Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-28

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Special 10 tho Missouri Republican,
WASHINGTON, April 26, The Northern
| Pacific bill occupied all of the time OF
the House to-day. Messrs, Washburne
and Farnsworth, of Illinois, spoke
against it, and Mr.. Donnelly, Of Mime
sofa, in its favor, Mr.. Farnsworth
| charged that tremendous lobby was
endeavoring to force it through, and that
the Chicago Board of Trade had been
manipulated, SO as to use its influence
on the Illinois members. He declared
that the company now urging the passage
of this bill took an immense land grant
two years ago, and had done nothing to-
wards building the road, but that now
they come back and propose to return
half of the land if Congress will vote
them the money,
Mr.. Washburn declared that the bill,
if passed, would take sixty-nine million
dollars from the Treasury,
Mr.. Wentworth declared if the bill did
pass, the President would veto it.
Altogether, the debate throughout was
exciting, and charges of corrupt inhu-
ences in connection with the measure
were frequently made To such an ex-
tent was this carried that all intruders
were excluded from the floor and the re-
porters gallery. IA ,,.-)
There was a spicy time in the Execu-
tive session of the Senate to-day. The
nomination of Ex-Governor johnson as
Collector of Internal Revenue at Pitts
burg, having been reported back from
the Finance Committee, Senator Cowan
moved that said committee be discharged
from its further consideration, and that
the Senate proceed to act on the nomina-
ton. The motion was lost but, during
the debate on it, several Senators said it
was determined that the Senate would
confirm no man who had been appointed
to succeed an officer who had been re-
moved on no other than political grounds,
which they declared was the case Of Col
lector White, of Pittsburg. This intima
ton was held out as applicable to all of
the late removals in Pennsylvania, and
was evidently intended as kind of no
tice to the President.
The House Committee on Foreign AZ
fairs had under consideration, to day,
joint resolution authorizing the Secreta-
ries of War and Navy to sell vessels and
munitions of war to any foreign govern
ment with whom we are on friendly
terms, to be paid for in coin The reso-
luton, it is understood, is intended to
apply to the Liberalists in Mexico, and
is gotten up as a substitute for the pro-
posed Mexican loan
The Senate Judiciary Committee has
laid aside far the present the nomination
of Henry Stanbery as Associate Judge
of the Supreme Court, and they have
done nothing with the bill proposing to
reduce the number of Judges Of that
Court
This evenings Star says that it has
transpired that the proceedings of yes
terday's sitting Of the Reconstruction
Committee were of such character as
to seriously alarm the Radicals, who
have been disposed to fight it out to the
bitter end against the Presidents policy.
Report has it that Mr. Boutwell, broke
ground by opposing the whole scheme of
enforced negro suffrage, and urging the
adoption of plan Of reconstruction
basing representation upon population,
excepting from representation such males
above twenty-one years of age as are not
voters, and leaving the whole question of
suffrage to the States. Mr.. Boutwell,
alleged that two or three New England
States were all that could be relied on to
sustain enforced negro suffrage. Mr.
Thsd. Stevens opposed the proposition Of
Mr. Boutwell, with considerable heat, de-
clariug that, if the Committee COM
menced to recede, they might as well
give the whole thing up. Senator How
ard and others took part in the subse-
quent debate, and finally the Committee
adjourned until Saturday without action
Indications are that Gen Carey will
not be confirmed Collector Of the I'd Dis
trict of Ohio. Wade and Sherman are
advised that strong protest against the
appointment is in the way. Mr.. Delano
and Hubbel to-day informed the Presi
dent that a couple of months since, on
his return from Washington, Carey made
a temperance speech in Delaware, in
which he strongly denounced Mr.. John
son as political drunkard; and IT is said
that on hearing this the President stated
he would Withdraw the annointment