National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1867-01-25

" Mr. Elliott has gone to Boston,
ID they will not be able to report
saveral weeks bat the conclu-
rs of the Committee are not Sc
k,n- They find the evidence of
Facilitated massacre overwhelm-
~ and also that Union men can
~ live in Louisiana. They are per
Secuted relentlessly.
! Some inquiry having been made
&,o,,4 the amount of money to be
n,J for tna arrest of John IL. Sur
4 ~ II is worth while to call atten-
lam to the fact that the order offer
4 20 a reward for his capture was re-
n,r1 by the President some time
,+a in the fall of 1865, two months
least after the State Department
4 new he had gone to Liverpool, and
xnme weeks after instructions were
3,nt 70 our Consul at that point to
nothing towards etfecting his ar
III. 1t may be mentioned in this
&onnnction that the Consul-General
Canada was here last week to
Sopsult with the government about
Rr;noinc evidence from there against
$nrratt when his trial takes place.
The debate in the House last week
non Mr.. Newton, the head of the
II gricultural Bureau, will result IN
M removal. The President has III
Minated this, and it is understood
Mat he is now selecting a capable
man as Newton's successor.
1 The House has taken two votes
Moon the currency question. The
4notion was to suspend the rules
therefore the question was approach
4d undecidedly. The votes taken
kbow the House is opposed to any
Surther contraction 'han is now al
iowed. Mr.. Wilson'S resolution
fompels the secretary TO issue green.
Alcks far all compound interest
Notes he max withdraw It did not
H. in. but it received ma ority OF
Votes.
THE 81 creme COURT DECISION
r. THE TEST OATHS.-Ihe lntelll
e4ncc reaches us that the Supreme
iourt of the United States have
nrrmrd the uucouStitUtionallty d
he test oath enacted by the Mi.
xouri legislature and OF the oatl
1narred BY Congress, to be admin
istpred to attorneys and counsellor:
seal,ine TO practice III the supreme
Naurt.
The official decision was given bl
H.. Justice Field. which sustain
& he request and sets aside the oatl
A. its application 10 practising at
u arneVS As unconstitutional. on tn
AlrouHd that il is er post fecto. IN II
rneration and in its nature is equiv
3Lent to punishment without tna
WI Another point made is that what
Aver the oflenSeS Of the parties. In
IN pardon OF the Executive relieve
4taem from penalties AID restore
Athem in the eyes Of the law, 10 tn
IL standing they occupied before tn
alebeliion. and the authority of Con
% sresS to limit the prerogatlve
8lncrcy is denied. Mr.. Justice Nj
&ler delivered the dissenting opinion
Not three OF the members OF IN
Court. including ChiefJustice ChaS
#and takes the position i'll regard
sthe Missouri test oath that the que
81iou pertains exclusively to Il
State, whose Legislature has Il
power TO exact proof OF loyalty
persons, who offer TO exercise &c
1ain functions within its jurisdlctlo
AS TO attorneys that practice IN Il
courts il is privilege which brint
%1hem within the power of Congre
~ and makes them as much subject
AZ legislation as though they were OF
# rerS OF the Government.
WASHINGTON, JAN. Is, 1861.
@ Fire broke out about eight oclo
this morning in the large conserN
IA tory west of the Executive ManslC
III and connected with il by a gla
"a CELERY. The government and t
W city fire engines were promptly
& the ground, but the woodwork
s# the conservatory was so dry I'll
& the flames could not he arrested a
Nj that could be done was 20 y
vent the main building from TAXI
Viii fire. SentF;es were posted mt all
# the gates ana the crowd WAS kt
& away. The greenhouse was b,
l$ under the Pierce administration,
III has since been enlarged and impr
ed. 1t contained many rare plar
bounty DECIsIoN.--The secC
comptroller of the treasury has
rected that when father, who,
reason of the death of a son i'll
Service, was entitled to additio
bounty, died before receiving
Same, leaving no widow, the bou
cannot legally be paid to any OF
that the bounty is anaked gratu
personal to the party to whom {
gress granted it, and when no !
vision is made by law for it's desc
n TO the heirs of the beneficiary a
hibition is implied. This decis
Affects many such cases on file
the Auditors Office.
The NEBRASKA ADMISSION b