Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-01-30
Washington City Gossip.

l0gt0n- Two aHalTS OF loEOE nave occurred
here during a week and more are promised in
certain contingencies The first was the crossing
of weapon, by two newspaper correspondents at
tached 10 leading Ncw-YorK newspapers. who
were tenacious of their status, but whose blows
were without force; for, lille the willing canes
would gravitate downward naturally, they we're
restrained by the unwilling arms of the combat
ants, and no damage was done. On the twenty
first, Delegate Holbrook, of Idaho, made an as
sault with a cane upon inofensive man named
Henry Cummins also of Idaho in the lobby of
Willard's Hotel The latter was considerably
bruised. and. being unarmed, came out second
best. The quarrel was political one, Mr. Hol-
brook being johnson man, and Mr.. Cummlns il
is said, being a correspondent of some Radical
papers
The Resolution offered in the House of Repre-
sentatives bv Mr.. Spaulding of Ohio, instructing
the Committee on the Judiciary to prepare and
report TO the House opinion in writing respect
ing the ecessity of obtaining any further sane
tion to the Constitutional Amendment than three
fourths of the States actually represented opens
an important question. The report of the Com
mittee will be awaited with special interest.
Five thousand citizens of Western North Caro-
lima, have petitioned the House for the format on
of a new State the reconstruction of North
i Carolina on loyal basis.
An important bill was introduced in the House
on the 2lst by Mr.. Williams, and referred to the
Judiciary Committee, providing that all cases
! brought before the Supreme Court in which is in
yolved the validity of United States Statutes or
the construction of the Constitution or the oppo-
! sition of State laws the Constitution shall be
| heard only before full bench and that no deci-
sion shall be given against any United States
statute without the concurrence of all the Judges
| Objection being made, the House voted to receive
the billYess l0l. Nays 80. 1t may be that here is
a way by which check can be imposed upon the
| enormous political power now yielded by the Su-
! preme Bench. From the present temper of the
majority of the Judges, it is plain that the people
| to whom power belongs must find some remedy
against the eneroachments OF the judicial au-
| thority.
1t is not doubted that Gen. Grant is greatly So
lieitous about the present condition of affairs and
that the representations of such officers Sher-
dan, Heintzleman, Ord and Gilmore in reference
to the disafected and defiant condition of the
rebels. are rapidly bringing him to the opinion
that the most radical measures are the wisest and
most moderate
The majority of the House overwhelming
Oh Kassons bill making it a felony to sell negroes
into servitude who have been guilty of larceny
This ant. the passage of the suffrage bill the
| Presidents veto makes the freedmen jubilant
A new draft upon the Treasury is projected in
4 scheme to construct a railroad through Texas
and Mexico to the Pacific, with enormous grants
of lands and the issue ofGovernment bonds. The
| bill for the scheme was introduced by the dele
| gate from Arizona.
The President has approved the joint resolu-
tion appropriating S50O,O0e for the purchase of
the lower portion of the City Hall Park, in New
| York for Post Office and L. s Court room
The Chairman of the National Democratic Res
| ident Committee, in his address the night of
| Jan. 26th, to the meeting which decided to
| commend the calling of a national convention used
the following language: % For reasons which it is
not difficult to understand, the Philadelphia
ment failed to achieve that success which it at
| first promised and which promise seemed suff-
| cent to justify the experiment then made. We
do not believe it expediept to repeat that effort
under existing circumstances. In the next great
battle thus fought, the Democratic party must
march under its coIors. We must act in the
capacity of principals, and not of mere allies in
| viting to aid, and on an equal footing with
ourselves, the few conservative Republicans who
| stood firmly by US in the late campaign, and the
thousands of distrustful Democrats whose suspi
cions kept them a'oof - Alas, poor Andy The
Democracy loved your attempted betrayal of the
Republican party, but th ey spurn the betrayer
| The President has signed the bill for the meet
ing of tie Fortieth Congress on the 4th of March
1t provides that in addition to the present regular
times of meeting of Congress, there shall be
meeting of the Fortieth Congress of the United
States and of each succeeding Congress thereaf-
.I | tor 90 An
March the day on which the term begins for
which the Congress is elected except when the 4th
of March occurs on Sunday, then the meeting
shall take place the hour the next
succeeding day. No person who was member
of the previous Congress shall receive any COM
pensation as mileage for going to or returning
from the additional session provided for by the
! foregoing section.
The President has also approved the bill rro-
viding that the net proceeds of the internal rev.
| enue of the Territories of Nebraska, Washington
Colorado. idaho, Montana, Arizona, and Dako otah
| the nextsthree years, be set aside and app-opri-
ated for the purpose of erecting under the direc-
ton of the Secretary of the Interior penitentiary
buildngs in said several territories such places
therein as have been may be designated by
| the Legislature thereof, and approved by the
| Secretary of the Interior.
Leonard HUI ck, formerly President of the
| Merchants National Bank of Washington, was
delivered into the custody of the US Marshal
last week having been arrested in New York on
| a requisition of the Court of Washington city
| Huyck was indicted for the larceny, April ID
| of thirteen u s. Bonds, valued at ,00O the
property of R. McNier, in trust for Mrs. CoyIe
The President has pardoned one Quinn. con-
victed for robbing the United States mail in