, 1866-12-29
The Congressional Exclvsionists
at Jackson and Magnolia,
Mississippi.
HORRIBLE MURDER AND At
TEMPTED SUICIDE IN
LOUISVILLE,
Gold Closed in Ncw York at
1873 Is.


TEST G4fu.
1t ts low Ealf th4t there is little doubt but that
Tho supreme Coutt will decide the test oath to be
unconstitutional; and 1t Is further said BY some
knowing ones, that decision to ihat cifect has
been prepared. which L. so aweeptng that It will
ause the catire abandoning Of tbs oath IN future.
Tu1KK cAsx.
1hte morning the prixe case Of The GreF Jacket
and cargo was talied In the Court. General But
Ter and Ar. cnehlng appeared 10. the elal naulx,
and Mr.. Adams uuu Mr.. Eames fos tn. Un,ted
st7tcs and rAsx1 captoss. General B:tler
moved The Court to allow further proof
in tho case, nlch was opposed BY ah= counsel far
Tic Government The CouH decided not t, h.ar
1h+: application till the hearing Of the Cause on
fht original frcord. This c2se presents TWO I'm.
poE.2ni questions, drst. thst of the right Of per-
son: to TecoFeT property from the South aflc. Two
5eAss from The beginning Of tho war second, tho
power Of the Secretary Of the Treasury to remit
foffeits Of property captured md condemned un-
d:r thr laws Of war. The 2tuount Involved In this
case is over three hundred thousand dollars.
coSF1EHA77oN or 7nx 1xp1Ax xArsAcRx.
General Grant to-day received despatch from
Fort Laramie, confirming the rccnnt report Of 4
e,1ib1e massacre which occurred on the a1st inkt.
ufaE Fort Phil. Kea1ney. DreYet Colonel Fet.er-
MAJ, Captain necean and lieutenant Gsauwood,
c1 The Eighteenth Infantry, with s,fpety-one Gu
listed men 0f tlc Second Cavalry and Eighteenth
Infantry. were surrounded By Indians, and every
officer and 7an killed.
GENERAL GRANT RECOVERED.
Genc:al Grant has sufficiently recovered from
biz 1cceut Illness 10 be nj his Office asain.
nEcE1r7s OF CUSTOMS.
Tic receipts from customs at tic below named
rortf during the week epdlnG the I'D inst. we1e
as follows: New York. 1,o37, 1ao.S2; Boston,
$50 as.oc; Philadelphia, <1aa, ,s15.s7; B.lslmoee
soe, 1876. Total. kl,4iG,l9i.sl. These resurns
show dccrcaec Of nearly half I million t1ol!ats
ut eonc ports during tho week preceding.
Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury J. T. Hart
ley. was suddenly taken lit last evening.
SALARIES.
1nE WAfe AND MEANS C0NnT1EE
are In tavor Of increasing tho ealA.e4 Of the de-
rastmen: elcrks twenty-five por cent. tits prob
ah'c they will report bill to that eject imue-
tiately on the 1casseubltng o! Congress.
WINDOW GLASS;
Tuo Senate Finance Committee held meeting
c:esstEg tho duty On imported window class.
cAP1rn1y1 4 COUNTERFEIT FLATE.
TIE officials OF tho Treasury Depaztm mt haye
just suceetded In cfcctsnc the capture Of tn
rsate OF one Of the most dacecsoua aad success
lIl connterfelts that has bccn palnled np3n The
public tirce the 1tkt Issue Of the Sat.onal paper
currency. The note It very nne Imitation OF thc
fifty dollar ec Il tender mole, bearing the vignetke
Of alexander Hamilton. Aad with the exception Of
onc OF two VERY light .z1ors. made by the en-
Garcr. is IN exact fac st:ntlt Of the original
The general execution md cosostng Of the notc ia
also sc'y good, far surprising that Of any conn.,
tc15eiG that has been fsfned. Persons receiving
notcf OF this denomination would do well to
carefully sc1uuntze befors accepting them. The
easiest md Qulckest-we might szy the only
way-to detect The counterfeit from the genuinc
Is hy observing the margin line o! figures running
n.na eo'peF s WI he discovered tns asatss $50 1a
the
veutnr an, II IL Srierea tn.. ps!1
| md nereh,nts md o,aess enoald be 90 thrii
hS"@1
sxwT TEARS At THE WHITE uorsE.
WASHINGTON, December sa-0u Jauuary 1.., q;
II O'Clock. le President viii receive he members
Of ths Cabinet, foreign Ministers, Seniors and
Reptest natives Of Cong ess, judges Of lne 81.
nreuun Co1,,t e Al liz n1rlrrE = m fhs IN
GERS Of The arrv ind naYy viii Be rrc ,ived and
the reception 10 cittxeIs viii conn :ncc At ii
xD1Ay MASSACRE coxr1enkp.
eona1ned Colouei L. s cas1tngton. eommsai- j.
art Al that post. telegrapas that they were attack.
spiensnt e n'5s, 1 sis'
Brown, Lieutenant G1uuimoud, ind niucty.one
| prtyAtes The i,oltea wltu recovered Nrrc found
horribly untjlated. II il moi rt.ied Mi. com. ~
panies ,hc7 belonged 10, but thy nc supposed
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| r.nnoxs sssHrn :" :"
Ttr &+fornev f4crrr.iis 1-ons+i,r ~, ,-.sar,s
fion IL Tnnrrc*s ~ II. 1r,tii,, nsrIsi ~.
nort fr ees1onss r. .he i,ttnu H. ttn =. ~
| f.riope ,hfs r,r,ort Il, srtHnaAa ~ t1.S - ~
| prrnoua nardnerd nnarr ths tr.1 .htTa .nd eich,h
| Grrrntinnx ~ 1hc 1wnrs1e IsrS..s,,nn 49, - .sGnn
i1rInae ~ Iii whn ur+c Ti1,;,r1 1s-.es ~ H.
fzdsJaie sen:ec abo,c tbs ~; I nT CS]nnei A. ,hoss
Who wr1e mthss. a. HI, anu 1'., ;,;
| be fonnd asfnnfshir ~ .y.1i ~ H.. Ia "1.a
| mendations fnr the nsr1ors - 1,rr.n W311
evcry esae many OF the teso,nr nnerab+-. n1 the
| uetcrt Colgrets, and leadipr cdi,otx and naii.
| tlcifur, The report vii bc 30 yolumlnons III,
sn increased clerical fo:cs viii be required IN ihs