Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-03-29


Iiams Of Indiana.
The President will not send in his
veto to-day, and strong pressure IS
being exercised on him to sign the
supplementary Reconstruction bill
with a protest.
General Buffers retort on Mr..
Bingham is thus reported in tie Con
g essional Globe of this afternoon:
The gentleman has the bad taste to
attack me for the reason that | could |
not do any more injury to the enemies
Of my country. / agree to that, |
did all Icould, the best | could. 9th |
err men of more ability could do more,
and no man is more ready to give
them the highest plauditS for valor,
and discretion and conduct than | am.
And because I could not do more L
feel exceedingly chagrined. But If,
during the war. the gentleman from
Ohio did as much as | did in that dl
rection | shall be glad to recognize
! that much done But the only victim
to the gentleman proves that L
| know Of was an innocent woman hung
upon the scaffoId, one Mrs. Surratt.
And | can sustain the memory Of Fort
Fisher if he and his present associates
can sustain him in shedding the blood
Of woman tried by military commits
sion. and convicted without sufficient
evidence. in my Judgment.
THE EXPECTED VETO AND THE ADJOURN
MENT.
! President Johnson has made Con
| gress postpone its adjournment until
next week, to the disappointment Of
MANY who had hoped to have left to
: morrow. and those who have the run
of the White House say that he had
, not concialcd this afternoon whether
to veto the supplementary reconstruct
ion bin or to sign it with a protest
Fortunately it makes very little differ
eucc What his action will be, as The
e enactment Of the bill over his veto
!. will NJ certain. II is also about de
= cided that when Congress does ad
:, iovrl it will be until the first Mouda,
IL December ncNt.
OFFICERS AND OFFICE SEEKERS.
The Senate had no Executive 5es
Z sion to-day: neither did the Presiden
v send auY nominations to the Capitol
d There is large attendance OF olfic
D. seekers here, and it requires adroi
, management to secure an appointment
., from the President and then to hav
u tina; appointment confirmed by Oh
4. senate,
g IMPEACHMENT OF COLLECTOR SMYTH
h OF NEW YORK.
k The House decided by a vote o
% yeas - to NAYS % to direct its Con
-. mittee On Public Expenditures to prt
pare articles of impeachment again;
L" Collector Smythc of New York, if
d its Judgment he had been guilty of
IL misdemeanor
AID TO THE SOUTH.
o. Congress appropriated some twel1
- million dollars for the Freedmen
Bureau of which two million one hun
q" red thousand dollars are now ava
We able for the relief Of loyal freedmt
IL and refugees. without distinction {
be color. The House, instead ofpassil
the Sen ate bill appropriating one IN
lion foi' the destitute at the Sout
have simply directed Gen. HowaI
to expend the two million one hun
is red thousand dollars in his hands f
the benefit of all classes, loyal al
disi0ral, in the rebel States, who IN;
OF be il i destitute condition, thus
Gu vertiag in part this money from t
iu- purpose for which it was appropri;
ill / ed, and taking It in part from the 81
as fering classes for whom it was
ras signed.
IRE DISTRESS IN NORTH CAROLINA.
at Gen. Howard, Commissioner of t
III FreedmenIs Bureau, has received
40 report from Col. Bumford, AssiSta
NIX Commissioner Of the Bureau for t
Ion State ofNorth Carolina, showing t
so condition of affairs in that State d.
cir ing the month of February. He sta
OF that there are at least 5000 perso
are in North Carolina suffering from We
mt Of food, Of which number two-thir
us, are white 5000 bushels of &C
'uy were distributed during the mon
= sent by the Southern Relief Comm
tne sion Of New York City. The dis
by button by the Bureau Of Governm,
ase rations was as follows: :. To Hospita
EN- 64S3; Orphan Asylums 1715: D
the titute W hi t e 5, 10,958; Destitu
isl, Blacks, 1924.
VIII Nine cases of outrages against
VII blacks have been reported-seve
ila, cases being by bands of so cal
Il, ma Regulators, who for some time D
Tie have infested the State. The civil
5ae thorities being either unable or
use willing, from fear or other causes,
'cH' act, the military authorities have tai
DOL the matter in charge to break up /
organization.
GOVERNMENT CREDIT TO LoUIsIAN
ave The Senate Finance Committee
d. instructed Senator Henderson to
iks, port bill by which the United Sta
VS. will guaranty the bonds of the St
4u- of Louisiana after her reconstruct
ae- to the amount of six millions of q
afu- lars, to be used for the repair of
ich- levees, taking for security FIVE mill
'stl- acres Of her swamp lands.