Mr. CORWINE, of Ohio, offered as a substitute for the whole, the following:

Resolved, That the delegates of this Convention unanimously request Congress to pass a law granting general amnesty to the people of the South, and the repeal of all laws requiring test oaths, so as remove all political disabilities wherever they exist.

The question being taken on Mr. CORWINE'S substitute, the Chair announced that the vote was unanimously, heartily and cordially in the affirmative.

This announcement was received with prolonged and general applause.

On motion of Mr. BRYSON, of Missouri, the Convention adjourned until 9 o'clock, A. M., of Friday, Oct. 7, 1870.

FOURTH DAY.

The Convention assembled at 9.50 o'clock A. M., Hon. JOHN W. GARRETT, presiding.

The proceedings were opened by prayer by M. C. T. BRIGGS, of Trinity Church, Cincinnati.

Mr. LILLY, of Virginia, offered the following:

WHEREAS, There are many meritorious young men in our country struggling to obtain a collegiate education, notwithstanding their limited means, and the professors of the colleges have shown great liberality in such cases; and

WHEREAS, The expense of traveling from some portions of the country to those where institutions of learning are furnished with all the appliances for imparting thorough instruction and the best educational advantages are enjoyed, is a serious obstacle in the way of many of these young men in acquiring the education they wish; therefore,

Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed by the President of this Convention to ascertain from the authorities of the several railroads whether they will be willing to pass such students of colleges over their roads at half their usual rates of fare. The committee to report to the next Commercial Convention.

Which was, on motion of Mr. REMELIN, of Ohio, laid on the table.

Mr. BOWMAN, of Kentucky, by unanimous consent, of fered the following:

Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed by the Chair, to be called the Committee on Education, whose duty it shall be to submit to the next meeting of this Convention a report upon the subject of education as related to the commercial and industrial

interests of the country, and as adapted especially to the wants of the masses of the South and West.

Which was unanimously adopted.

Gen. BANKS, of Massachusetts, in accordance with instructions of Committee on Southern Pacific Railway, offered the following:

Resolved, That the President of the Convention be requested to appoint a committee representing the section of the country especially interested in the construction of the Southern Pacific Railway, and present, for the consideration of the President and Congress of the United States, the views of the Convention and its deep interest in the success of this important national enterprise.

Resolved, That the officers of, the Convention be directed to transmit to the President of the United States, the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, a certified copy of the foregoing resolution.

Which were adopted.

Mr. BISHOP, of Ohio, presented a communication from C. W. ROWLAND, President of Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, inviting the members of the Convention to attend on 'Change at 12.30 o'clock P. M., 7th inst., to listen to an address by Hon. N. P. BANKS.

The invitation was accepted by a unanimous vote of the Convention.

Mr. BURWELL, of Louisiana, offered the following, which was adopted.

Resolved, That the city of New Orleans, the outlet port of the Mississippi valley, and other gulf ports of the United States, are entitled to, and should receive at the hands of the Government, the same or similar subventions for postal steam service to foreign ports as has been or shall be bestowed upon the Atlantic ports of the United States.

Mr. ELLIOTT, of Missouri, offered the following:

Resolved, That this Convention respectfully represents to the Congress of the United States, that the public interests would be greatly subserved by a liberal grant of lands to secure the construction of a branch Pacific Railway, leaving the line of the Kansas Pacific Railway at some point not east of the 97th meridian of

longitude, and striking the line of the Atlantic & Pacific Railway at some point east of Albuquerque in New Mexico. That such branch railway would prove of great use to the Government in military and postal service, would accommodate a large commerce of New Mexico, Arizona, and Chihuahua, would afford additional facilities in developing the mineral and other resources of the interior mountain regions, and would greatly aid in redeeming the western portion of the great plains to civilized uses.

Which was referred to the Committee on Trans latitudinal Railways.

Mr. BRYSON, of Missouri, presented and read the report of the Committee on the Construction of Permanent Levees on the Mississippi river, as follows:

In entering upon the discussion of this subject, your Committee beg leave first to present a statement of the extent and nature of the region sought to be reclaimed.

It embraces all the alluvian liable to overflow by the Mississippi river, from the bluffs near Cape Girardeau, in Missouri, on its West bank, and near Memphis, Tennessee, on its East bank, and a point 45 miles below New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, and is estimated by Generals Humphreys and Abbot, in their elaborate survey, to contain about 21,000,000 acres of the richest land in the world.

The value of this land, however, is not so much on account of the fertility of its soil, as the nature of its products-cotton and sugar-both articles of prime necessity, and second to none in commercial importance.

The cotton supply is a problem engaging the attention of the civilized world, and to be able to furnish the needed supply, and so gain a great commercial victory, has been taxing the inginuity and energies of the leading commercial nations of the globe.

England has not only given encouragement to Egypt, Turkey, Brazil, Peru, Morrocco and Japan, in the production of this staple, but has actually loaned her credit to the amount of $460,000,000, to develop the cotton production in India, and is willing to double the sum.

The time was when the United States held the monopoly of the cotton supply.

In 1860, she produced 5,196,444, in 1869, she produced about 3,000,000 bales. Can she afford to lose this great commercial ad