The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-03-29
Washington News and Rumors.


PresidesnstP pretty generally conceded that the
nona we CLEAN what the Mor H,all Iugnts
pohoents say on the s,,bi le nor'nern cores
vote Inc me indications are th.t
in Co VIII be succeeded bn NE, .ne antlclpated
feel Az Many of the e srtlen1 o1tbursts
want to Get So, are cornered here and tLns
stump sSeecben 10 to influence the naa1,1e 10y
cure reconsideration " Will WI probably pro-
Stockton's case, (Which won ne vote upon Mr.
.nlrds OF the Senate.) Mr. Eve eve them two
been psaa quite active since Fridaees senden has
baltimore San. oay.-Alpha in
...seI ieei warranted, by what b,.
under our observation, in pron,; mas come
readers it an carry rele1 from their susnegnO our
though we may add that where suspense
been laid before the President on q p Tli mas
he may, if he object to it, retain it until tS,
second Wednesday following.-Nationait h
telligemcer Officially
The veto of the Freedmen's Bureau hin
was sustained by vote of thirty to eieh-
teen-two members, Messrs. Wright and
Foot absent. One of the eighteen will be
absent, Mr.. Dixon. But if the seventeen
/ stand firm, the second veto will be sustained.
1t is supposed that the President will treat
the constitutional question of the power of
Congress over the civil and penal codes of
States in his message. Mr.. Carrot Davis of
Kentucky, when the bill was on its passage
Is amended, protested against it as uncon-
stitutional.
Treasurer Spinner, on Saturday, receiv-
ed $40 from the assistant treasurer at Phila-
delphia which had been received at the lat
ter's office day or two ago, accompanied by
a note, stating that it was supposed the
money was due the United States Treasury"
Five dollars was also received from the Rev.
orb no of
Aloysius' Church, and 81 rs received through
the mail from an unknown person, who says
that it is " due to the United States"
The Second Comptroller of the Treasury
has decided that the claims against the gov
eminent of persons domiciled in the South
ern States before and during the war; now
presented for payment, are not lawfully entl-
tied to liquidation. He thinks that the laws
of nations and of Congress and the decisions
of the Supreme Court Justify this opinion.
NEW ORLEANS, March 24.-The Presi-
dents message to Governor Hamilton, of
Texas, in which he reiterates the hope that
the loyal representatives from the South will
he permitted to take their seats in Congress,
is published. 1t bears date February 10.
The Secretary of the Treasury has on file
very strong testimony as to the title of the
$50 bales of cotton captured in Greensboro,
This testimony establishes the fact that the
cotton really belonged to the late Southern
Cenfederacy.
The Department of State has received
authentic information that the three colored
children of Rose Elyrea, of New Orleans,
who were taken to Havana without the con-
sent of their parents, have been sent back to
her by the United States Consul at the latter
city. Gen. Candy gave the information con-
corning the abduction or removal of the
when the State Department insti-
tuted the measure which led to their re-
covery.
1t is reported that the Navy Department
Is about to send monitor and fast side
wheel steamer to the Newfoundland fishing
banks, to look out for the interests of our
citizens in that locality, and prevent any
breach of the peace between them and the
subjects of Great Britain.
WASHINGTON, March s5-The great
double-turreted monitor Miantonomah is Or
dered North from this station. She carries
fifteen-inch guns, and is the best war vessel
in our navy. or probably afloat.
But very few pardons are being granted
at the present time, and nearly, if not all OF
them under the twenty-thousand dollar class.
Senator Howard having returned to
Washington, 1t Is expected that the report of
the Committee on Reconstruction embracing
the testimony of General Lee will be made
early this week.
"A dispatch from Washington reports
that the Ways and Means Committee have
agreed to continue the exemption of tax on
income at six hundred dollars, adding fifty
dollars to the exemption for every child in
family, up to fifteen in number.
The President yesterday expressed his
disapproval of Mr.. Stewards proposition for
a universal amnesty condition of the
establishment of free suffrage
"A very startling double-leaded editorial
appears in the Recoastructionist of this week,
Which is edited by Mrs Swisshelm, directly
charging President johnson with completely
in the assassination of Mr.. Lincoln. The
rawlings of this strong minded disciple of
radicalism will not hurt the President very
much, it is thought.