The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-15
DoINGs OF CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES.
The Pennsylvania Contested
Election Case.
Eto.. Etc. ETC.. Etc. Etc. Etc., Etc.
Our Special Dispatches.
WASHINGTON. January

Finance. Reconstruction, and Other |
Committees.
The Ways and Means Committee will take up
the Loan bill tomorrow. There has been mo-
expression of opinion upon the bill, no quorum
being present There is disposition among in
dividuals and the committee to 60 with the Sc
cretary SO far as they can.
The previous question on the Equal Suffrage
bill will be called tomorrow. Several members
desire to speak yet.
The Reconstruction Committee had prominent
gentlemen before them this morning giving evil
dence Of the condition of the South.
The Committee on the Death of Mr.. Lincoln
have examined into the brutal newspaper
charges that thefts were committed by members
of his family in the White House, and find them
entirely false.
PeRnsyIvania Contested Election Case
The Committee on Elections decided the CT 60
of the Sixteenth Congressional District of p nm
sylvania, in favor of Mr.. Coflroth this NOR ming
This is on the prima facia evidence, and decides
simply who holds the seat during the contest
1t is uncertain how the House may iecide Ir
may reject the report of the Commit zee.
wOOlIen MsnuGactur es.
RsWhile the woolen manufacture ig of the coun-
try has doubled since the comr ,encement of the
war, it is shown by official + cures that in the
four years endiugJune 3O,lls IS. the WOOL shoddv.
and woollens imported Iale an aggregate of
$3.50, ,OOO 900, of which tb e unmanuractured wool
amounts to 2s7,OOO,OOO pounds, costing Sl5, OOO,.
OOO. Nearly all the imports OF wool under the
late tarh came II either at three or six cents
per pound, the duty averaoing less than FIVE
cents. The WofJls OF Australia and South Africa,
which are hne merinos, are invoiced ut less than
"a cents per pound.
Texan Affairs
Genera l.. Kent, until recently Provost Mar
shal OF Texas who has Just left the military SER
| vice, started last evening for the above State,
| intending to make it his permanent residence.
| He represents that throughout the whole State
| there is presented an excellent opportunity for
| the settlement of newcomers particularly as the
| people are anxious for the infusion of Northern
| enterprise. Just now the labor system is not
adequate to the demands upon it. The blacks
that are left in the State reported to be doing
very we'll under fair wages.
| Considerable dissatisfaction against Provi-
| sional Governor Hamilton exists among the
| citizens of the State, who represent that the
| Governor tempers his administration with too
vndictive remembrau ce of his personal wrongs
at the hands of the Rebels during the early part
of the war. The inhabitants claim that the
State Is kept behind, in comparison with other
States, in the march of reconstruction, and they
assert that Governor Hamilton fails to lend such
active aid in the work as he might well do.
The New Senator from Iowa.
The Secretary of the Interior, Mr.. Harlan has
received the following telegram:-
DEs MONIES, Iowa January 13.-To Hon.
James Harlan:-You have been duly elected
United States Senator for the long term, COM
menclng March 4, 1867, for SIX years.
E. SELLS.
Ex-Governor Kirkwood, of Iowa, has been
elected to fill the unexpired term.
Treasury Department
Last week the Treasury Department made the
following redemption of United States securl-
ties:-
Legal-tender notes tes..................... Sill 800
Demand notes. Observation-Disclosures. 66,S25
Compound interest notes. s............... 6,730 $40
Fractional currency. Observation-Disclosures. 1880
Total. O45 765