The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-01-15
BY TELEGRAPH.
Washington News and Gosslp.
WASHINGTON. january "a.

The President to-day, sent TO the Senate
the name OF Hon. Edgar Cowan, United
States Senator from Pennsylvania, as Min
lister to Austria, uice j. Lathrop Motley.
Upon the advice of the Solicitor Of the
Treasury, Mr.. McCulloch to-day ordered
that bonds to the amount of S040,000 be is
sued 10 the Central Pacific Railroad Com
pany for the completion of thirty miles adj
ditional of the road.
The Committee on Territories have in
structed Mr.. Ashley to report his amend
ment to the bill TO re-establish the civil
Government in North Carolina, as a substi-
tute for Mr.. Stevens bill.
The total receipts of internal revenue
since the 1st Of July are S175,471, ,1S4.
It is thought the entire receipts of the
year will exceed all estimates by twenty OF
even thirty millions.
The Supreme Court to-day, through
Associate Justice Field, decided that the
oath required by the Constitution of Mis-
souri, of ministers of the Gospel before they
shall be permitted to preach OF teach, is
unconstitutional. Also. that person who
has bean amnestied by the President is re-
stored TO citizenship, and becomes in the
eye of the law a citizen, whom no e1 post
Jdcto law of Congress can reach; that Con-
gress can not limit the prerogatives Of
Executive mercy, and that the Supreme
Court is not the register of the edcts of
any other power-and that an act not pun
ishable by any law when committed can
not be made a criminal offense afterward.
Associate Justice Miller, for himself
Chief Justice and Associates Swayne and
Davis read their dissenting opinion.
In the Senate, Mr.. Summers amendment,
requiring that all officers and agents of the
Government whose salaries or fees exceed
$1,000 must be confirmed by the Senate,
was opposed by Mr.. Lane, and was re-
jected. Ayes, 70; nays, 81.
Loan, of Missouri, in the House. read
speech, in which occurred this sentences
'The crime-meaDing the assassination
of Mr.. Lincoln-was committed. The way
was made clear for the succession. The
assassin's bullet welded and directed by
rebel hands, and paid for by rebel gold,
made Andrew johnson President of the
United States. The price which he was to
pay for the promotion was treachery to
the Republic and fidelity to the party of
treason and rebellion"
Mr.. Hale called him to order, when an
appeal was taken.
The Speaker decided that the remarks
were in order-the resolution before the
House being one declaring it to be the i'm
perative duty of Congress to impeach the
President. This being the case, member
has right to state why he thinks so, and
the Chair can not restrain him.
MIR. Banks offered a resolution that It is
the duty OF the Government to give effect
to the moral sentiment of the Nation,
through all its agencies, for the purpose of
preventing the further introduction of
Coolies into this hemisphere or adjacent
islands. Adopted unanimously.
In the House there was a spicy debate on
the Nebraska bill, which lasted two hours,
during which the Edmunds amendment put
in by the Senate, requiring suffrage as a
condition precedent to the admission of the
State, was severely criticised and declared
to be invalid. A test-vote showed but one
majority In favor of the passage of the bill.
1t is regarded as impossible to pass the bill
over the veto.
Mr.. Shellabarger, of Ohio, introduced a
bill in the House to-day, to disqualify all
persons who voluntarily aided the rebel
lion, from holding any Office under the
Government.
The President sent, to-day, the following
nominations to the Senate for confirmation
Senator Edger Cowan, of Pennsylvania,
to be Minister resident at Vienna, Austria
uice Motley, who has resigned; and John
w. Murphy of Michigan, to be Governor
of Idaho. Senator Cowan says he did not
seek the position, and doubts if he accepts
it.
There now seems to be no doubt what
ever that Governor Swami will succeed
Creswell as United States Senator from
Maryland, for six years from the 4th of
March next.
The President positively informed a
Senator, to-day, that he had resolved to re-
move, at once, the present Commissioner
OF Agriculture.