The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-03-27
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Warrington News and Gossip.


WASHINGTON. March 2G.-The Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations have un-
aniinously agreed to report in favor of re-
ieCting the nomination of Gpncrai Frank
p. Blair as Minister to Austria.
Mr.. Smythe was before the Senate Judi
Ciary Committe to-day, and gave full tpsti-
mony in regard to the charges made against
senators Doolittle and Patterson by the
Hurlburd Committee of the House, Mr..
Smy the's testimony uncquivocally exoner-
ates the Senators named.
General Grant has not expressed an
opinion as to the propriety or necessity of
an adjournment, and nothing has transpir-
ed here relative to the execution of the re-
construction law. except what has been
with the full knowledge and appreciation
OF Gen Grant.
There are at present in this city about
one hundred Indians, representing various
| tribes, who are without necessary funds to
| carry them home. and are anxiouslv await
! ing the appr priaton by Congress to re-
| lieve their necessity.
MYSTERIOUS PROCEEDING.
Mr.. Butler called the attention of mem
bers to the fact that Mr.. Bingham had re-
vised and altered and materially changed
| the Globe reporters manuscript of the per-
sonal debate between himself and Mr..
! Bingham. Mr.. Butler then laid on the
| desk ofmembers private phamplet. show
| ing the report as written, and report as
| printed. He characterized this proceeding
rs most unfair, in defense ofhis own asser-
! tion made the other day. that Mrs. Surratt
was hung without sufficient evidence. He
changed Wilkes Booths diary which show
ed all his movements preparatory to the
| assassination of Lincoln, which was kept
from the knowledge of the Court, and it
now appeared it had been spoliated, by
having eighteen pages of it cut out after It
had got into the hands of the Gov erumpnt.
He said there is still remaining in the diai Y.
Il remarkable instance within few hours
before Booths death, and quoted from
memory Il have endeavorrd to cross the
Potomac five times and failed. | propose
to 60 Washington and give myself up. and
clear myself from this great crime" He
contended that this piece of evidence
would have shown in his Judgment. The
whole case now shows that Booth, up to
a certain hour, meant the capture and alb
ductiOn of Mr.. Lincoln, and that he chang
! ed his purpose aud resOrted to assassina-
! ton. If Mrs. Surratt did not know of the
| change, she would have had no knowledge
of the intended assassination. and therefore
| could not have been convicted.
Mr.. Bingham. | never saw any mem
oranda byJ. Wilkes Booth. which indicated
any plan or motive by which he was to
carry out his projected conspiracy. Inever
saw any such thing; and am not surprised
! that the gentleman would not let me see
the book which he put into his pocket.
Mr. Butler again essayed to make an ex-
PLANTATION, but with no better result
Mr. Bingham said No. sir: | do not care
about it. Having refused to let me inspect
| the book on which he based his charge he
may now initiate the example seen in the
vision of the Apocalypse, aud turn round
and ent it. [Laughter.l The gentleman
tails O., .,riidtGd book Who spoliated
| il: I.,.. g. .,Dout rs interesting Il query as
that which | referred TO the other day
who killed cock-robiu? Who knows that
it is spoliated? If John Wilkes Booth tore
pages out of it,, was that spOliation?
The gentlemans words are rs impOtent
as they are unwarranted. Let the CALLED
jade vince; my withers are unwrung. ]
challenge him, and dare him here or any
where. in this tribunal. or any tribunal, To
assert that l spoliated any book Such a
charge as that, without any little of evil
dence, Is only fit to come from Il man who
lives in bottle and is fed with spoon.
Laughter
There is ullicient reason for stating that
Jefferson Davis will very shortly be re-
leased from confinement. Several Repub-
lican Senators have asked for his release,
and other prominent Republicans have
offered to go his bail.
The adjOur ment question was up again
to-day, in the Senate.
Senator Morrill,, of Vermont, character
lied the House proposition to meet every
month as hop skip and jump.
Senator Fessenden maintained that the
commercial interests of the country needed
an adjournment.
Finally, it was agreed to adjourn from
Thursday until December.