The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-12-20
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REPORTED EXPRESSLY ron rnE CLARION.

REPORTED EXPRESSLY For THE CLARION.
NEW YORK, Dee. i5.-Gold S7H. Exchange
active at 1914; Sight ioSIGioH. stocks
strong, Money per cent Bank statement
regarded good. Flour better. Corn la9o bet.
ter. Whisky dull and nominal. Cotton quiet
at SAC for mlddling uplands
| The following Is the Bank statement for the
week; Loans decrease two million one hun
drcd and dxty.soycn thousand Specie, de-
crease avehundred and twenty thousand eight
hundred snd my dollars; Circulation, increase
three thousand two hundred dollars; Deposits
increase two million seven hundred and eighty
one thousand four hundred and forty.ninc dol
/ lars; Legal tenders, three hundred and forty
seven thousand four hundred and sixty-two
dollar,
CINCINNATI, Dec. l5.-Flour higher and
more active, so,5O9i5 90. Hogs quiet and %
cents :awcr; Cotton weakcr-held at Sic. Gold
unchanged.
! ST. LouIs. Dee. IT, Flour steady ON account
I Of rise In lower rivcr-mfcrior grades, $50
| Sii,io for triple extra; Corn dull-mixed aoc,
Oats dull 15c; Rice quiet; Mess Pork, ssl
/ Whiskcy better, S2,2a.
! WASHINGTON, Dee i5.-Pardons have been
ordered by the President TO issue to the follow
| ing persons residing in the South Tor their par
| ticipation In the late insurrcction. whose pcti.
tions were filed In accordance with the petty
Office and twenty thousand ollarclauses of the
Amnesty Proclamation
T. Wilkinson, Tenn; Henry II, Wells and
| II. J. STICKY, $. G.; Daniel u. Lewis and Juo,
| Crttenden. Ala. Howard Perry and Johu =.
Smith, Texas; NJ. W Ransom. n, c.; W. W.
Hunter, Ia.; Elijah Roberts, Georgia; ;. W.
Wecms, Miss.
/ An affidavit trom the Union Pacific Railroad
| Company has been received by the Secretary
Of the Interior, TO the effect that theath section
OF thirty.tye miles " their road has been COM
pletcd, commencing at the 27Oth aud termiua-
ting at the 1O5th mile post, west from Omaha
The receipts Of internal revenue from IL
July last to date amount TO nearly Slm,0oo,Wh.
The aggregate Of the present fiscal year Is rN-
pectcd to amount to $3.50, 600
The notice published relative to the discon-
tnuancc Of Southern Post Offices is likely to
be- misunderstood. No wholesale discontinue
ancc Is contemplated but the action of the y.
! O. Department refers only 10 the many offices
| in the South which were suspended at the cont
mcnccment of the war, aud which have not
since been formally ro-opcncd. Although In
fact discontinued, the accounts Of such Offices
cannot be closed, and the balance due the gov
eminent Il to be collected by the Auditor of the
T.. o. Department under existing laws and
order tiiz-
continuance by the Postmaster General.
The Auditor reports 10 the Postmaster Gen
cra that the postal revenue of the late insur-
gent States have exceeded by nearly S292,0OO
the actual expenditures; and IL appears that
including all liabilities 10 june 18th last, the
revenue In that section would only he deficient
$4,000.
Some of the most prominent Radicals say
they will not vote for the bill admitting Colo
RADIO aud Nebraska as States, because their
| constitutions coniinc suffrage TO whites.
II is not expected that any financial measure
win be passed by Congress until after the
Christmas holidays.
IL tho senate a communication was received
from the Secretary Of War In response 10 res
oluton asking If the commissioners provided
for by an act Of 1854 for the payment Of loyal
owners Of liberated slaves had been appointed
etc The communication was accompanied by
a report which was referred 10 the committee
ON military affairs.
Mr.. Sumner presented the proceedings Of q
recent meeting Of loyal citizens, without re-
spect to color, held NJ Norfolk, Va, asking for
the reorganization Of the government Of vir-
glnia.
Mr.. Salisbury objected. that under the rules
Of the Senate, the proceedings Of public meet
ing could be received, unless they came IN the
form Of a memorial.
Mr.. sumner said this was not simply the pro-
cccding- Of public meeting, II was in the ma
turc Of petition
The question on the reception Of the d0cu-
ment was put and carried and the documents
were referred ~ the committee on reconstruct
ton.
Mr.. Wade presented petition fer the re-an-
nexation Of the city and county Of Alexandria,
Va, 10 the District of Columbia. Ordered TO
be laid upon the table.
Mr.. Wilson reported fayorably the House
resolution for the erection Of monument 10
the memory Of the late Lieut.. Gen. Scott.
Mr.. Trumbull introduced bill 70 provide
for amendments 10 defects in the proceedings
Of the courts Of law Referred 70 the JudIcla-
ny committee.
Mr.. sumner presented a bill 70 punish those
who Induce the emigration Of free colored per-
sons under false pretenses. Mr.. Sumner said
that there were persons here from foreign cotin-
tries cndeayoring % persuade colored persons
to cInlgrate, but virtually 10 inaug1rate sort
Of coolic trade. The bill was referred 10 the
committee on Foreign Ahalrs.
The bin 10 repeal the Presidential amnesty
power was then taken up.
In the House, under the call Of States for
resolutions WasEbum, Of H., offered reso-
luton directing the committee on New Orleans
riots 10 investigate the alleged frauds In the
New Orleans Custom-house, andthe appoint
ment Of rebels therein 70 theexcluslon Of Union
men, and IN matters connected with the admin
lstration Of Affairs IN the eustom-house, which
were adopted.
Mr.. Harding, Of H., offered the following,
which was adopted
Resolved. That the House Of Representa-
tiyes Of Congress viii give unfaltering sup
port 70 the Executive Of the Government 20
vindicate the timed-hOnored policy Of this
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