Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-01-17
News Items.

The President has approved the bill sus-
pending the payment of money to persons
the services of labor OF colored
volunteers or drafted men.
II is stated that the owners of the line of
steamers plying between Boston and Bangor
recovered one million two hundred tlious-
and dollars of the Government for steam
boats lost while under Government charters
during the late war.
The Thermometer at Franconia, n. H., at
six o'clock on Wednesday morning stood at
twenty five degrees below zero.
General John w. Geary was inaugurated
Governor OF Pennsylvania, at Harrisburg.
on Tuesday. Governor Geary's inaugural
dwells at some length on State and National
topics, and strongly endorses the action of
Congress
General Simon Cameron has been elected
United States Senator from Pennsylvania.
The vote in the Legislature stood, 81 for
Cameron to AZ for Cowan.
Hon. Roscoe Conkling has been elect
ed United States Senator from New York
Lyman Trumbull, Senator from Illinois, and
Charles ID. Drake. Senator from Missouri.
Several volunteer Witnesses have testified
before the Judiciary Committee in relation
to the impeachment. No subpoena has yet
been issued.
Hon. H.G. Blaisdel has been inauguratcd
Governor of Nevada.
tlnaricrmastcr General Mcigs has been Sc
rlously i'll Tor Il week past
II is stated that the 10th artillery and Sth
infantry regiments, colored,at New Orleans,
will be mustered ont and replaced by rcgi-
mcnt Of Regulars.
Bradiord's knitting factory, at Benning-
ton, VT, was burned on Wednesday night.
Loss $a0,000.
A locomotive on the Camden and Amboy
Railroad exploded near Amboy, on Wedncs-
day evening, initring two persons.
The enterprise started in opposition to the
New York Associated Press has ceased to
exist
The cholera has broken out among The Z.
5. troops nj tho lsthmus, ON the;r way
California, and 40 of them have died, .
bill restoring the rights Of citp
persons deprived of such rights l'- sns !
late rebellion, has passed two ring tn
the Maryland House of Deler readings j
The Constitutional ainem .ales;
the New York House /, Rnnro nus passe
having previously paS, al - n, hepresentatlyes
also been ratified b. th ua w. En ne,ia'e u ma
Representatives, , ''c hahsas House O
Ue thinks h, ton has returned to Alabama
inv inv i ,hn re State will be restored bv mass
M M y institutional amendment
ofnh: ,. ). Senate confirmed Ii. B. Recls
| ~ 40, 70 be Minister to Hayti.
ine Colorado House of Representative
.as adopted protest against the admissio,
VI M N,oiotauo as State into the Union
! mo Kansas Senate has ratified the Con
slltutfonal amendment. II had preyiousl,
passed the House.
The District Suffrage act has been official
~ published in the Washington papers.
In the Michigan Legislature, on Friday,
resolution was adopted favoring the i'm
parchment of the President.
uoV, Abortion has been unanimously nomi
hated Tor Y, ), Senator by the Republican
caucus OF the Indiana Legislature.
Governor Morton sent his message to tn
Indiana Legislature on Friday. The Cover
nor recommends II registry law, the cstab
lishment at a bureau of emigration provi
slons for the education of colored children
anu the repeal of the Constitutional provi
sions against negroes which have alread
been declared void by the Supreme Court
re IS opposed to sudden payment of ih
National debt, as well as to too ha;ty re
rum to specie payments at the risk of bank
ruptcy. lie concludes by urging the ratiti
cation OF the Constitutional amendment. an,
advises the Senate to adopt ii if they woul,
avoid the wrath to COME
In tho Nevada Legislature, ON Friday, tn,
Governors message was received. The Stat
os"t 10 P-'o,oon, etilu lle receipts lOr the las
ilscal year were Sl5G,000 in excess of til,
disbursements
The health of Governor Grape, of Michi
gan, Is improving
president JuareA arrived at Durango from
chihuahua, on the Both ult.
The Constitutional amendment has beef
ratified by the Maine House of Representa-
tives. II has also been approved by the lowe
branch of the Nevada Legislature.
The ex-rebel Gen. Sterling Price and ia
mily have arrived at ST. Louis
Judge Campbell, in the Chaneery Court a
Nashville has decided tho Metropolitan Pc
lice act of the Tennessee Legislature uncon
stitutional, The decision will be appeae,
from TO the Supreme Court.
Tho internal revenue RECEIPTS of the pas
week were $3, 400, 14O.
The Supreme Court of the District of Co
lumbia has affirmed the judgment of tn
District Criminal Court, overriding the dc
murrer entered in the case of Sandford Co
mover.
, The West Virginia Legislature organized
on Tuesday. Governor Boremans message
was read. The Governor speaks highly o
the prosperity and finances OF tho State, re
, commends the repeal of the usury laws, ant
the contiscation act of 1868, and urges tn
J ratification Of the Constitutional amendment
The Senate ratified the amendment, and til,
House is expected to ratify it to-day.