, 1866-12-11
FROM WASHINGTON,

WAaHfA0roN, December TO-
8l1L TO LEoA11xE THE Presidents ORDERS AID
rnocLANA11o1s ptntNa TIE WAR.
sr. Bsnshrm, Of Ohio, hss Introduced ! very
in'poEtaht1l1i, which was Ecf1r7ed TO the Judlci-
ify Committee. II declares valid iii acts, pro-
clanla'lons and orders Ut the President, and acts
done BY bis authority after the 4th Of March, 1861,
aud besose the Iat Of December, 1863 respecting
martial 14~, t1tal BY alltary Commissions for The
asrttt and Trial Of persons charged As rebels dur
tpR tho LATE tnsazTec.ion+ aidera OF abctoss
thereof and Of ali proceedings done or had by
courth-Garsial or Military COMMISSIONS and OF all
arrests or tenp:1sonncnts made In the premises
BY TIC PFcsitent'a oEdel-dceatIng the eame to be
valid to he earue extent Is II previously author
ized by express laws. and providing that no civil
court Of STATE sln11 review or reverse 4uy Of the
proceedings had. Or bold anT persons for acts
done o. omitted 10 be done by these orders by
the President.
ELL TO eoSEaz TEE ArrorSr1E.1 OF rExstos
A1Ea1S-
The House did I smart piece Of business In a
quiet way this afternoon, BY \ vote Of
about I'VE to one. It consisted In 50
amending Pension Bill as to make l: provide
l4at tic term Of on1er Of all Pension Agents ap-
pointed elnce the nrst oi 1as Jannly shall expire
IN thirty days after The passage OF the act; that
tcnston Agents, Instead Of beng appointed By The
scc.eary Of The Interior and the President, sh11l
Setate, a. d that the nominations to ali vacancies
u:adc under the bill shall b alcd within hfte.n
days aflcs it, passage.
y Colonel Pauldfug, The Faymaster Who lost sone
slo G0o Of Government tundsb BY the i.ilarc OF the
Merchants National Bank Of this city, and who
st;e1wasd was sentenced 10 pay a nne
aad be Imprisoned. has Just b:en p2rdonet
byN tie President and the nnc remtttcd
lhchatd Coz. a notorious rebel Of Georgetown,
who has lately been pazhoncd By the Presdent,
aid had his property restored 10 him, obtained
potrersson to-day. His house had been turned
over to society OF 1aatee, who look caro- orfricud
Ices neRro women and children. Mr. Cox forced
til, nj to 1earo the building By taking out all the
doars and Hlndows. and thus rendering It i'm
1orsihte for the occupants 10 1ematn On account
Of The weather.
/. = 1'cr11ocu'e FINANCIAL POLICY.
The action and temper Of tho .Rouso to-day In
regard 10 the several resolutions Of nnaue1at
character, showed plainly that there Is very little
sympathy felt for Hi. HcCulloch's views concern.
lng the contraction of The currency, which
+. erns to meet with more decided opposition than
ever.
FA11IST or ADDITIONAL noCxTT.
Tho lang dtlayed payment Of the additional
bornt. w1s commenced on Saturday, and Will be
continued regularly hereafter
GINLRA1 0RA&1
lesyrs tor ST. Louis in the morning.
xKw FosTAAsrkns.
The Postmaster Geueaal has made The following
changes Of PoetmaAtess In the West :lnce the NH
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Observation-Disclosures. Poarbon County. Mary
J. Kelly, rice George 5. Sasass, resigned; Win
| chtkrE, Clark Comfy, Thomas Il. Berry, rI:t l..
| Baxter, removed.
| A,z1o.sas-lewiss1l1e, LaiaJctto County, Thos.
c. rspher. rice J. L. Mcdonald, declined.
| oGio-Sorhhmptou, Stark County, Michael
uar1man, rice A. J. Haskell, resigned; 1Eahaun.,
Etankin County, Thomas ioune, pax ~ s. la
cbell. rts3cued; AJetasIile, Dehancs County, ].
Winfield, rice J. 0.eil. declined; Chanutleaz,
khox County, c. LeEe,iag, eie< +, Perfect, re-
signed Franklin Terrace, $c1olo County, T. g.
Bcckus. ttc< William H. brown, declined.
Mchlcnn--Alddler1lle. Barry County, John F
Emory rfes E. swecny. declined.
N7se3h.tn-Neeeah,W Winnrh4so Comfy, J. L.
Dotou, tacf E. Smith, dtc!iued; Grind psat,ie,
Green Lake County. 4. A. Let, rice H. Dainty, de-
clined; Woodman, Grant County, John L. Parke1,
tiee Il. Rankin, sexlgnod.
I*clana-Ns~ Marion. Ripley County, Mrs. Z.
Wcstover, rice J. F. Aeaee, resigned; Mahon,
Huntingdon Comfy. Jacob Snyder. ssee L Dean.
'esi9ned; Nevada, Upton County. S. p. Lee, ries
Il. Ricketts,. refiEued; Erich Valley, Wabash Cum
u. William Bfeehton, eies ]. jackson, restxued
Bazuesvule. Bartholomew County, ]. C. Rcney,
rice J. 1hoEas, resigned; Bovine, Gibson Coun.
u, #. Ctredner, rtet D. Row, resigned.
| 4l.ntso'a-E1k River. ShtEbu1n County, uo,a.
TO Eolson, tfe< George L. Staples, removed away.
Hd&hHcfon Territory WhAtcou
County, Eugenc Jafper, r1et r. Mardy, lei, the
plaoe; Miami Prairie, Thurston County, A. E
Gown, taet J. Lanes, retigncd.
M.Hns-EasleTt1le, LaSalle County, S Lyon
<.et c. II. Stephens, Eemoscd; New Rutland, l.
1 en-. 4 fy-~ r
moved.
/ HuL REGULATING THE KEr71xo OF coxGurss,
The bill regulating Concrcsalota ii sessions
which parsed Tho Houae to-day, simply provide.
that each Coug1ess, beginning with The Fot,leth
| shall hold three .esEious, VIZ: Two AZ now, &ni
ano,ber beginning on the fou1th Of March mart
md every second year thereafter. 1t WIS pu
through hr vots Of 1a3 10 % the negative rot
being Entirely rnade ct Democrats. The bill
not likely to be taken up In the Senate I'LL Afte
, the holdays. II will probably pass By coo<
!. majority whenever reseeed. The Question o
, providing IN e:eeton lu States that do not nov
bold elections prior to March, viii 10 considere<
IN 1aothes bill.
soC1uE1x Akp sA1x..
By he Comnisstoner of he Geaefs .nS Isss< d,s<
fon the loea4ofdee At tallahassee Flort IA Tor n,
month Of Noxsm6ef, thow 1874 eere. tssen i /.
) actual settlement and cultivation. These, Hiti
r lnc Ss,t2{ acrea entered under the same LAW II
| October. mikes IN aggregate Of 493 farms Of 8
| acres each. which IN two mouths have been adds,
: 10 The productive power Of that State.
E I1QCoR CAEEa IN TN 5I7nIKx COURT.
8 The HatsAchuectts liquor casea not settled b
! direction OF tho Supreme Conrt, last session. vi
s come ND II the prcscat term. and msy be G1et
q ! Several eaEcs were introduced to-day.
= NTEnNAf. HEyrNrE HZcEIT1B.
\ Receipts i1om lnttf1al Revenue to-day We:
I <1,Gs-106.
d ! TIE TItT OATH.
5nfn ira ~ I thA 4nAf A%t h1ns
+ | delivered tn The Supreme Court this nornfn:
i. A.. Sherwood. Of our Southern Ioyalt.ts, desire
the court. on beh1it Of himself aid cx Prov!son
{ | Governor Hamilton, 10 be beard IN regard TO 1t
= | e etpstItutiounty OF The test oath4 ~ they hi
,tcup 10 oder IN favor ol the cQusutntona.lty III
l h.d mi. hon etycn 10 ihE c01u. Jhs Chte{ q