The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-12-22
Washington MiscclIanies.

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The Southern Senators now here express
great indignation ut the memorial OF the
Southern Loyalists published this morn
ing. and before leaving for their homes,
win reply to the charges made therein
against the Southern people.
Ex-Governor Lctcher has held Il consul
tation with the President and Attorney
General Stanbery about the ease Of Dr.
Watson, now being tried before a military
commission in Richmond, Virginia. charged
with killing negrom Rockbridge County.
After being discharged by an examining
Court. Dr. Watson was rc-arrested by or
der of General Schoheld.
The Attorney General expressed the
opinion that the case of Dr. Watson clearly
falls within the decision made by the SUI
prcmc Court, and that II Is q stronger case
than that presented from Indiana DR..
Watson has been tried and acquitted by a
Court of competent jurisdiction.
The Senate Financial Committee has
before it the draft of a bill prepared by Mr..
Wells, special Commissioner ofthe Treasury
Department, ns an amendment to the House
bill. The tariff prepared by Mr.. Wells is
understood to be n revenue tariff. giving
protection to the industry of the country
by admitting, as far as possible, raw
materials free or with light duty, and tax
ing moro heavily the manufactured fabric.
The tariff question Is now fairly before
the committee, which win hold daily ses-
sions upon the subject. The Pennsylvania
iron interests, as also the representatives of
the wool growers of the West. are loud in
their expressions OF disapproval of the
tariff project of Commissioner Wells.
Mr.. Sumner has carried his point, and
Mr.. Wade has found 1t impossible to secure
the admission of Nebraska with the obnox-
ious word white in her State Constitution
A call for a Congressional temperance
organization has been started. and among
the signers are Senators Wilson, Wiley,
Yates and PomeIoy and RepresentaHv;S,s
Price, stevens, McKee Dodge, Grinnell,
lIurlburt, Langlin. and others
A Paris dispatch, Of the 2lst instant.
says: ''The banquet 10 Minister Bigelow
yesterday was brilliant. Nothing of po-
litical nature transpired Mr. Bigelow re-
turned thanks for the accomplishment In taking
his farewell of the French people. Mr..
Kellogg said the new Minister, Dix, would
find no thorny questions TO settle.
The correspondence between Santa Anna
and Mr.. Seward has been printed. 1t pre-
sents no new Features, other than the for
nal declaration of the Secretary OF State
that this Government has declined 10 have
official communication with any Mexican,
excepting the representative Of JuareZ's
Government in Washington.
10 SUCn dll tNlclll mas Iit llllcll ulstlllI-
tion of whisky been carried on, that the ar
ticle is sold to New York merchants in inn
meuse quantities at considerably less than
the tax itself amounts to. One prominent
official is reported to have made half a
million dollars within year by conniving
with the smugglerS. Another has pock-
etcd twenty thousand dollars ia month.
In 1850 the average amount of whisky
manufactured in tile country was over
ninety million gallons. Last year tax was
paid ON less than ten million gallons. leav-
ing about eighty million gallons upon
which no tax has been paid allowing the
manufactures to have been the same in 1866
rs in 1860.
The committee has been informed that
similar developments 10 those made in New
York await them In Cincinnati, st. Louis.
Chicago, and other points, aud they will
visit all these places after the holidays.
A. IL. Garland, who is the defendant from
Arkansas IN one of the test oath cases PEN
ding before the Supreme Court is assured
that q decision will be made on Monday in
the case against the constitutionality of
said oath. Justice Green Is preparing the
opinion of the Court.
GENERAL DURBIN WARD, or ONO,
Has declined the appointment of Com
missioner TO audit aud settle certain war
claims Of West Virginia for the United
states.