The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-12-13

Liquidation OF Congress " unccns,ltu.
tional. The severity OF Nj. BrIkes
phllllpplc was not In the fh6Ruage
OF invectlve, but In the mer.
ciless sarcasm and lnexorable log
10 with which be. impaIed john
son at every period. II Ii q speech
that ought 10 be circulated broadcis
wherever there are loyal men 10 read
Il. Mr.. Drake IA whining bis way 10 q
position US one Of the hfst men or the
Senate. He 10 n plain, unprelendlng
man, but remarkably clear beaded and
radical TO the core. The gaileries we're
crowded, and though he spoke near Two
hours, he was listened 10 with The
closest attention throughout .l.li
Eldridge, OF Wisconsin. one of The
most pesliierous Cdpperheads M the
House, and q sort OF q leader among
them, read q long speech to-day on the
subject OF contscation. 1t consisted OF
the usual rehash about the Constltti.
ton, the oppressed people Of the South, ,
military despotism,. usurnations Of
ConBressi and so Oh du hnuSernl, This
fellow Eidndge, who has been In the
House several years, and has o GOOD deal
OF experience and not little parlla-
inentary pluck, very much resembles
In person a gentleman well known In
y heeling, viz: Mr.. Israel Lewis, Of
81. ClAirsville, u brother or mine excel
lent host OF the Grant House. don't
mean to intimate that there 10 any re.
semblance further than the personnel.
Indeed, lam happy to know there Is
not.
The copperheads OF this Dlsttict are
once more In state Of purturbatlon.
The African here has Just achieved an.
other lin at the hands Of Congress-, and
isnow on q political level with the bOst
OF them. The bill striking out the
word "whlten from all the laws reIa-
ting TO this District, which was passed
at the July session, and pocketed by
the President on account OF the Ad.
tournment before he bad had II
ten days, was revived some days
ago In the Senate by the In.
defatigable Sumner. Yesterday 1t
passed the House again, and has again
been sent to the President for his-veto.
But II is certain to pass over the veto,
and Is already regarded as q law.
The silenclng OF the impeachment
project was Immediately followed In
the House by the passage Of an not sus-
pending the further Contraction OF the
cnrrency-a circumstance which Illus
trates the temper OF Congress on these
subjects. The majority OF Republi-
cans in Congress believe the dissatis.
faction In the country is not with the
Congressional plan OF reconstructipg
the Southern States, but with the alb.
sence OF settled policy IN regard TO
Finances: and IL Is their resolule pur-
pose 10 supply this want al the earliest
day possible. New schemes and plans
are submitted daily. and all the dnan-
cial skill OF the two Houses is emnloy.
ed on every branch oil the subject.
Mr.. Hubbard, Of your STATE, offered
aproposition for reference 10 the House,
yesterday, to extend the advantages
Of the national banking law to every
one who would comply with It's require.
ments-in other words, to make 1t a
Tree banking law, and to restrict the
issue OF circulation to two.thirds the
capital Of the bank.
The House this evening passed
resolution providing Tor All adjourn
ment during the holidays. It was OF.
Tered by Mr.. Schenck, Chairman Of the
COMMITTEES on Ways and Means, who
said his Committee Proposed to 20 on
with lis labors In tho interim. Il pro-
poses TO adjourn on Friday, the 10Th
inst, and TO reassemble on Monday,
the 9th prox.-making a vacation OF
hfteen days, OF which four are Sundays
and holidays.
But 'I-....-t I
"Art lis long and life Is fleetinG;p
And lest this letter be longer than
your patience, l will shorten and pos
slbly sweeteu 1t (the letter. not your
patience,) by putting a period 10 these
ramblings. INVISIBLE.