Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-02-08

THE CEssIoN OF HARPER FERRY
Tue Senate Military Committee will report
against ceding Harper'a Ferry proper to West
Virginia. # I Il
TROOPS FOR MEXICO w.
a private letter from Paris, received here
10y the last mail, says that several regiments
of Austrian and French troops we're prepar.
ing to sail from Toulon for Mexico
CUSTOM HOUSE RECEIPTS.
The receipts OF customs at the four princi-
pal posts from the 18th to the Goth Of the
present month, amounted to $3.50, 900 in
gold,
DEEDS NOT WORDS
An Intellectual attempt was made to-day to
get Major General Geo II. Thomas upon the
floor of the Senate and HOUSE. The old be-
no, hearing of the plot, left the capital post
haste
1t is said that if the bill for giving General
Grant the rank of full General becomes II
law, it will be followed by another bill con
tcrring the rank Of Lieutenant General upon
Sherman and Sheridan. -..
Admiral Farragut will be likely to be made
Il full Admiral, the Vice Admiral in the navy
being equal to the grade of Lieutenant Cen
eral in the army
The House Military Committee are still en-
gagged in maturing the bill for increase of the
army, and expect to report it to the House at
an early day. .,.
There is no reason to suppose that there
will be any conflict hetween the Military Com
mlttee Of the two Houses in regard to the
number Of men Of which the organized army
is TO consist. r, ...
Gen. Schonck, Chairman Of the House
Committee, Iavors the lowest possible stand
ard, even below fifty thousand if possible.
The Committee on Elections will today de-
eide upon the contested case of Voorhees, aud
Washburne, OF Indiana.
New York. Jan 3l.--Thc Heralds Rich
mond correspondence says that an effort is
being made in the Virginia Legislature to de-
clare the election Of Senators Underwood and
Segar illegal. ......... ....
Governor Picrpoint and John Minor Bolts
are talked of for the succession. Both his
friends and enemies are trying to get Cover
nor Pierpoint to resign. The former in ord.
er that military Governor may be appoint
ed, and the latter that Robt T. Lee, Or some
other prominent rebel, may be elec'ed.
srRUCTIoN
Washington, Jan. 3l.-The Joint Commit
tee on Reconstruction has, as pr 'viously stat
ed in these dispat, hes, been divided into FIVE
otthree members each. These
are as follows: ...
lst Senators Fcssenden and johnson, and
Stevens, to whom is intrusted
the general business of the committee and
the nomination OF persons on the condition
OF the South a. whole.
Cd. Senator Grimes and Representatives
Bingham and Grider, who make the required
investigation as to Tennessee
Sd. Senator Howard and Representatives
Conklin and Blair, who collect evidence re.
specing Virginia, South Carolina and North
Carolina.
4th Senator Harris and Representatives
Morrill, and Boutwell,, to examine witnesses
the sjtuaton in Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi and Arkansas.
9TH. Senator Williams and Representatives
Washburne and Rogers, who are making the
necessary inquiry about Florida, Louisiana
and Texas.
One or moro Ct these subcommittee is in
session for about two hours every morning
that nm Tennessee heinz norticuiarlv busy
svrcrI,Ic
Tho Comnissionor Of Customs today re.
ceiycd Il report from one of his officers, sta
toned ut a point on the ST. Lawrence, form.
orlv netorious for ,m,,taiipo onoratons stat
inf that the contraban trade had almost en-
tiroly ccqscd within the limits Of his District.
LAND GRANT.
The Senate Committee on Public Lands
has renortal fnycrobly TN n hill granting lands
tnr ronsIrurtinp n shin canal from Green Bay
IN The Nissssinni river
THRIFT or coLonEp clrlzEys
Prnnrts filed in the Frecdmen's Bureau
show that roro than tro millions Of dollars
have hpep dcposjtpd bv the freedmen in the
y,rions SAVINGS Banks throughout the South
The yalue of the taxable u, opcrty belonging
to the colorra residents of Washington is ST..
23gOOO OF the 24,UOO' co!ored residents of
this CITY, the Frcrdmens Bureau estimate
that 7,iJQ can read, and that about 5000
subscribe for newspapers
REDUCTION OF 1NrcRrsT on TEMPORARY LOANS
Notice has been rivrn by the Secretary of
tho Troosnrv ,hat the Tre,surer of the United
S,o,os tba Assistant J',e,s ,rers at New York
pbiludalnlio and Boston and the dcsipnnted
donn.;,nrirs ot R,lt;mnre ond Cinc;nNar;
hore honn ;netructeL n discontinue. on and
aftor tho lst of Frbrunrv recejynp denosits
ror ,c.r,,ror,rv Loan ot si%x ner cnnt interest
Thov ~ bdro Leon ;ns,rnctcd r. sernre snch do.
,,as;its IN 1,wrnI monny nm ond ofter thot dotn