Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-02-27

property in all the States of the South. will
startle the public. They cannot only be
shown from the records of the Bureau, but
from those of the bureaus in all the South
ern States.
Minority Report on the Release of
Southern Prisoners.
The Times special says: Edward Coop
er, OF, the select committee to inquire into
the murder of Union soldiers in South
Carolina, has submitted a minority report.
in which he admits the soldiers were un--
questionably deliberately murdered, but
claims that 1t is not proved beyond reasona-
Bile doubt that the discharged prisoners
were guilty of the crime. He then pro-
ceeds at length to sustain the official action
which finally eliminated in the release of
the prisoners under the habeas corpus. He
also disagrees with the committee as to the
necessity for military rule in the South to
maintain order.
General Grant i'm Favor of the he.
construction BILL. ttFHEfff 4
The Tribune's special says: Gen. Grant
has expressed himself to SeSator Wilson
and the Secretary of War SIS warmly in
favor of the Reconstruction bill. Contrary
reports are unfounded.
will not Amount to Much.
The report of the committee raised by
the resolution offered by Mr.. Wentworth
as TO an attempted compromise between
certain Republican members and the Pres
ldent, will show nothing Improper on the
part OF the congressman concerned.
The Loan Bill.
Senator Sherman will call up the Loan
Dill at the first opportunity, and move that
the Senate insist on their scheme of three per
cent. loan certificates, instead of one hun
dred millions of greenbacks, as provided in
the House proposition. Considerable de-
bate is expected.
The Custom House Frauds.
The Custom house investigation report is
nearly ready. The bonded warehouse
business is the most corrupt of all the
Irregularities found. Efforts were made
to have some leniency .noWn collector
Smythe, but the committee were inexor-
able. .sia.tra E,s,. = .t''aa-.6 - - =
District Attorney Dart Reinstated.
VIM. A. Dart, removed last fall from the
position of United States District ATTORNEY,
tor the Northern District of New York,
has been reinstated by the Attorney Gen
eral. t...-..''rr = --- .-. -...-. +. = -
The Vienna Mission rendered POST
master General Randall.
The Worlds special says The President
has rendered the Vienna Mission to Post
master General Randall, as the Senate will
not confirm Cowan's nomination.
The Fight Hour system. ba-a E
The House Judiciary committee to-day
agreed to report bill estabIi> hing eight
hours as days labor in all Government
workshops, navy yards, &C. E ~
Bills sApprOved.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26-The President
has approved the bill authorizing a sub
merged tubular bridge across the Missis-
sippi at st. Louis, and the amendatory anti
smuggling. bill, which provides that. any
foreign railroad company or corporation
whose road enters the United States by
means of q ferry or tug, may own such
boat, and shall be subject to no other re-
strictions than if owned by American citi-
zens. Or
52zR Georgetown Election. fslH7
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-Oficial returns
of the Georgetown election show the cleo
ton of the Radical Mayor by 90 majority,
and z Radical councilmen, and of the
conservative party. s-s ~.
Placed i'm the Rotunda.
The great painting of Lincoln reading
the emancipation proclamation to his cabi-
net, by Carpenter, was placed over the east
door of the rotunda of the Capitol to-day.
What General Hazen Thinks Ought
to be Done with the MOrmOnS.- "a
General Hazen has addressed letter
from Jefferson Barracks to Representative
Bidwell, who had requested report of his
observations upon affairs in Utah, while
there in October last. He says a1 think
it important that the Government should,
in some way, strengthen its authority in
that Territory, and at the same time IN
crease. by whatever means possible, our
friendly relations with those people, and
elevate their intelligence till they come to
feel that they are u part of the United
States and we are their friends. Harsh
measures will only the more strongly con-
solidate them. the lands of the Territory
are still held by the Government. 1t it is
ha Tn niu tn
mon occupants on, the same grounds as
other immigrants, and / do not see how we
can do less, land office should be opened
there, and commissioner appointed to set
tie conflicting claims. "
Freedmen,S Affairs in Texas. [rSr
Letters from General Griffin, Assistant
Commissioner OF the Freedmen's Bureau,
declare his purpose to exercise all the pow
er given him by existing powers for the
protection of freedmen. and states that
every decision that the Bureau shall have
occasion to make in case of wrong and out
rage, shall, If necessary, be Instantly back
ed by military force. Official communica-
tions show an aggregate amount of $780,
900 expended for subsistence stores issued
to destitute refugees and freedmen, or per-
sons not belonging to the army, for six
months ending December last. av.,... .
A New building for the Agricultural
Department.
The Senate committee on Agriculture
has recommended the erection Of buiId-
ing for the exclusive use of the Agricul-
tural Department. Judiciary square is
recommended by the Department as suit
able site. .-
The Agricultural Report.
Matter for the annual report of Agricul-
ture for 1866 was presented to Congress to-
day. 1t embraces, in addition to the work
of the Department., papers from some of
the best agricultural writers in the coun-
try, including Judge French, Edward
Todd, A. Willard, B. Perley Poore, VIM.
Clough, and others.