Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-01-24
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FROM WASHINGTON.
VetOes OF the Colorado and Nebraska
Bills.

VetOes OF the Colorado and Nebraska
Bills.
New York. Jan. 23-The Times Wash
ington special says the Presidents vetoes
Of the Colorado and Nebraska bills were
considered in the Cabinet yesterday, and it
Is expected they will be sent to Congress to-
day.
Tho Postmaster General Denies tho
Charge OF Corruption.
The Postmaster General denies the state
tnent In Cincinnati paper that contract
made by him for $1S0000 was so corrupt
that the contract clerk refused to sign it,
He says the contract was determined by his
predecessor Governor Dennison ; that there
was no corruption in it, and that the con-
tract clerk did not refuse to sign it. In all
other respects the statement is correct.
The Whisky Tax.
The Herald's Washington special says
there Is no probability OF reduction of the
whisky tax, the Commissioner of Revenue
and Secretary Of the Treasury being OPP
posed to it..
satisfactorily Explained.
The Tribune's Washington special says
Assistant Treasurer Van Dyke yesterday
had long interview with the joint Re-
trenchment committees, and MADE satisfac-
tory explanations of all matters connected
with the sale of Government gold by him.
.F An Erroneous Statement.
The Tribune's special says: The state
ment made on the floor of the House re-
garding the Courtof Claims, that the court
had decided that the act of Congress allow
ing persons OF color to testify in courts of
the United States, does not apply to that
court, is erroneous. No such point was
haf0ra tho aOurt What NUaG daoi1nd
was, that the act of Congress did not au-
thorize party to testify where the United
States were defendants.
The Amended Tax Bill.
The Worlds special says the amended
tax bill is gradually passing into shape in
the Ways and Means committee. To-day
they agreed to exempt one thousand from
the income tax.
Another Blow at the President.
A very important bill is pending before
the judiciary committee. Itdeclarcs valid
all the Presidential proclamations and or
dcrs concerning courts-martial and mill
tary commissions tor the trial of civilians
prior to the 1st Of March, 1865.
Transfer OF the Indian Bureau.
The Military committee of the House
have agreed to report bill transferring
the Indian Bureau from the Interior to the
War Department.
Bill Approved.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 23.-The President
has approved the bill for the meeting of
Congress on the 4th of March; also, the
appropriation of five hundred thousand
lOllars for the purchase of the lower por-
ton of City Hall Park, New York.
Fearfal Rnvages OF Rinderpest.
Consul Ewing in letter to the State
Department, dated Hague, January lst,
says: In the latter part of November,
according to custom of the Netherlands,
the cattle were housed for the winter; since
when rinderpest has increased, notwith
standing efforts of the government to arrest
its progress. From the lst to the 10th of
December the number of animals attacked
exceeded that of the previous week by 300.
From the time it made its appearance in
this country to the 18th of December,
$4,000 animals died of the disease, and
2l,500 were killed previous to the outbreak
been fruitless.
The impeachment Business will
Amount 10 Nothing.
A prominent Republican member of the
House, in recently writing to friend, says,
. touching the impeachment business: "My
opinion Is, and has been, it will amount to
nothing. All reports that the committee
on the Judiciary have been taking testi-
mony bearing hard on the President are
false. Not single witness has been ex-
amined. The committee are proceeding
/ with great caution"
President of the Merchants' National
Bank Arrested.
Leonard Huyck, formerly President OF
the Merchants National Bank, was to-day
delivered to the custody of the United
States Marshal, having. been arrested in
New York yesterday on requisition of the
, Court of this city. Huyck was indicted on
Mondayifor larceny on the I'd of April, OF
thirteen United States bonds valued at
! $4,000.