The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1867-01-30

IN The veto OF the same bill ut last ses-
sion. The President also objects to the
proviso requiring the Territorial Cover
nor to call the Legislature together to
pass a law for the new State declaring
for universal suffrage.
Although the House Committee on
Banking and Currency agreed to.day to
report the. Randall bill providing for
substituting legal tender notes for nation
al bank notes, it is at the same time
learned tina: majority of the committee
do not favor the bill, but deem 1t best
to bring it before the House for an eX-
preston of its opinion, The country
banks, especially iu the West, are send
ing in protests daily against the. adop-
ton Of the bill.
The judiciary Committee, to day, in
the House, had up the investigation
relative to selling colored persons IN
Maryland into slavery for crime, and
were informed that the Maryland Leg
islature ha repealed the law providing
TOR such sale on yesterday.
WASHINGTON, January %, 1867.
The Senate was engaged on the Tariff
bill from one o'clock till seven, when the
want OF quorum compelled an adjourn
ment, through it was the intention of
the friends OF the measure to sit it
through till vote was reached. if it took
till midnight. The duty on camel coal
wos increased to one dollar and fifty
cents per ton. AS reported IN the bill,
the rate was fifty cents on the Nova
Scotia article, and few other rates were
increased also, but most of the amend
ments offered were voted down.
To day was private bill day IN the
House, and nothing Of public interest
took place. An effort to ccnsure Mr..
Cooper for words spoken IN debate on
yesterday was made and abandoned.
The panic in the New York stock
market to>day elected great inquiry here
Of the Treasury Department, Secretary
McCulloch, among other rumors, con-
tradlcted one telegraphed over that he
had ceased Withdrawing four millions Of
legal tenders per month.
The President convened the Cabinet
to-day in protracted session. Every
member was present and the business is
said to have been unusually pressing and
important.
1t is hardly believed that any new re-.
construction measure will be put through
this session, for want of time, but that
the whole subject will go over to the
Forlieth Congress.
The Ways and Means Committee
have done nothing towards changing the
tax on distilled spirits. The published
statement, therefore, that they have
agreed to put it at one dollar per gallon
is untrue.
To day was the lest day on which the
President could send III his veto of the
n,ll dr0viding Tor universal suffrage IN
the Territories. As he did no. do so 1t
Is believed that he has held 1t oyer the
ten days purposely, and allowed it to
become a law witout his signature.
The veto, Of the Colorado bill will not
now go in until Monday. The Pres-
don't has delayed it until the arrival of
Governor Cummings, OF Colorado, who
reached here to night and had an inter-
view at TIE White House.
The internal revenue receipts have
been quite steady for several weeks
They average now about half million
dollars per day.
The Committee in the New Orleans
fic,, hayeSpmmonea the reporter Of The
st. Louis cmocrat to testify as to the
accuracy ofthc report OF the Presidents
speech at st, Louis, in which Congress
is charged with instigatlng the riot
The reporter is now here. He will also
be examined by the Judiciary Committee
concerning the threat to kick mon out
of Office