The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-05-04
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washington News and Gossip.

WASHINGTON, May 3.-Reprcsentatives
Ashley and Covode have come here TO urge
the Judiciary Committee to recommend the
impeachment of the President, IN which
ease there VIII be an extra session of the
Senate In July. H
The registers for bankruptcy will soon
be appointed. 7It'
The intention is to officially inform the
Judges Of the respective courts. from time
10 time of appointments. while withhold
ing such Information from the press
The Republican ward clubs are agttating
the question of putting upon each OF the
ward tickets at least one coiored man as q
candidate fora ward office They do not
appear to consider the requirement of the
charter, that every corporation officer shall
ne free tohite male citizen, as an impedi-
mcnt. sC HEtDN % ~-
The Japanese Commissioners, accompa-
MED by Mr.. Seward, arrived at the EXecu-
tive Mansion this morning, shortly before
the hour of Cabinet meeting twelve
o'clock,) and were presented to the Presi-
dent, who received them in the private re-
ception rooms.
The credentials of the Commissioners
were read iii the original, and translated to
the President, who expressed tothem the
pleasure he experienced IN meeting them.
special Washington dispatch says the
Japanese Commissioners Will attend the
Z
night in their honor, They have come here
to purchase steamers, arms, machinery and
books. ... .....
Accounts from Macon, Georgia. state
that Governor Jenkins had brought to
Georgia, himself II subpoena of the
United States Supreme Court in the Geor-
gia case aud had servedit on General Pope
there. They were stopping at the same
hotel in Atlanta last week. General Pope
replied that he would obey the order of the
Court.
The registration of voters in the South
has already given rise to frauds. 1t Is an
nounced from New Orleans that trade In
registration papers has sprung up In that
city, white men who are refused the right
buying the papers of colOred men, who
willingly sell them. .7. .a'.
The Commissioner Of Indian affairs has
received information from Il. w. Wyn-
koOp, United States Indian Agent for the
Araphoes. Cheyenne and Apache bands of
Indians, dated Fort Dodge, Kansas, April
q, announcing that on the 10Th of April
General Hancock burned an Indian village
consisting of three hundred lodges of Sioux
and Cheyennes. lie also states that six
Cheyenne Indians were killed by a squad of
cavalry about seventy-iive miles from the
fort. .....
The arguments on the reconstruction and
Injunction cases were resumed in the ST.
preme Court to-day. The attendance is
very large, far beyond the capacity of the
Court room. Robert j. Walker spoke for
four hours in favor of granting the injunc-
ton in behalf of Mississippi. 1t was so
late when he concluded the Attorney. Gen
cral had to defer his reply until Monday.
This will delay the decision.
A delegation from New Orleans had an
interview with the Attorney General to-
day, and were informed that the Admins
tration intended to give the DISTINGUISHING
clause of the Reconstruction Bill a liberal
construction, so as TO allow full registra-
ton. The Attorney General declared that
the registers under General Sheridan had
done wrong In refusing to register city,
county and township officers, for he did
not regard them rs officers of the State. He
is also of the opinion that Congress did not
intend to exclude man from voting who
tnh happened to take an oath to support
tho Constitution, and then participated IN
/ tAcrrn,iliun, unless he had held an office
which required an oath of fidelity to the
National Government.
The counsel for jeff. Davis applied.
few days since, TO Chief Justice Chase for a
writ of habeas corpus in behalf of their
| client, which the Chief Justice refused to
entertain. An application was then made
to Judge Underwood, of the United States
District Court by the counsel of Davis, for
Il writ Of habeas corpus, and the same was
granted, returnable before the court of that
District, on the second Monday of this
month, mt Richmond. ....