores and with scars which endure forever afterwards. ! The blood itaelf Is poisoned, and ioeea lis red globule, which were intended to give vivacity to the brain, and strength and vigor to the muscle. The poor victim of syphilis i racked with pains, permanently debilitated, and incapable of hard work, and If his mean are Insufficient for hit support, must seek refuge in the hospital or alms house. Death ia often bis beet friend, and if it comes early he may be saved from a lingering consumption, or some of tbe various acrofulout diseases. "The picture U not overdrawn. Tbe simple facts as first stated are common ana beneath the truth; yet there are eome persona who, from the superior excellence of their constitutions, or from using medicines early and sedulously, escape tbe severe penalties of the disease. But no one can tell in advance who these favored indi vidual are to be, for with all the external signs or flourishing beaitn. mere often exists some vice of constitution which, syphilis will find out, develop and render incurable 'Innocent wives get the diseaae from ihelr husbands , and go through the same stage of suffering, broken health and premature decay. Their children are bore dead or diseased , wrinkled, covered with eruptions, and. if alive, af fected with wheezing, cough or catarrh. It would be a fortunate event if their lives would terminate before they grew to mature ag, and before tbey were old enough to generate a race of aecrcpid ana feeble cnuaren, to Become nurdens to tnetnsetvet ana to eociety. "Syphilis Is so invidious that a person attacked with it never knows with certainty that he ia cured. A little of the poison left uneradicated may taint again hit whole system. Ynnr committee have known repeated instance where young men who (having once bad the disease and believing themselves well,) have ventures! to marry, have generated diseased children; and tbeee children, s Wra, have given the disease to their mother. This, too, after a period of six or eight years had elapsed ainee the disease was contracted, during which time these youn men nave lived virtuous hvec "Physical pain and the rained health of a wife and children, perhaps their death, er the loss forever of the nope of offspring may seem punishment enough. But to these must be added the consciousness of guilt. Their sins will rise from the buried, past, and like reproving ghosts haunt their eouis forever with remorse and shame.' So imagined Buffering can transcend misery like thU. ..... So one knows what the young man I who wants to marry hi daughter. - He mty poRtee a good character and the noblest qualities, and yet his daughter may give birth to diseased childien and die of diseases which prostitute have generated and disseminated. The facta mint bring the subject borne to every individual, and aQ ought to resolve that such dlaeaaee shall not continue to exist, if, in God'a good providence, they can be eradicated. The question . moreover is not a private one, but of great political Importance, for the health of the citizens Is the wealth and power or the State. Tbe laboring population are ruined tn health, and made dependent on the public charities." Tbe learned and patriotic gentlemen composing the committee, proceed to point out the remedy by which the evil may be reached, and in a great degree avoided. The memorial submitted to your honorable body by a large number of the most eminent physicians of the Slate, comprising names that have been rendered famous and familiar to the scien tific world or Europe tnd America, and all or them known as men of the highest integrity and purity of character, presents tbe same opinion and earnestly calls upon you to do your duty as legislators. 'The opinion of these gentlemen, based upon experience from their own practice, aud corroborated by that of physicians of other cities and countries, and also by the statistical information gathered in Europe, where the remedy ha been applied and found to work a vast amount of good, it entitled to your weightiest consideration. Y'our committee deem it a grave and Imperative duty to attend to this matter, and accomplish, impossible, the humane and beneflclent object set rorth by the memorialists. Other evils, connected with and growing out of tbe present condition of houses of prostitution, may be reached by the same means. Thieves and all sort of malefactors resort to them, and there plan and often execute their depredations. Larceny, murder, rape, (upon Innocent girls inveigled or abducted hither) and, in fact, almost all the varieties of crime known to law. are ot dallv occurrence in theee houses, ana swell, to a melancholv extent, the number of cases in courts of criminal jurisdiction. A strict system of registration of the inmates, and control over the house by the police would render the commission of such crime far more difficult and subject the criminal to a much greater certainty or detection and apprehension. Toe publicity attending the registration of such house and the control over them by municipal authorities, would have tbe effect to deter manv landlords from renting their premise for infamous purposes, who now do so on account of the olk-n rents tnev receive, ana to enable the authorities to restrict and confine the houses of prostitution to certain localities, and thus prevent them from being spread over the cltr, Into all neighborhoods. Their publicity would deter many, both males and females, from resorting to them who now do sounder the cover of tecrei-y, and comparatively safe from detection. But your committee deem it unpracticable to provide In detail for tbe regulation of this matter. The subject is one that properly pertains to the police regulation of municipalities, and therefore recommend tbe adoption of the accompanying substitute, and that the bill to amended be passed. J. O. WOERSER, For Committee. Mr. HOLLAND moved to amend section 1. bv striking out the word "license." and taid thai tne rerort of tbe committee had correctly repre sented that prostitution ia a great crime againsti uoa ana Humanity, ana ior one, ne would never vote to licerm, and thereby give the sanction of law to so great an evil. Mr. WOERSER moved to amend by Inserting "tax." He said, that we might as well look at fact as they exist, without attempting to ignore them or glo them over. A false delicacy ought not to induce Senator to shrink from their duty aa legislators. Here waa an evil of terrible magnitude, growing daily and threatening to reach and contaminate every class of society. Could gentlemen point out any remedy short of tbe one proposed, he was anxious to apply them ; but history and our own experience bad demonstrated that prohibitory laws were utterly poweries to suppress or even mitigate the evil." Mr. WINTERS said that he would ask the gentleman from St. Louis whether the tax provided in the bill proposed to tax the property or business. If the pro vision was to tax the business, the amount of income would be uncertain. Mr. WOERSER answered, that his desire was neither the lieentt, nor the tax, but the control over these bouses, which, under present laws, it was impossible for the police to exercise. He was not surprised to tee repretenative from rural districts so delicate upon this subject. They were not witnesses of the appalling extent which this evil had reached In large cities. But If they came to St. Louis and consulted with the police commissioners gentlemen having an honest and zealous desire to promote the public good they could learn from them bow lamentably powerlese they are under present laws. He did not propose that the Legislature should license bawdy bouses, but pleaded for the right 01 corporate authorities 01 cities to meet tbit evu ing horse stealing or of counterfeiting the current coin of the realm, as of advocating a measure for iicrnaing-tcy speclea of Immorality. Mr. WOERSER replied that thi Inconsistency pointed fltet bv tbe Senator from Marlon, did not exist ia the retort oX the committee. The com- mlttee resicgnixed the existence of the evil; but ako believe that prohibitory laws were no reme- dy; then for to mitigate the results of the evil. to eradirai- which they tee no means, they pro- pose their a.' So good is gained by ignoring F.cta? it i.-tka 4 .,(.,.- I lng facta. and net to avoid their responsiblUty'by declannrr.cu. not to exist, a i the case when T 1 od upon the efficiency of prohibitory UW.. hn J- -11 lm tr lltfartrlnarta. quale ' i MrjS AUNHORST aaid be would oppose the ! striking t of the word "license." AbTwtu uporw isd regulate the evil will not suffice. St. Lout t has tried that for years, without sue- i cess. Th, se unfortunate beings are brought to j tribunal-. lined heavily, and go back to their ! haunt ta foilow the same vice. By license the matter e be brought under control of authori- ties. "Th, evUeffecU to society, the nunatioaof! whole net bborhoods where tb'ese house are lo- i rated. ri m-..- no,cn. Hom.n.i attention. Society abhors these practices justly; I dui ior a innai tbey are tiuroan beings; tnereiore charity dlnands that something should be done speeuujwi - watch this evu may be controlled. Mr. SI p.LTOX spoke In lavor of the bill, and mainticM that it ought to pass, as a measure for the ptfta-vou of eociety against disease growing ourtcisstif -rime of prostitution. R"r- said the object of the bill, so far as it ir o'a the suppression of prostitution, and thehe Hon or the diseases, sufferings and ca- t. fai 1.. 1 .i- j" T - ""' 01 etj, cenamiy a servers cuasioer- iiwFtjr'uc Tkrl Hoils no dnaht that tht, nanntrt waa eura. ed I ding;e spread disease, of a nature ruinous totlhrpai and body of it victims. Whether the rimittoroposeU by the bill were the wisest tneaa ''ipteo. suppression of the species of im- ms-'alT. VVAV.Tinn. arJ tha nrttantlna At tha 1 sufleri'l1lin"olved, was another question. He copea ue ben ate would' not act hastuy upon the measure; but take time foru careful consideration.He would move that the bill be ordered printed, and made the special order for Monday, at 1Q o'clock, a. M. Mr BRUERE said that as the people of St. Louis were tbe only community of the State of Missouri afflicted with tbe evils sought to be remedied by the bill, he would advocate almost any measure which, in the minds of the people of St. Louis, would relieve them from those evils. He thought that the bill should properly be referred to the St. Louis delegation; and he would offer an amendment to the motion of tbe Senator from Cole, to that the bill should be to referred. Tbe amendment was adopted. Mr. WINTERS, from Committee on Elections, reported substitute for Senate bill So. 3!A, entitled an act to amend chapter 2t4, of the General Statutes, in relation to election. Read first and second time, laid on table, and ordered printed. The bill amends by adding two new sections, which provide that any clerk of county court or municipal corporation, who shall knowingly issue a certificate of election to any person or candidate in his county, not a qualified voter under the Constitution and law of this State, shall be adjudged guiltv of a misdemeanor, and lined not lest than 500, and Imprisonment in jail not less than three months. Also that any county court or city council which shall knowingly appoint any person or persons to act as judges of election, who are not qualified voters, shall be deemed guilty of malfeasance in office; and such election, held under such judres, shall be Invalid. Mr. GRAHAM Introduced Senate bill entitled an act to amend and reduce Into one art, an act entitled an act to amend an act and reduce into one act the several acts incorporating tbe city of Independence, approved February 23d, ISM, and all amendment thereto. Read first and second times, and referred to Committee on Banks and Corporation. Mr. GRAHAM, from Joint committee on revision of revenue law, reported back substitute for Senate bill So. 171, entitled an act to amend section 67, of chapter 13. title 5, General Statutes, in relation to collection of revenues. Laid over informally. Mr. WOERSER introduced Senate bill So. , entitled aa act amendatory or chapter 18. General Statutes, In reference to manner of selecting grand juries. Read first and second time, tnd referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence. On motion of Mr. ELLIS. Senate adjourned until 2 o'clock, P. M AFTERXOON SESSION. Senate met at X o'clock, P. M. Mr. BON HAM In the rh air. Mr. BONHAM laid before the Senate a communication from the Governor, stating that he had signed the following bills: An act te amend section 41, of chapter 136, ot General Statute. An act to authorize the city of it Louisto borrow money fortbe construction of public sewers. Concur!?" ivaoiutioo in relaiiou Ui repairing the levees protecting the alluvial lands below the mouth of the Ohio river; and requesting our Representatives lu Congress to use their Influence to secure the aid of the General Government towards the accomplishment of such repairs. An act to amend section 6, of chapter 134, oi General Statutes. House concurrent resolution, urging Congress to the speedy payment of bounty to the Missouri .State Militia. Wat taken up. Read second time, rule suspended, read third third time and passed ayes. 24; noes, none A mesiage was received irom the House bv Mr. Colby, As.si-.tant Clerk, informing the Senate that tbe following bill had been introduced into and passed that body. House bill No. 107, entitled an act to suspend the filth section of an act entitled an act to secure tbe completion of certain railroads in this State, pased December 10th. 1&5. Also, that Senate bill So. 251, entitled an act changing the time of holding tbe circuit court ot Buchanan county, and granting to said county additional terms of said court, had been taken up and passed with the accompanving amendment. Mr UARBINE moved to take up Senate bill changing time of holding circuit court in Buchanan county. Mo. Bill taken up. Amendments of House read first and second time, and agreed to. House bill So. 107, entitled an act to suspend the fifth section of an act entitled an act to secure the completion of certain railroads in this State, passed December 10th, 1S&. Read first time, rule suspended, read second and third time, passed ayes, 21; noes, 5 The suspension of this section releases the Hannibal A St. Joe railroad company from the payment ol a percentage of receipts Into State treasury, for a sinking lUud to meet the principal ol the indebtedness of said company to the State, which the law suspended required. It also stops the prosecution against said company by the State, for the collection of said per ventage, now amounting to some $600,000; but does not release in any manner, the road or anv road, from the payment of tbe interest and principal of any Indebtedness to the State House bill So. 2i8 eutitled an art to amend section 77, chapter Si, of General Statute of Missouri,Was taken up, read first and second time, and rererred to Committee on Ways and Means. House bill So. GO, entitled an act to amend sections 11, 16, 17, 40, chapter 40, General Statutes of Missouri, Was taken up, read first and second times, and referred to Committee on Way and Means. House bill So. 8, entitled an act to provide for the payment or coupons due on or before 1361. Was taken up, read first and second times, and referred to Committee on Judiciary. House bill So. , entitled an act for tbe relief of Robert Creighton, deceased, Was taken up, read first ana second times, and referred to Committee on Claims Resolution changing rules of Senate, Was taken up, aud read second time, and laid over under tbe rules ror a third reading on tomorrow.lue change proposed Is a new rule to enable any General Assembly to alter or amend Its own arts. House bill So. 179, entitled an act for the final settlement of all the unpaid claims of the Cairo A Fulton railroad company, aud to provide lor the payment of all just claims made prior to May, 1861, and to distribute tbe unappropriated stock. The bill leads at follow : Section 1. Tbe county courts of the several counties that took stock iu the Cairn A Fulton railroad, are hereby authorized to appoint such agent or agents as said county courts may deem proper, to look after their iuterest and require the old company to turn over to them all books, papers and accounts, paid or unpaid, together with a certified list of all lands disposed of by said company; and the agent or agenu shall examine all unpaid claims, and if just, tell such land as may he necessary, and pay such just claims, and Immediately turn over Uie remaining unappropriated land to the several counties to which it originally belonged. Section 2. This act to take effect and be tn force from and after its passage. House bill So. 67, entitled an act to amend sec tions, chapter 41, title 15, General Statutes of Missouri, Taken up, read second time and referred to Committee on Judiciary. House bill So. M. entitled an act to amend chapter 156, of General Statutes, concerning mandamus, Waa taken up, read second lime and referred to Committee on Judiciary. Senate bill So. 27s, enuueu an act to pro viae for the payment ot certain enrolled minua for sen-ices faithfully rendered, and appropriating money therefor. Read second time and laid over informally. Mr. HARBIN E, on leave, introduced the following resolution : Sttelwd, That the Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence be instructed to Inquire into the legality and expediency of providing for the trial of all casea of misdemeanors by Iniormation. Adopted. On motion of Mr. KING. Senate aloursadea to-morrow morel r.g at 10 e'atoah. HOUSE MORNING SESSION. vnvn.r I'ohmarv 2 i . , S10ifo' 1 ebruar) . : ,The House met pursuant to adiounuaeut at 9, 0 , u , ' k"? thV,b.lr.- , rtT iJ.KeJ- Whitaser, Chaplain, : Jf TE,Koffe,7d "'"'"n. Th,r!l w" ! adopted, that the Uou.e meet hereafter, at . 0 Slock.V;f1 . , Mr. AKARD offered a reao'.urion that the House 1 ""J1 f clock, r. M. itlidrawn. K I L.l lUirOUOOa Dill aUUlOnXin? U19 Secretary ot State to republish the first fifteen T.0,ume '?f ""P01 of c Missouri Supreme Jhe reporte mar be condensed where the f practicable, thedecisi.ms are. how. )," to ,e Pven ft,lU- rbre" h n',r'. '! fi,t '"P'v't0 tae volum U' bfPnl n Published. mm. .rKed tw,fe nd referred to the Committee, on s.n,,M,fan'; , , v -,, . ,,, , Mr.BIRcU introduced a bill to e.tablih a P.ound and restrain ho from running at lar in : tne town or 1 OtOsI Read twice and referred. Jir. 3itLj.L9 lutroduced a bill lor uie Deuem of the collector of th. rev-nun. nermirrin the same, who have not complied with ttie provis- Ions of the 43d section of the act in relation to the thVei,,?nuf ,to P"bii;hI,tu utUn - quentlist before the third Mouuay of Dumber, Read twice Dd referred. f,r- f ,w u ,u 1 -n " 1 sirpont? jl1? 0f BwnvlUo" Read twice ana referred. Mr. EFPSTEIX introduced a bill to amend an Read twice and referred. Mr. MONKS Introduced a blU to pay certain criminal costs In the county of Howell. Read twice and referred. Mr. LEDEROERBER presented the petition of John W. Doyle, for compensation for labor performed In the construction of the Gasconade bridge and for other work Which was refwro-1 to the Committee on Claims. Mr. BROCK present! the petition of Jas. F Downing and others, friends of the homo- pathic practice of medicine, praying that no law be passed favoring any school of medicine to tb exclusion of others. Read twice and rererred to iho committee on physicians. By the same: On behair of the Committee on Insurance, a bill wa introduced concerning in surance and insurance companies. Read twice and referred, and made the special order for Friday next at 2 o'clock, and ordered printed. Mr. RIGGS Introduced a bill to repoal ecttin 12. chapter Oct. General Statute. Read twice and referred. Mr. ORRICK introduced a bill for the benefit of the former and the prevent sheriffs or M. Charles county. Read twice and referred. Mr. SPEAKER introduced a bill to amend an ..1 in,ii ii.. .itmf s.v.nn.r, , 1 rM?Jrt&? thereor, approved Janiiary, i860. Read twice and referred. Mr. WILKINSON", from a select committee, Ik:". ,TJ:L 'r T.. ifiT ,XZ . lt" lu" "'" "j- ... Buchanan county, with an amendment, which was agreed to, and the bill, so amended, was read a third time and passed. Mr. LAWSOS, from the Committee on County Boundaries, reported a bill to amend chapter U4, . General Statutes of Missouri, in relation to county boundaries, with a series or amendments thereto, ' which were agreed to and the bill wa ordered , engrossed ror a third reading. ; On motion of Mr. lr t-KKl-.LL, tbe special Ralfroad "wn un" ' " AnmenT.mett warred bv Mr. FERRELL. requiring the patents for lands sold to be signed by tne state treasurer as well as by tne gover nor, wtilcn was agreed lo- The substitute of tbe committee was arceo The bill, as amended by the substitute, ws read a third time and passed. It provides for the appointment of a eommi-j sloncr by the Governor, to "d P i Cmotoe samf fa'nd beinf arfof tne riXrLTl bulldlnz the Southwest Pacinc railroad. Mr. FLNKELSBLKG from tee, reported favorably on charter or the city or St. Lout, with amend - menu, wnicn were agreed 10. The bill, to amended, ws read a third time I and passed- I it provides that the appropriations tor the i payment of interest on the bonded debt of the city, and ror the support of the Government, uau be maae uunng me nrsv siaiea session 01 the city council; and a sum sufficient, iu the opinion of the city council, to cover the expen-i . i'"-ir acuous aim tueir uear- , convictions, or the nrmuess of his pnii-se of the same, shall be appropriated. The re-j ngs since the war be their reply. Never ciples. Tho most reckless of his Oppo-uunderof the income proper during any fiscal Lave they sought revenge ou their eue-' ueIlls never can urge against him a df-year may be appropriated ior public works. i mies. They have not returned murder , parture from honest faithfulness to hU Every ordinance introduced lor public improve- i ... Parluro ,r""' ""' iaiiuiuiutss ui nts menu shall, after iu first reading in the council. be tent to the comptroller, who shall certify ou " sun suutjr, sun mua oinv 10 isw the same that the money intended to be expend- to plead their cause, i rom the very first ed is actually in the treasury, and not appropria- their plan has beeu to have the State Gov-ted for other purposos. 1 ernment placed exclusively iu the hands In assessments for opening streets Uie city shall , , , , .. .. 1 , 1 , ... pay but one-tenth of such a!se,sment. ' V1 lw ?l m,jU' an to adl ut th e'wtive the fiscal year commence, hereafter, on the ! 11 "auchise only those who, by their acts, second Tuesday In October. -prove that thev are no louver euemies. Ihe bill also defines, specihcaliy, Ui duties cf the comptroller. Adjourned. AFTETiXOON" SESSION. The SPEAKER laid before the House a com- ! munication from the Governor, announcing that hehadtigneathebiu authonziugtbecity or&t. Louisto issue bond to the amount of one mil- lion dollars. The discussion of tbe bill to sell the Pacific railroad, was resumed, the pending question being the adoption of the ameudment ottered by Mr. Doniphan to the second amendment of the a.l. nftK.'r,.l tthe Ir.Mt1f rnilrr.i.1 rnmmnv Ska f. .. as f n-hi. . -. l- . tla.a - for 26.000.000. 84.000.000 to be paid on the 1-t ot"i September next, and J2.000 ,000 in the course of the next twenty years in annual installments. The discussion occupied the whole of the session, and the House adjourned without coming to a vote upon the amendment. TEE WHITE XAV'S PASTY IX TEE SOUTH From the Washington, D. C, Chronicle. Ttso fnllistvinir ntinonl fr.-im tli.. t.on .if u ' T he following appeal from the pen ota;. Southern clergyman, who sends clergyman, who sends n His name, aud whose high character is a aul-1 ficient assurance of the truth of his re- marks, is published as one of the latest ; evidences of tbe unparalleled cruelties of the "white man's party" in the South. : The writer of the follow iug is a white i man, as we have said, aud a uative South- i eruer. The same mail that brought his ; letter conveyed a number from other cor- j respondents!!! Georgia, Mississippi, Ala-j bama and Louisiana all of them calling i upon Congress to pass a bill providing that a majority of those voting in the elections shall be sufficient to ratify the constitution and to elect officers of the new government under it. " As it stands." 6ays one correspondent, "not only those living who do not vote are J counted as voting, but registered dead ! men, aud others who have been register-! ed and have loft the State, appear upon ! the poll lists to obstruct our work." It is essential that any legislation to beef-; fectivo should be perfected at ancarlv! dav. Acstix, Texas, January , 186s. Sir : A friend has been sending me the i too far from the theater of strife to feel Washington Chronicle for some time. I j the terrible blows that brought down the have read it with much satisfaction, and ! revolt. Politically, Honda has always or have been strengthened bv the fearless-! until just now been iu the hands and ness with which vou have' exposed cor- pockets of a baker s dozen of such men ruption and defended the right, aud I de-1 as ulee. Call, V alter, ostcott, and sire now to address vou, as a champion of! that sort all hard-shell slavery men, and the rio-hts of loyalty", on the state of the ! of late years good Democrats of tho Du-country. The "statements about to be j chanan stripe. She was the third State ,arii arp"nnt tho statements of n iioliti- in the rush tor secession, her Convention cian.but of one who, though born and raised iu the South, has from the tii st looked upou rebellion as a crime : who docs not regard the question of the day as one of politics, but of patriotism ; and who has enjoyed abundaut opportunities to study the" spirit of the Southern people, and" to estimate the efficacy of the various measures proposed for the rehabilitation of the rebel States. The tried patriots of the South are not eutirely satisfied with the Congressional plan of reconstruction, aud the Government is slowly growing into disfavor with them. This is unpalatable, but it is true, nevertheless, ana those who have the integrity of the Union in custody ought to know it. These men have been in the furnace for seven long and distressful years. During the rebellion they Buffered" all manner of nertecution. Thev were universally pro scribed. Multitudes of them were forced; 1 vvii from their homes tinmo urere hunted with dogs, and some pined for montha in j rebel Bis tiles. The property of many . . .r . : . , w . a .Anfiaaf Art ann in numrrous im- stances has not been restored vet Thou- through the Union lines. a 1 :.. tho Federal armv : and it haa been ascertained thatabout nine huitr j Jmln were murdered in Texas alone, I during the war, for their Unionism, and j.t k9 sf th atrdM-es-f has yt bavn WHOLE NUMBER 269. erccoteJ. But nrnM nil these trials these iovaiists never tailed 1 aej esteemed it an houor to aulTerior .1 Union. AnJ they sustained themselvA through all those dark rears with the ! was entirely npoa personal and TObor-hotM; that the dav n oi:hl romswhoi, 11 .i;.. .: f uwv" . . , . . - out caj wouui wave inumpnantlv over all tho latid, aud when loyalty would ceae to be a crime. They never dreamed then that when the authority of the United Mate shonld be established in the South they would still be under the ban, and that the very men who hunted them o cruelly during the rebellion would still lord it over them and all under the eye- of the victorious Government. But they have lived to see this Terr thing. At the conclusion of the war theT saw the very men whose hands were drippin iiu wie ii.)oi or their fatr.ers a urotners, and son, a-scend auain to the hiirh piHi fs of power. Thev witnessed the election of traitors, cho-n for their 1 crimes- ami pmwur.i.., t . .., 1- i.-- . .f10': Sna "pOWf red to make liWS for y..-. aU;,an i.seuscieu iocs- ! WaiM treason and punish K valt v. Aud. 1 u"'ly. they learned that if they desire,! a fvor, or wuhed for justice at Washing ; ,,. , ' eviueiicw tuat ion, mo mosi uaillillU'' eVKl.'n.-u u prouueeu against them was that ,iiiev naaueeu ever Uithtul to the Gov- . eriiiiieut. i.'d. Ihey were told that a I walked strietlr bv the line ofdutvao-esuU-ut had betrayed them, j cordiny to thelaws of Congress, and wit". 'vJ ,-North 'oul'l yet re-j soldierlv frankness carried out the. pithy Ihey looked to Conjrre. axiom of his chief, "A law must be pt'iuuiou rre-iiili-ut and that the lievu them. , -vi nut me rt-coiisiruction bill r! : 1 Ins was not 0ati,l:utory. It left the rebel Mate governments miaot, aud sns- I-ended thetr protection 011 their ability 'to muster a majority ot loyal voters. It was expediency, not justice. But Con- 1 - ' J - - v ' jrress was their only friend; they must stand br that. .Sheridan earn among them. Ili loved lovdltv. He would PY- ; ecu to tht-l.tw, and give tln'm all the sup- port 111 nirt power. iUt (TO Ion? thov soe him went oil and disgraced for his efforts , in Ftori la go ahead with reuewed cour-to aid tho nppre-fcd. Meanwhilo the a,., and get into th Union ahead of -laughter of I nion men roatinnos. ' Alabama It" possible .V. . Tribune t n-e hnn ircd loyalists have been killed j in Texas since the war, and not one of FOR G0VES50S. the assassins has- been brought to the gal- ; From the Caldwell County Sentinel, low. And of late, since General Han-: Wo place at the head of our column cocks famous order, the work of hutch-; this week the name of Georsro 8mith. of erv has houn in earnest. Now the result ol" all tl;i J ia iimnlr 1 .. . Ti , v i lLV ...If, t.h,:.War.werP rcnewerl to - .r - i "'- "'e iue circuni-ian.-es as in b, hut 'h the oxporienoe of the pros- eut, the Government would have precious . ""-'" " . "ear - " men j aintost everv dav savina-: "If it w-pro t.v be done ovor again, I would pursue a; very diffi rent course; I would not risk my neck for a Government that will not protect roe wln'ii it is in its nower to do so that rewards its enemies and punishes it; tVii.twI.: II........... : . .jiu a uuinumnii., n n.lB(1, Ue, more than au other man ol the urge. , is not worthy of our allegiance, j.artr, mav claim to have fostered that Ihe loyal men of Texas have waited on r,-rti-;ti infnnr t.i k- it th.Aimi, I "l0 government nearly three years to re- ! hcvo the, fr rule. That relief; eJ comes not. liiey cannot wait much ,r. ; longer. Hundreds have alroady left ; aud 1 1 now hoar tho very leaders of Unionism Bdjiu Texas expressing their fears that un - 1 ,11U! Ii'u' !' cannot wait much " lu' T . I- , ot Congress on tho subject, this will bo o placo lor loyal men. , I tnow that you will say that tho lrei- dent is responsible. But is he not a part of lhe crumeut ; and what . a Got - i ci uuieui vv oriu mat permit, any one man , , om a select commit- to hector it over the nation thus, and iu 1 to harmouy discordant and jarring par-the bill to amend the ' the lace of the civilized world perpetrate ty elements, and circumventing the mach- liiiia. tattn ijiivxixl. ' -,....1. . : . ? 1-. - n ; such wrongs on its own friends ir j.uo- eminent that has not the justice or tho authority to protect its tried friends, is already a failure. 30Utheru loy- : Jiome will av that these alistS are embittered: that tht;y have SUf- j , . j . L tl tTHti.ro l.ocotnn vindic ! tu e? --reiore, Utcomovinan. ! They thirst for no man's blood. They ' oul v insist that nieu who have disfran chiseil themselves shall not be restored , to full citizenship till they have deinon- t siraieu lui ir reuentanco. inevaiso tx- in iv luma. iimiFi51M.-niB1iuiiiujini;i.;0i republican institution. A plain, us- 1 b!e rebrls, who continue to stir up bad jbloJt am, , im..d roeonsf ru.-tion, 1 . 1 1 -1 j -i-i ,- i 'hould be exiled. 1 he Kopubhr is aie only in tho hands of its friends, I Now, sir, 1 ask you, and I a.-k the loval ! North, how long chall thit great ini'us- 1 tice continue? Are vou sroin: to desert ! "d leave US in the pOWCr Ot our ene- mies ill those who encouraged us to to the Union abandon us now, adhere and join our old oppressors bv establish ing them in authority over us ? Sir, in the name of our past sufferings and our ; present wrongs; iu the name of the dead who perished lighting forus, I importune v-1111 M.11.I nil tirsf 1111.11 i:i tin. Xiii'th t,v I 1 i.mu if. i-i, ! i. I i. f" SoFd lu fi'Ani tlioara. ""'- ... ........ u-. wi.. mt would cut th o military bill to i.ie.-es: . n . if I()S,ib!(. L,iv! hm ' , ' I r n - r-1 force and more vitality. Give us a loyal ou.11 ,t'i ei iiiiii in, auu j;ivr us in-itce. Yours sinct-roly, TUX. j Missouri will need for the neit two FLORIDA. ! v ears, quite as much as she Las for the Our readers have been thoroughly in- j past, a firm hand at the helm. It is not formed of the proceedings of the Consti-j bent to experiment tho hand that has tutional Convention in Florida, ami. we ; not failed in the p.tt promise well for presume, as thorough- disgusted with the j the future. factious quarrels among the members, the j Firmly believing that Gov. ?mith ha secession of nearly one-half, and the set- all qualifications requisite for a moid ex-tiug up of a rival Conveution. Florida ( cellent State Executive, that the people has always been a thriftless Mate. With j can and do have the most implicit faith a climate 01 wonueriui saiuoriiy, ana a soil that scarcely needed cultivation to satisfy the most avaricious owner, she has lagged far behind her neighbor iu everything like public or private prosperity and enterprise. During the war she was the feeding ground of the rebel armies, furnishing, with Texas, the solid supplies of beet lor Davis' commissariat. Her contributions of men were comparatively small, and her suffering during and al'ter'the war was relative oulv she was i for that purpose having met ou the 3d of January, InoT. At that time her pop ulation wa less than 150,t))0. of whom about 65,lX were negroes. Her vote in lSCu, for President, was 1 1,?47, of which Breckinridge had a large majority. In October, lSbo, a reconstruction convention was held under the authority of President Johnson's proclamation, a constitution was formed, and in November of that year there was an election for State officers and Legislatun D. S. Walker was chosen Governor without opposition, though there was something of a contest on several subordinate offices. These officers are nearly all now in service. The vote on Governor was only about 5,900. But the reconstruction acts of 1867 rendered a new constitution necessary, and uuder their authority the necessary registration was made. It showed about 12,'.J white and 16,UUU colored voters. The hierhest vote ever cast hishest vote ever cast in tne btate . , ,a?n l.v... was in -ovemocr, low, aim mat amount- ed to only U,347. The election was held last November, wheu fourteen thou- aan.-l three nnmlroil votes wnro caat fnr ami w 132 atrainst a Convention. At the sani time delegates were chosen, of whom 27 were whites and 18 colored. Soon after they met (in January) a question to the right of certain ilelegatea arose as to their seats, ana a long and dhrgroeeful wrangle sued, tha result hsumj the divials .. m m ... TO 0 ..WO .. m ee . nx lUOOUl... On column 0 oswwmn, a '1C" -otic. t-8 JoU. u4 HA, ssisuaa.ior'. boWct, u,f .W'tr. the Corrrention into two bodies, each own. it cioes not ,.pear that tht-re wan 1 . . ' -mt.vwna r .Arair.,..;... -v 8 mimic uuuri e. -vi mis juncture Ui-u. jo.eane appear upon the cene, and, by a calra and jndi-ciou9 exercise of his personal and wfflcial influence, has fortunately succeeded in harmoniiini the contendiuj? factions, restoring the bodv to its normal condition, and infusing; a spirit of work that we trust will be manifested in (rood revolt. It should be noted that the "nijffer" question was not uppermost In the troubles to which we have alluded. The difficulty really grew out of the determi . . - 1 ne I nation of certain white delegates to manna age the Convention in the interest of prospective candidates tor drate and Federal offlces. As we understand th latest account?. Gen. Meade has prevailed tinrtn ttim tn ly ssirln thpir rl?nprnaa wipe out wnat both conrcntiona Bare dorns. and rnmmin.- inrv. ! Gen. Meade is entitled to the thanks of the country for his action in the matter. 1 it was not called tor a a dntv, nor wa it j officiously intruded. He evidently feels anxious to hasten the too long delaVed work of Reconstruction; he has, thus far. nKvl ntii it .!-,,!..,.. . r:, tional by the proper authoritr." Thens ; is now nothing in the war of the speedy ; rehabilitation of Florida." The Constitu- : tion ought to be-perfected within a fort- night much of It is done alr-adv. We IIIU t ill U V. 11 vi 1 L 11 ' cannot 9uppose that j tie will work In the the -am a prae- nm:nati!ft thor f linn. . f at tYg mnst m.c littld tf t V. c pro-slavery terrorism that conspired to rod urn th ll.ni-i n.fn T.rnnrtVUnH I'aUlwell countv. our nrpsent Lipu tenant ' i - . " . j : i . . 1 . tiuvfrilur, a our lauuiuaic ior uoTeruor . Missouri, at the coming election, .ub- jert of course to the action of the State Radical Convention. Therecord of Gov- . enmr Smith for the past six rears is so thorough! v known that it is unnecessary to enter into a ivcital of his political history in fact, so thoroughly is he identical with the rise and growth of the Radical party in this State, that its history without his name would be like the play , c.f Hamlet with the part of Hamlet omit- - . . . - . itorfug and tria'ls. aud led it forward u triumphant success. The admirablo skill aud tact, tbe depth ' uf foresight and soundues of judgment displayed bv Governor Smith ou more ithan one occasion iu the recent struggle The admirablo rkill and tact, the depth for fredom ana emancipation, provr ( him not only a safe and reliable party : leader,butsomethiiigniore a patriot and 1 statesman. Uniting in a remarkable de- , gr a TMdr Rml far-reaching tact, with , the firmest executive ability, he wa ad- ', mii'ihlv ailnntml to tho task nf tnnnliiinT tnatious ot the unscruDuIous snd warv abettors of treason. Added to these ' Qualities, so reouisite in a successful Dax- ty leader, Governor Smith's uuimpeacha- il intocrritv will tw insi.ii A tli utmost . rnnfirlonon "in hia mnlimi nH ttinn. No one can doubt the sincerity of his party and principles. An original tree-soil Democrat, Le wa from the very outset in lull sympath) with the party that ultimately accomplished the emancipation of Missouri, and no member of the party or public man of the country, has labored more zealously or indefatigably to bring about a result that has accomplished ro much for the State aud nation. Gov. Smith is emphatically a man of the people a representative mau a lair exponent of the simplicity aud stability a-suming farmer, be i entirely without ostentation, devoted whollto" the practical details of business, aud ambitions only of the good of the country. Tho approaching political campaign will be contested with bitterness ; the democracy are organizing everywhere and will make a most determined and desperate tight. It will require not ouly tne unitcd efforts of all true Union men to contend successfully with them, but they 9hould also be marshalled for the combat under leaders whose namee will add strength and prestige to the cause. The election State and Na.ioiial will be one of tha mint imnortant ever held. I': , . ? r . j , ual iniPSUOlls are Hi Issuo, ana tne UP- ro, ,k i.,i;.,qi ....,m k . " '"Lv "V"' T' ,J,,. T . I. aaVita.au IVI VllaVS il IUUI 7 11 J I 1 I. 1 ' I MVS- Cveu bo" imagined. It be. ome, iu view of these factr. our nuperative tluty to I place in nomination none but true and I tried men. in his integrity and judifmeut, and that his past services to Ihe commonwealth give him at least equally strong claims with any other man to this dirtinction, we give him our earnest aud hearty support and preference. JP7ERSON Cnv. Mo.. Feb. 14, t5j. Xdiicr fitaU Tint : There Is a substitute petisl-Log tn the Lower House of the Oeneral Assembly, providing that tho Pacific Railroad Company shall he permitted to buy the road fre from ad Ftate Uen for four million of dollars, and dy paying forever. In tjuarte rly intsl!m?nts. five per cent of IU gross or total receipi into lit fat Treasury, uuder similar prjvi.-iuu. .7 p-r rent) the Illinois Ceutral Railroad ba paid Into the treasury of that l-Ute iu Irvs'., c20.7l 50; In lsOo ?TT,63l 00; ia IcOT, 113,015 Si; in ISM, 131,-0fo .13; In ISiy. 12i,103 P; in 150, S1T6.4JT i2; in 1n51. fi 77,257 81;inlfM2, 8212,174 ; lul3. 58; in W4. -o.U 02; in t, 45,-.s9 M; In 15. im,Q7b 73; iu 1M7. l,0e7 Ti. Tntal (3,1X1,610 60. and the collection b3Te hern usually promptly made. While this plan is therefore comparatively new in this State, it has worked well iu Illinois, and that .State ha reaped substantial benefits from the same. Tbe earnings of the raclflc Rali.-owi wore tear as.OOO.OOO last year which would yield about SUO.COOper annum to the State, but it may be set down that the gross earnings wtii x'i reach fJC.OuO.OOO, five per cent cf which wot-M amonut to ICOO.OUO annually. But there is another vb-" of the matter, tiie General Assembly Is about to dispos of the Irur Mountain, Cairo" aud Fulton, and Southwest Branch Railroad, and if Lbey attach the same provisions to those roads, frcm the Lime they reach a given point, say, the State line or river, and this will not interfere with the building of these roada they will yield at least $300,000 ao-nuallv into the Statu Treasury from the Ume ot their completion thus securing by this plan aa annual Income to the State of about J30O,0O') or over half a million each year. It is plainly the duty of tha Legislature not to adopt any plan without due dellberatiou, acd If this can be done, secure to the Etate to large a ' peOaftaVtf auoai taeoste. OBiSSTZS.