The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-04-06
FOURTH EDITION |
From WASHINGTON THIs AETERNOON.
JsPEnAL DISPATCHES TO EVENING TELEGRAPH
The Government Printing PapsE.

EsPEcIAL DISPATCHES TO EVENING TELEGRAPH. I
The Government Printing PapsE.
wAsHINGToN, April 6.-The Committee on
Printing, on an order of the House. m ct yester-
day 10 Investigate the purchase of paper made
last November by Cornelius Wendell, at that
time superintendent OF Public Printing.
Combinations.
The Senate has confirmed Henry q. Thomas
TO be Major General by brevet; and Wager
Bwayne, Thomas l.. Crittenden, Daniel e.
Sickles, Joseph j, Reynolds, BENJAMIN II.
Clrierson, and Nelson A. Miles to be 'Bripndi er.
Generals by breyet.
Assessor Frazer's Speech An the senate,
Mr.. Chandler, in the Senate to-day, read from
THE EVENING TELEGRAPH of yesterday the
concluding portion of the speech of Assessor
Frazier in which he defes the Senate. Quite
sensation was created blythe reading and Sena-
tor Fessenden, VINO was referred TO approvingly
in the speech. seemed much annoyed.
Sumner VS.. Salisbury.
Mr. Sumner did not call up his resolution to-
day for the expulsion of salisbury for drunk
enness, and IL is understood that salisbury is
TO be put upon probation before the resolution
lis pressed. After the introduction OF the reso-
luton yesterday, Salisbury went across the
street to Whitnev's restaurant to borrow a pis-
tol, threatening to shoot somebody.
Personal.
Wsepator Cameron has gone to Harrisburg.
Proposed New Hotel.
The agent of the New York Hotel Company
to-day completed the purchase of the Old CapI-
tol building at about $4,000. 1t is designed to
erect a hotel on the site.
Russian America.
The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
will report back the Russian treaty next week,
when prolonged debate on it is expected. The
chances are in favor of its ratification.
The Russian Treaty.
The Russian treaty project gains ground in
the Senate. A prominent Republican Senator
said this morning that he would not be sur
prised if the Committee on Foreign Relations
we're TO report in it's favor early next week. 1t
is not probable, however, that 1t will command
a two.thirds majority at this session.
Strange Order from General Grant.
General Grant has informed the Military
Commanders at the South, that they must not
remove Governors of states.
Condition of Surratt.
The warden of the city Jail publishes card
in which he states that Surratt cannot escape,
and Is treated like the other prisone is in aSimi.
lar situation.
Registers in Bankruptcy.
Chief Justice Chase has determined that only
one Register of Bankruptcy is to be nominated
by him for each Congressional District, and
that they must be eounsellors at law, recon-;
mended by their respective Congressman and
by the Judges OF The district
United States SenaLe-SpeciaI Session.
wAsHIEGToN, April 6--Mr. Anthony (R L., made
areport from the Committee on Printing. against
missioner OF Agriculture but providing that 1000
copies of those heretofore ordered ne furnished that
Mr. Chandler (Mich) remarked that the Senate had
hitherto 6een Se ey SSra S%%sEds e and as
caused to beread an article from The PHILADELPHIA
EVENING TELEGRAPH.
The Clerk read it, in substance, that a compliment
tary serenade was Oh Thursday night rendered to
John w. Frazier, confirmed Assessor of Internal
Revenue for the First District of PennsylvauIa. This
gentleman is reported to have sad in acknowledging
the honor that number of his radical friends have
ed him to return to the fold, which he declined
He did not consider himself under any obligation TO
Senate, for he appointed to ill q Vacancy
Politically. he still conservative in favor of
Johnson. Grant, and the Supreme Court, in contradis
tnction TO sumner, Stevens and Butler He was
against the radical element the trampling the Con-
situtiou under foot the injury of the currency etc
MIR. sumner did not, as was expected. call up his
resolution for the expulsion OF Senator salisbury.
The Senate went into executive session.