Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-02-07
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FROM WASHINGTON,
Report or the Charges Against th
COmmis issi0ner of indian Affairs.

Report on the Charges Against tho
Commissioned of indian Affairs
WAsHINGToN, Feb. 6.-The majority of
the House Indian Affairs committee, in
their report on the charges against the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs. say there
| Is no evidence of fraud or corruption in
| the letting of the contracts referred 10, and
that the House should rescind the resOlu-
tion which directs the Secretary Of the In
terror to suspend the execution of them,
| The report of the minority-lIart. Clarke
Of Kansas, Henderson ana Van Horn of
Mo.-is that the contracts should be set
aside as unjust and unfair, and that instead
of awards made by the Indian Commis-
sioner, the contract for the first class of
goods should be given to G.. A. Evans, of
Philadelphia, and for the second and third
! classes, to Stillman & Bros, of New York,
The Presidenus Plan Not Likely To
| beACcepted, o. .. .
New YORK, Feb, G.-The Times special
| says: Sontherners who expected their re-
construction plan would be acceptable to
| Congress are much mistaken, for there Is
an inconsiderable number who will not ac-
cept any modification OF the constitutional
| amendment. 1t will be submitted to the
Reconstruction committee to-day. The
! letter sent by the Governors with their
, plans to the Southern Legislatures, whileit
! recommends the adoption of the proposi-
| ton, Is decidedly non-committal. They
say the acceptance would virtually effect q
! compromise between the President and
Congress- which they consider desirable
\ It is known the President has telegraphed,
\ as a private citizen, to the Southern Legis-
( latures, urging them to adopt this PROPOSE
| tion. So far as heard from the Southern
| nraQc against tho nrOpogitiOu-
The seward Motley LetteTs-Charges
| Against other Ministers.
The Tribune's special says: McCracken,
| who wrote the letter concerning Mr.. Mot
1 ley, is about "a years old. In his letter he
saws he made it his special business to see
how our Government was officially repre-
| sented abroad and found 1t greatly misrep-
resented, and as patriot he deemed itehis
| duty to inform the Secretary ofState OF the
fact Speaking of Mr.. Motley, he called
4 him Sumner man, who constantly said
| he owed his position to Sumner and not TO
Johnson, and indorsed Mr.. Summers poll
| tics. Minister Hale, he says, takes every
opportunity to say Congress is right and
the President wrong. Mr.. Murphy, Con-
| sui at Frankfort, he calls blatant Radical
| and tool of Jack Chandler's. He states a
majority of our foreign missions are held
by Massachusetts, Puritans, controlled by
such men as Phillips, Butler and Chandler
| Reduction OF Legal Tenders.
The Ways and Means committee, in ac-
cordance with instructions of the House,
will soon report bill to prevent the re-
duction of legal tenders, but will at the
same time report a contrary bill as express
ing their own views. as a compromise pro-
vision may be made against the results
feared from the sudden withdrawal OF the
compound interest notes.
Not True.
tits not true, as stated, that the President
has said he would veto the tariff bill if il
passed the House.
The Public Debt.
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-Total amount o.
public debt on the lst inst, S25l334,9
500. OF this SIP 014554,1S0 bears com
pound interest, and SSl9,G72,740 bears cur
rency interest.
No Reduction on the whisky Tax!
The Ways and Means committee hav,
voted almost unanimously against any re
duction of tax on whisky.
The Presidents plan Modified.
The President andtriends have so chang
ed the first section of the reconstruction
plan agreed upon few days ago, that 1
now simply declares ordinances of seces
sion in Southern States null and void
News is hourly expected of the adoption 0
the plan by the Legislature of North Car
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