The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1867-02-28
From Washington.
n Feb.

The proposition to redeem the cons
pound interest notes by the issue of green.
backs will not be compromised in the cons
mittee of conference.
The redemption of the compound inter,
est notes with greenbacks, will, neverthe>
less, be opposed in the Senate, on the
ground that the Treasury Department will
be ~abundantly able to pay for the CON-
pound interest notes when due. without
resort to a fresh issue of greenbacks.
Mr.. McCulloch fully agrees with the
House bill, which gives him discretionary
power to issue no more greenbacks than he
may deem necessary, instead of the S1OG,.
600, 600, as provided for by this last bill.
The Government is satisfied from Cons
mander Cooper's cruise around the island
OF Cuba, and the result of his inquiries.
that no landing of negroes has taken place
or that an expedition has been fitted out
for upwards of a year, the importation of
Coolies having, in great measure, done
away with the slave trade.
The President has recommended Col.
Robt 0. Tyler, of Connecticut, as Assist
ant Q~aartermaster General, with the rank
of Lieutenant Colonel.
In the Senate this evening, Senator
Wilson authorized and requested me to
contradict a statement published in the
New York papers to-day, that Gen. Grant
IS opposed to the reconstruction bill now
in the hands of the President. He saws
he met Gen. Grant a few days ago and
conversed with him on the subject. Mr..
Stanton was present also. Gen. Grant
said that since the bill ha6 been changed.
so as to provide that the district command
ers shall be appointed by the President.
instead of by the General of the army, he
entirely approves of it. He said at the
same time that if he thought he could
persuade the President to sign it he would
try TO do so, as he believes il to be as good
as anything hat can be agreed upon at
the present time.
An effort was made to-day in the House
by the Chairman Of the Committee on
Ways and Means to refer the tariff bill
bodily, without any consideration in ei>
Their House, to a conference committee.
The Speaker said that as the Senate
amendment was in the nature of a substi-
tute for the House bill, that it's reference
to a conference committee would give that
committee the power to fix the rates of
duties. The House thcreupon voted
against such reference.
Tonight Mr.. Morrill, stated that he
should call up the bill to- morrow, and in,
sist on n continuous session of the House
until it was disposed of. The chances of
its ultimate passage through both houses
are very slim.
There has been no change in the Chi
cage Post Office, as published.
Official returns of the Georgetown cleo
ton show the election of the Radical
Mayor by 96 majority seven Radical
Councilmcn, and four of the Conservative
party.
The great Painting of Lincoln reading
the Emancipation Proclamation to his
Cabinet, by Carpenter, was placed over
the east door of the rotunda Of the Capi>
tol, yesterday.
The monthly statement of the public
debt, to be published about the 5th of
March, will not show any material differ
ence from the last statement. The res
ceipts from customs during the month will
appear quite heavy, and those from inter-
nal revenue sources unusually small--less
than in former mOnths-this being the
first instance of that kind. 1t will exhibit
a heavy increase in the gold balance-sev,
eral millions OF dollars-from which the
interest on the 10-40s, due on the 1st
proximo, will be paid