The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-04-16
BY TELEGRAPH.
Erom Wnshington.

WAbHINuTON' hpfli ~.
This being the anniversary Of the assassi-
nation Of Mr.. Lincoln, the Executive man
sion and the several Government depart
ments were closed. and all official aud much
of the private business Of the city was sus-.
pended. as a mark Of respect for the mem-
DRY OF the late President.
The Senate was not In session. and the
House convened only to enable certain Con-
gressmen, big with speech and the fate Of
the country. TO indulge In little buncombe.
Postmaster-general Dennison, TO whom
Congress has referred the proposition TO es-
tablish Government telegraph lines over the
main post routes. has had the subject under
advlsement and Is convinced of the fcnsl-
bility OF the plan, and viii recommend Con-
gress 10 adopt the measure. There II not a
reasonable ground for doubling that Con-
gress Will thereon pass an act establishing
the Government system OF teleRraphinR.
which, rs computed by Senator Brown aud
others, who are urging the plan. viii enable
our citizens 70 send messages at the rate Of
one-third Of n cent per word for ordinary
telcgrams. AZ means of facilitating the
transmission Of news TO newspapers. this
measure will prove Of incalculabe advan-
tage. and the whole system Of sending tele-
grams will be erevolutlonized aud be brought
Into practical use by the humblcst citizen.
who Is now effectuully prohibited from re-
because of Its immense cost The report of
the Postmaster-general may be looked for
In q few days.
A further report from the Committee on
Reconstruction Is promised on Monday.
The report will embody the evidence Of
Alexander II. Stephens and large num-
ber of witnesses whose actual personal
knowledge Of the Southern armies is thor
ough, and In this 1t will be unlike most Of
the testimony heretofore reported by the
committee who have received upon the
wise effusions of Carl Schurz and other
newspaper correspondents of great note,
who claim to have a perfect knowledge of
the Southern people by few days sojourn
in each Of the principal cities of the South.
Among those whom the President COM
missioned TO make u tour of observation
and report on the Southern States, Is Mr..
Benjamin q. Truman. who this evening
handed to the President his report, cover
ing about seventy pages of foolscap.
Mr.. Truman's account is faithful state
ment of the facts, and presents the SOUTH
ern people In their true character. lie has
been careful observer and has remained
in particular localities long enough to get
at the real state of affairs. b.
| There have been several paragraphs In
! the newspapers relative to the action of the
Senate, In executive session, on the nom
nation Of Hon, J.. ID. Campbell as Minister
| TO Mexico, which are erroneous, and do
| Mr.. Campbell injustice. | have It from the
best authority that the real facts ARE that
! the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs
reported In favor of confirming Mr.. Camp
bells nomination.
/ When the matter came up In executive
/ session, the Senate recommitted the nomi-
nation, not because of opposition to Mr..
Campbell, but because It was deemed, for
grave State reasons, impolitic at this juno
! ture, TO accredit Minister to Mexico.
! Mr. Campbell win leave here early next
week for his home In Ohio. When his
nomination again comes up, he will, with
out doubt, be confirmed.