The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-03-28
Washington News and Rumors.

Washington News and RumOrs.
Our Consul at Liverpool, England, in
forms the State Department, by letter dated
March 9th, 1866, that ali the steamers and
emigrant ships now leaving that port for the
United States are filed with emigrants. Ship
owners and Others say that the emigration to
the United States will be enormous and the
indications are that it will be greater this
year than at any other time since we have
been nation.
On the return of Senator Howard, (who
went home to attend the funeral of his wife,
that section of the Joint Committee on Re
construction of which he is chairman will
submit the testimony taken concerning Vir-
ginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
This viii include The evidence Of Gen. Lee.
- VASE Star.
On the Congress vote last year the ag-
gregate majority for the Radical Disunion-
lists, in New Hampshire, was in round num-
bers 1900. Now the majority for Smyth
for Governor is 1850. Disunion loss, 5000.
The boys in biue we're at home this year.
The Freedmen's Employment Office,
corner Fourteenth and M streets, yesterday
sent sixty men, from the unemployed freed
men of this city, to Helena, Arkansas, under
contract to work one year. Another lot of
thirty will leave on Monday, for the State of
Mississippi-Nat. Intelligencer.
Until within day or two there was but
little doubt expressed concerning the fate of
the civil rights bill. Nearly every one ex-
pected it to receive the Presidents signature.
This evening an adverse opinion gains
ground. but may rest On little OF no founda-
tion.-Cor. NJ Y. Herald
1t will be seen under our Department
head, that upon the advice of the Attorney
General all arrears Of pension money to be
paid to such Southern pensioners as shall
prove their non participation in the rebell-
ion.-Nat Lateliigencer.
The health of Senator Foot, who has
been very i'll, is improving, and his physi-
clans hope that he will be able to get out in
a fortnight.
We regret to learn that Mr. Senator Dixon
has been for several days detained from his
inspire serious apprehensions among his
friends His symptoms, however, during the
last day or two, have been Of a more favora-
BILE nature, and encourage the hope OF his
recovery, we hope at an early day.-Nat. Lnt.
We learn that the whiskey distiIlers of
New York, who have recently been detected
in committing frauds on the revenue, are to
be prosecuted TO the fullest extent Of the law
The criminal clause of the revenue law is ia
bo =, o,, coraal IL, nacar lid
Tho President held a levee Monday night
the Gath inst.
Six Southern Senators elect are now
present in Washington-among them Shar-
key and Parsons.
| The postmaster at Hartford, CT, re
Gently addressed President Johnson note
rendering his resignation, upon the ground:
that he was supporting the Democratic nom
inee in Connecticut, who supported Presi
dent Johnson's policy in opposition to Gen
Hawley, the Republican nominee. If hi
political action was not satisfactory, he -saie
that he wished to resign. President John
son returned the resignation unaccepted, ant
telling him that his upholding Of his polio.
aras aPpToced
As many applications continue to b,
made for copies of Mr. Bancroft's Grafton OF
the death Of President Lincoln, it will be o
interest to learn that several months vii
elapse before the publication, as a steel plat
likeness of the deceased will be prepared Il
accompany it.
The Treasury Department is still ap
plying itself to the suppression of fraud
in the collection of cotton in the Southern
States. Many of the agents have been re
licved, and there are to be no seizures ordeten
tions of cotton or other property as capture'
or abandoned, unless by special written di
rections in each case from the Treasury De
partment. 1t is known here that the Cor
federate Government cotton has been rcmov
ed, thus perpetrating a doubtful fraud o.
the Government and on innocent individual:
The Treasury Department has receives
an oath of office from an officer down Soutl
with the interlineation after the sentenc
where it states, Never having borne arm
against or given aid or comfort to its ent
miles," inserted except having been CAP
tain in the Confederate States Army" Hay
ing taken that oath, he entered upon the DIT
ties of his office.
The House having cut down the app,t
priation in the deficiency bill for lightin
the Presidents House and the Capitol, froi
$50, 900 to $4,000. the Senate restored it o
the motion of Mr. Myers, who explained th;
this amount was due for gas burned last VIII
ter. The Senate amendment was concurre
in.
JuNATJcs INTERFERING, THEIR KEEPER