cv— 
District of Columbia—Hamlin, Chairman; Patter¬ 
son, Sumner. Jtte<j, Harris, Pratt and Vickers. 
,'[ n 1’atnil,-: Willey, Chairman; Ferry, Carpenter, 
Osborn and Norton. 
On IfublU: HnUtiing* and Grounds— Morrill, Chair¬ 
man } Trumbull, Ferry, Culp and Stockton. 
on Jtriito i e, \yc, Chalrmati; Oagln, McDonald, 
Srliurx. Hciward. He reman and Mi Cieory. 
on i<\ t‘nr, f U'liirond Heuard, Chnlrmanj Sher¬ 
man, Kam>-'y. Stewart, Wilson, JlarJun, Drake, Klee. 
Abbott, Fenton and Scott. 
On iVlmv./M i MiaPi.v-M'-warl, Chairman; Clmnd- 
ler, Anthony, Yato*. r Saidsiiury and Kmvler. 
'In t ■ Merit I tt'X Of Ult I * h .*, . StOtCX 
Conklin#. Chai 17 nr. 11 ; . ... Cl'. Carpenter, Pool and 
Barartt. 
to Attchl and Control the Continymt Ernoises of the 
S Cr.ipin, Cha• nnan ; KdnumiL. and Davis.’ 
on I'rinlIny— Anthony, Chairman; Harris and 
easterly. 
On tin Library— Catted, Chairman; XIowe and Fes¬ 
senden, 
"n i-nrnil'.i Bills—Thayer, Chairman; Patterson 
and Abbott. 
t>n En,■ d Dills —Ross, Chairman; Buckingham 
ttni'i JSurton. 
On Education Drake, Chairman; Morrill, Pome- 
The heirs are four in number, and but one is yet 
entitled to his share under this decision. 
It IlOdo Island. 
Ttte Educational Committee of the Rhode 
Island House of Representatives has reported a 
resolution appropriating $10,000 for the pur¬ 
chase of an experimental garden or farm for 
Brown University, together tvith such buildings 
and apparatus as may t>o neee<sary, on condition 
that an equal sum of $10,000 shall be raised by 
subscription on or before the 1st of October of 
the present year, and that the University shall 
appropriate $5,000, 
Pennsylvania. 
Gov. Geary of Pennsylvania, on the Pth inst., 
signed the death-warrant* of George S. Twitch- 
ell, Jr„ for the murder of Mrs. MtiryE. Ilill. and 
Gorold Eaton for the murder of Timothy Hee- 
nan. These men trill be executed on the 8th of 
DOMESTIC NEWS. 
Washington. 
March 5. —On the assembling of the Senate 
the oath of office was administered to Senator 
Brownlow of Tennessee, who was too weak to 
leave his seat, and whose right hand had to be 
held up while ho took the oaths of office. 
Senators Grimes and (Vagin were appointed a 
committee to inform the President that the Sen¬ 
ate was organized for the transaction of busi¬ 
ness ; and a recess was taken to await the return 
of the committee. Upon its return Gen. Raw¬ 
lins, acting as Private Secretary to the President, 
presented three envelopes, containing the Cabi¬ 
net, Military and Internal Revenue nomina¬ 
tions, ns given 111 our last. The Cabinet nomina¬ 
tions were confirmed unanimously. 
In the House Messrs. Van Horn and liver of 
Missouri, 
trial began on Monday, the 9tli, and resulted In 
the disagreement of the jury, who were dis¬ 
charged on Thursday morning. 
A teamster named Ball was killed at BofTalo 
on the 0th inst., while engaged in removing a 
house. Hehad six horses, with which he was 
drawing the building, when he fell Collie ground 
and the sleigh-runners, and the building 1 here¬ 
on passed over his body, mangling it fearfully. 
David H. Carpenter, who has been on trial be¬ 
fore the Allegany County Court of Oyer and 
Terminer for the murder of his brother, has 
been found guilty and sentenced to bo hanged 
on the Ifith of April. 
Rev. Mr. Kuvanagh of Seneca Falls, recently 
appointed pastor of the Holy Family Church in 
Auburn, who was rejected by that congregation, 
has boon transiently reappointed to the church 
in Seneca Falls. 
John Bush and James Murphy escaped from 
Auburn Prison on the evening of the flth ins!,, 
at about 8 o'clock. r r*,o former was sentenced 
to one year’s imprisonment for grand larceny, 
and the latter live years for burglary. The se¬ 
vere snow storm which prevailed that night en¬ 
abled thorn to evade the pursuers, who were 
speedily ou their track. They have since been 
recaptured. 
A singular accident occurred on the Erie Rail¬ 
road on the 9th Inst. Some loose rails which a 
freight train wa-s conveying were suddenly pro¬ 
jected into t he smoking-car of a passing pas-on- | 
gor train. Three meu. were injured, but none 
or them fatally. 
Hon. T. S. Paxton has subscribed $10,000 for 
the endowment or a Professorship of Natural 
Science in Hamilton College, at Clinton, on con¬ 
dilion that the citizens of Utica and vicinltv 
the Secretaryship ol the Treasury. 
In the House the Speaker presented the re¬ 
signation of Representative VVashburae. The 
House then elected Rev. J. G. Butler of Wash- 
ington, Chaplain, by a vote of one hundred and 
twelve to forty-six for all others. 
General Butler introduced a bill to repeal the 
Toniire-of-OlIk.M Act of March 2, 1837 ; and 
moved the previous question. This being sne- 
onde 1 , Die bill was passed by a vote of one hun¬ 
dred and forty-nine to sixteen. 
March 10.—The House bill to repeal theTen- 
urc-of-Office Act was laid before the Senate, 
and, after the expiration of the morning hour, 
the bill received considerable discussion. Seve¬ 
ral Senators spoke in favor of an immediate re¬ 
peal. in order to allow the President perfect 
freedom In purging the public service of all in¬ 
efficient holders of office. A motion to refer the 
Nil (o a committee .prevailed, however, by a 
vote of thirty-four to twenty-live. ’ 
Mr. Stewart made every endeavor to conform 
to the Daw of 1781),and wont so far as to offer to 
give all the profits arising from his business 
(during Ihe i ime la* should be Secretory of the 
Treasury) into the hands of three or five trus¬ 
tees, to be bestowed by them upon any public 
or pri gate ctmrif ies in the City of New York, it 
n estimated that this munificent offer would 
have produced at least $0,000,090 lor t he benefit 
Of those charities. The greatest excitement ex¬ 
isted both in Washington and New York on the 
.subject. Although eminent legal authority 
thought that, this course would relieve Mr s 
from his disabilities, yet: as there were grave 
doubtsupon the subject, he tendered his resig¬ 
nation. which was reluctantly accepted by the 
1’resilient, who had set his heart upon having 
Alexander T. Stewart, -as Ids Secretary of the 
... , ,, -c .. voiiimuHiut ikLlM.li I Jl 
this day." 
The Bible is one of the finest published by the 
Society, and is handsomely bound in Turkey 
morocco. Printed In gilt letters, upon morocco, 
inside the cover. Is the inscription: — Presented 
to Ulysses «, Grant, President of the United 
Suites, by the American Bible Society. March 
4,1809.” 
March 0.—Ill the Senate President Grant’s 
first message was received, which document was 
to the effect that as the Act of 1789 prohibits Mr. 
A. T. Stewart from holding the position in the 
moav Cabinet, the President, requested that the 
Secretary of the Treasury be exempted from the 
provision of .said act. Senator Sherman intro¬ 
duced a bill In accordance with t in* request of 
the President, but, on the objection of Senator 
Sumner,ihe bill went over. Several petitions 
were presented atid new bills introduced, among 
viKon up und discussed by Sunutors Sum nor, 
Sherman, Cole, Williams and others. The debate 
was interrupted by the appearance?of Gen. Por¬ 
ter with a message from t lie President, whero- 
upmi the Senate went into executive session. 
But a short time elapsed before the doors were 
again opened, and 1 lie debate on the public credit, 
bill resumed. An amendment offered by Mr. 
Sumner to strike out the second section was 
agreed lo. Several other amendments were of- 
bTcd and discussed, but without disposing of the 
bill the Senate, at 4 o’clock, adjourned till Mon¬ 
day. the 15th inst. 
The nominations sent jn by the President 
filled the three vacancies in the Cabinet and 
nominated Secretary Wasbburne, whose health 
will not permit, him to remain in the State De¬ 
partment, as Minister to France. These ap¬ 
pointments wore ut once confirmed, and the 
completed Cabinet now stands as follows: 
Sccreturji of Slate.— Hamilton Fish, of New 
v urJi, 
MSa 3 ^- 6 * s - Boutwbll, 
°K jntertor.-jACOB D. Cox, Ohio, 
sylvanbi ^ " Aot V--ADQX*H E. Bobir, Penn- 
s < Ctrl a rij n/11 \ir .—John a. Rawlins. 
Mrn*vlaS' r " <Se ” emZ ' _JoHN A ‘ J ’ < 1 <kss 'Feul, 
6Mhus{!ltt ° cncrar '~ E ’ llocKW00D Hoar, Mas- 
Tho following additional nominations were 
also sent in at the same tlnmi — .Tnm„c T n ,„. 
son. Win. I. Buwdttch and Charles K. Whipple 
have been removed from office as trustees of the 
fund left by Francis Jackson, for declining to 
execute said trust according t« the terms of a 
decree of the Supremo Judicial Court. The 
other trustees, Messrs. Win. Lloyd Garrison, Ed¬ 
mund Quincy and Samuel May, arc directed to 
nominate trustees to fin the vacancy. The Su¬ 
preme Court ordered the trustees of Jackson's 
will t o pay the balance of $9,209 to the NowEng- 
Ifind branch of the American Frecdmen's Union 
Commission, and Messrs. Phillips, Jackson, Bow- 
ditoh and Whipple, of the trustees, refused to 
pay $5,000 of the fund, insisting upon keeping 
it to bo used in efforts to secure the ballot for 
the negro. 
The first train from Montreal for a week arriv¬ 
ed at Springfield on Wednesday, the 10 th inst. 
1 ho blockade has, however, recommenced, as a 
heavy storm of snow was raging through Cana¬ 
da all day Wednesday. 
John A. McCansland, Dennis Sullivan and Na¬ 
than Smith arc now under look and key at Bos¬ 
ton on a charge of stealing $23,000 worth of dia¬ 
monds from Fedorhen's jewelry store, on Court 
street, a few weeks ago. None of the property 
has been discovered. 
The Valentine will case of Fall River, invok¬ 
ing $2,000,000 of property, has been decided by 
the Supreme Court, which decrees the distribu¬ 
tion thereof as fast as the heirs become of age. 
