Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-01-18

go, to pronounce the war a failure, then all
he had to say was, "God help the President
and save the republic Nearly the full TN
ion strength voted to refer the resolution to
the Reconstruction Committee. 1-,''.
. ARSON by REBELS. # ..p, q,.,..t
IN attempt was made, few days ago, by
reconstructed rebels in Farquhar county, Vir-
ginia, TO burn down the residence Of Mrs.
Dixon, The widow Of Paymaster. Dixon, of our
army, who Was recently shot and killed in the
streets OF Alexandria by returned rebel Off
Ger. An anonymous note was sent to Mrs.
Dixon, warning her that il she persisted III rc-
naming in the country her house would bn
harmed over her head, and she and her chill
dren are now in washington, exllcs from their
home.
INTERNAL REVENUE. .... f.r.
The receipts Of internal revenue to-day
were ST25 900. The receipts from July LIST
up to date are one hundred and eighty-seven
million five hundred thousand dollars The
Commissioner is confident that the receipts
will reach three hundred millions for the fis.
cal year The distillcries are beginning to be
heard from.
War Department. AdJt Gems Office
Specia. Orders No. 659.]
EXtract--By direction of the President
MAJOR Thomas W. oweeny, 10Th U. s. Infant
ry, Drevet Colonel U. s. Army, is hereby dis
missed the service of the United States for
absence without leave. ',,.' .,.
BY order of the Secretary Of War.
E. y. TOWNSEND, \. \. G.
T. ,.., n MR. BLAlNE's AMENDMENT ....,.o.
The constitutional amendment proposed by
Mr.. Blaine, Of Maine, in regard to tile future
basis of representation in Congress, secures
the unanimous support OF New England and
generally of the Middle states also. 1t finds
: opposition in the Northwest, which section
would be gamer by q suffrage basis at the ex
pense of New England. Mr. Blaincs speech
will beHxtcnsively circulated by Eastern mem
bers. t..'- 1n ..a..t. '.,Es
| MEMORIAL OF ST. LOUIS MERCHANTS.
+ a memorial Of tie St. Louis Union Mer
chants Exchange, presented to the Senate to
day by Mr. Henderson, declares the number
of registered steamboats, on Western rivers tc
be 9l0 valued at S24, ,55G,6O0, with 292 Ia
tuns capacity. 1t estimates the imports into
St Louis in 1865 to be $3.50, 100000 Gin
cinnati $3l2NOO ,0OU, and Louisville 500 900,
0J0 1t asks Congress TO improve the nuvi
cation Of the Mississippi and other rivers b,
means of snag boats, by locks and dams a
the rapids Of the Mississippi, repairing falling
banks, &c. ra.. t..-...
Washington, Jan GA firm in Little Rock
Ark, to day presented to Gen. Howard, of thu
Freedmens Bureau, proposition to employ
the colorcd troops in that department in tn,
completion of the railroad which connect
Little Rock with the Mississippi. The me,
are to be paid extra pay at the rate of fft,
GEMS per day in land on the line of the road
The proposition is tuvorably indorscd by Gen
Reynolds, commanding the Department o
Arkansas and by Mai. Gen. Sherman
has been referred to the Secretary OF war. %
Gen Grants bill to increase the rcgu!a
-inrmy is in the hands of the Chairman Of tn
i Military Committee. If adopted it will in
crease the regular army to over fifty thous
and n TO "H'rt rii .ao o'rn0rlts .r.
The House Committee on Freedmen author
ized their Chairman 10 report bill! contlnll
ing the Bureau, and enlarsing its powers il
laccordance with the recommendations of Gel,
/ Howard. The bill authorizes :he Presiden
to set apart in the States of Florida, .dissis
slppi and ArkNnsas, under the Hemestea,
Law, three million acres Of Government lands
the same to be allotted IN parcels of fort
acres each to freedmen, Mt such rental as ma
be agreed on, and giving the freedmen tn
right to purchase the land at any time by pay
ing its valuation. fI
The Galveston Bulletin notices numbe
of United States troops passing on, en- rout
for the Rio Grande. 0"H -
REcoNsTnUcTroS
Washington, JAN 10--The Unionisis il
the House say that the discussions since til
recess have greatly strengthened and harmc
nized the majority, and that the line canno
now be broken at any point
Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, brought up the bi
for negro suffrage in the District, and mad
IN elaborate speech in its favor. which a
tracted much attention Scho6eld specc
on the same subject was noticeable for tn
earnestness with which he went the Who'll
radical length on the question CT suffrag,
and for his significant references to Tyler an
, Fillmore. In connection with what had bee
! said Of the Presidents policy, judiciousl
quoted the Presidents message to show ths
he was IN favor OF negro suffrage in Itnnc
see, and said Of course, therefore, he was i
favor of it herc and then added that he wa
able, also, to speak authoritatiycly on til
5 subject because the President himself hn
, told him so. In the Senate Howe's sreec
a was over two hours in length, and was col
9 sdered quite able. Timid people who hay,
in their Ignorance. been afraid Of Senate
f Fessenden's course, were especially glad
E note that he was throughout an attentive an
j evidently nm approving listener.
. Judge Kelly, in his speech to-day, brougl
: out the most authoritative quotation frol
e Constitutional authorities yet made in orpos
7 ton to the Presidents theory that the state
$ themselves have exclusive control over Il
: subject of suffrage, In the debates on II
Constitution (see Elliot's Debates, Sd vo
e page 367, } Madison said, in reply to que
t ltion by Monroe, "Shouldthe people Of an
8 state, by any means, be depr,v of the rigl
: of Suffrage, it was judged proper that it shoul
j be remedied by the General Government
was found impossible to fix the time plsc