Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-06-12
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FROM WASHINGTON,

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GreeIey's Position. ...
New York. June 1.-THE morning pa
pers have the following specials from Wash
ington:
a New Yorker by the name OF Campbell
has just gi, EN- to the World some qlteer
revelations concerning the testimony late
~ addu ed by the judiciary committee of
the House, tending to implicate JEFF. Davis
in the assassination plot. He shows that q
gross system of fraud and perjury has been
resOrted to to prove Davis and others con-
spiratOrs in the matter, and backs up his as :
serti0ns by facts that startle all who are fa-
miliar with the testimony. 1t seems that
many OF the witnesses testified under as
sumed names, aud that no such persons as
the ostensible and recorded witnesses exist.
In ADDITION to this, he states that when Mr.
Conney, who waSthe principal witness and
detective in the case, was asked to proceed
to New York and procure some cOrrobOr-
ative evidence of his own statements, which
he had previously volunteered to furnish,
that he gave the officer who was sent with
him the slip in New York, has actually ran
away, as is supposed, to avoid prosecution
for perjury, and has not been heard from by
the officer or committee for several weeks
Other witnesses have come forward and
confessed to having sworn falsely.
1t being understood that Mr.. Greeley,
who is in Washington, is In favor of the re-
lease of JEFF. Davis, he was asked by Rad
ical If the report was true, when he retorU.
ed by asking the interrogation if he was in
indefinite imprisonment of the representa-
tives of five millions of people without
conviction or trial. Mr.. Greeley was in
consultation with Senator'S Chandler, Will
IN ha an Of
Grafton on bail, and favored it to the eX-
tent of alarming, If not displeasing, some
of his party associates. lie lett for New
York this evening.
MIR. OConor is still here, but has thus far
made little or no progress in the matter.
The presumption is that he expected to OBJ
tain some favorable consideration of the
case, or he would not have devoted 80 much
time TO it. A day Oc two more Is expected
to decide the matter.
The Washington BANKS.
The House committee on Banks and Cur
rency will make an elaborate report in a
few days on the Washington Bank frauds,
and guarding against such miSapprOpria-
tions of public moneys in the future.
The Pay Of Members of Congress
A proposition will soon be introduced i'm
members. Under the present rates some
members receive over $4,000 pay and mile
age each Congress, while Others only re-
ceive few hundred over $4,000. 1t will be
proposed to pay every member 600 each
Congress, and his actual travelling ex-
penscs.
Increase of Duties.
While the House committee of Ways and
NJ, Al.
duties To the amount proposed by Mr..
Stephen Calwell, they are engaged in giving
all possible protection to our manufacturing
and mining interests.
The Senate will take up the Tax bill and
finish that before entering upon the consid-
GRAFTON Of the enactments contemplated
and made requisite by the constitutional
amendment.
The Constitutional Amendment.
The House will take up the Constitution
al amendment on Wednesday. and concur
in the Senate amendments by at least a
three-fourths vote. TIE Presiding officers
will then transmit it to the Secretary of
State, whose duty it will be to transmit it
at once to the Jvernors of States, to be
laid before their respective Legislatures.
The Senate committee have agreed upon
two cents per pound on cotton.
The President Is known to have express
ed the wish that Congress would pass, as
concurrent resolves, the supplementary
bills declaring the powers of Congress un-
der the Constitutional amendment.
Freedmen ASIEiDg Military Pro-
lection
A memorial, signed by 1000 freedmen of
Charlottesville. has been presented to Cen
eral Howard by committee of the signers.
1t asks for continued military protection,
and recites that they are deprived of rea-
sonable safeguards against bodily Injury by
their former masters, and that Generals
Steedman and Fullerton, during their So
jOurn in Charlottesville, consulted forty
white eX-rebels and not one Colored loyal
ist.
Judge Underwood Refnses 10 Ad-
init JEFF Davis 10 bail.
WASHINGTON, June ll.-This morning
Judge Underwood, Ill chambers at the u.
S. Attorney Generals office, heard the ar
guments of Messrs. O'COnnOr and Shea,
counsel for Jefferson Davis, why the pris-
Oner should be admitted to bail. Attorney
General Speed replied on the part of the
Government. Judge Underwood refused to
admit MIR. Davis to bail, on the ground that
he had no authority to do so, the accused
being prisoner of war.
Report ON the Memphis Riots.
New YORK, June ll.-Specials to the
evening papers say: The committee to in
vestigate the Memphis riots having return
ed, their report will be made about the mid
die of this week. Their information is more
important than any yet published.
The Tax bill will be reported this week.
Resolution 10 Repeal the Neutral
ity Laws.
Mr.. Ancona's resolution to repeal the
neutrality laws were referred to the COM
mittee on Foreign Affairs.
Miscellaneous Items.
Senator Wilson will report the Freed
mems Bureau bill with amendments pro-
viding for the restoration of the Sea Island
lands to their former owners on certain con-
ditions, and furnishing the freedmen now
occupying them with other land.
Congress will not adjourn without in
creasing or revising the tariff.
The investigation into the Merchants
National Bank swindle is nearly concluded.
The committee will recommend measures
to enable more summary proceedings in,
such cases.
Itis quite probable that the Bankrupt bill,
and the bill concerning the pay of army
officers, will go over until next session.
A branch mint building is to be erected