Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-12-15


inquire into the expediency of providing
territorial governments for the rebel
states, The house has likewise passed
bill reported by Mr., Lawrence of Ohio.
providing that when a loyal citizen of the
U. 5. brings an action to recover DANA
ges for injury to person or property. no
such action shall be defended. OF any de-
Tense allowed by virtue of the authority
of the late so called confederate states. or
any state declared in rebellion. A good
deal of work has been laid out for the fu-
ture. The house began under high pres
sure, and bills have already been introdu-
ced to regulate the executive appoint
ments to establish new bureau In the
treasury department, to be called the in
ternal revenue bureau, the head of it to
be appointed by the chief justice, to have
a salary of $1,000, and to have the ap-
pointing of his own subordinates direct
ing the sale of S2,O00,0O0 of gold every
week by the secretary of the treasury, at
n. Y, due notice to be given, and the
compensation to the broker selling it not
to exceed l-50th of one per cent to G.
qualize the bounty of soldiers sailors and
marines; and Mr.. Lawrence has thus ear
ly tried to get the house to repudiate the
action of last session increasing pay of
members, s to get bill before the house
reducing mileage. In the Senate Mr..
Sumner made an Intellectual attempt the
first day to pass the bill that went thro'
the house last session, establishing impair
tial suffrage in the District. But this is
Que of the things that cannot be put
down. Mr.. Sumner has also introduced
a series of resolutions asserting the right
of congress over reconstruction, DENYING
the right of the lately rebelious states to
pass upon constitutional amendments.
and declaring that the interference of the
president i'll the work of reconstruction
partakes of the natnre of usurpation.
Mr Wade urged to take up the joint resolution
rendering the president ineligible tor re-clec-
ton, and spoke of the growing danger of giving
one man long lease of power; but the resou-
ton was referred Ia IA committee without action.
| The upper branch has adopted resolution call
ing on the secretary of tho treasury for infor-
| lpaiion as to money paid out in the district FIR
advertising, and intended to show whether the
| president has been spending morey Illegally /;
| bu has so far refused 10 pass The resolution
| calling for Information about Mexican affairs
/ The members of COngre evidently feel the
effects oftheir recent Endorsement by the people
| and do not intend to have any compromise with
the president. There is talk enongh about i'm
pcachment though everybody Is careful to say
that he does not intend 10 move Impeachment
for anything the president is known to have
| done as yet. Mr. Boutwell, makes the most
damaging charge against the president so far,
that he has known tor months where John ii.
Surrat has been and failed to arrest hun. Others
| lay the blame upon tbe secretary of war; but
as Congress is likely to order an investigation,
and Surrat has really been arrested at last, we
shall probably know more about the case pre-
Sently than we do nav. 1t will he seen that
nearly all tue action of Congress thus far relates
| to reconstruction and the contest with the
president; The appointment thus earley of a
committee on the part of the House to investi.
gate iaternal revenue frauds, especially in regard
to distilled spirits cigars aud tobacco, is a move
in the right direction. Several new senators
day. amohg them Messrs Cattell and FREEING
huySen of New Jersey, the former recen,l
elected and the latter appointed by the governor
and George IL. Fogg of New Hampshire, ap
pointed to fill the vacancy occasiOned by tn
resignation of Mr. Clark. Mr. johnson of Mary
land attempted to offer the credentials of tn
two senators elect from Texas, but they n
promptly ordered to lay on the table Gen J
NJ. Thayer and L. w. Upton, senators elect iron
Nebraska, have arrived, bringing the new stat
| cor, tiution, and the question of admitting Ne
braska as aas'aie will speedily come up. In III,
arrangement Of the Sena,e committees, Messr
| Dooltle, Cowan, DiXon and Norton have beer
placed at the foot of their respective committees
| and Cowan is struck off from the finance com
mittee entirely. and the place given to Cattel OF
New Jersey. Very naturally these gentlemen
| feel their degradation, but they have the com.
fartina assurance that they brought it upon
themselves ..