Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-03-06
Washington City Gossip.

A very ridiculous spectacle is being presented
in the struggle for assessorships and colleetorshps
of internal revenue The Presidents refusal to
nominate radicals, leaves the Senate the alterna-
tive to choose between weak kneed Republicans
and strong backed Coprerheads. and hence but
few appointments are confirmed Almost every
day number of this sort of patriots are decapi-
tated. who are followed by new nominations gen.
orally taken from the same classes. and sharing,
in their turn, the same fate The result is,
fresh lot of applicants for the vacancies of the
headless unfortunates arrive by every train of
cars. The number of aspirants and victims is
large and the disfranchised radicals stand by and
laugh at these discounted and disappointed III
walls for place From Maine TO Mexico, the whole
Copperhead nest is wriggIing and doubling to
their chances of share of the official "balm of
Gilead,'' but almost daily some suddenly become
inspired with sufficient courage to ask favor
from the President which is generally granted.
1t is really funny to see the ever changing emo
tions of hope and doubt in the visages of these
hungry patriots, while the outside Republicans
amuse themselves with spelling their well-la'd
plans. in the ever reticent Senate The country
has lost enough by this policy of removing good
men for opinions sake. and the Senate is justified
FL the vacancies occasioned by such removals.
a joint resolution has been passed by Congress,
allowing the Assistant Secretary of the Navy
and the officers of the American war vessels Mi
antenomah aud Augusta. now in Russia to accept
presents from the Emperor of Russia. and import
them free of duty One of the gifts to Mr.. Fox is
said to be snuff box, the duty the diamonds
on which would be four thousand dollars. The
principle gifts valuable books
a report has been made by the House Judicia-
~ Committee which denounces polygamy as con-
trary to the spirit of the Christian religion and
relic of heathenism, and subversive to the mar
riage relation in all nations where is tolerated
1t is simply legalized prostitution destroying the
original and divine condition of society No
greater outrage freedom of religious faith
could be perpetrated than to require the people
of any nation to sanction and approve by law
practice so deeply offensive AlindiDg to the as
sertion of the recent memorial from the Utah
Legislature that no effort has been made to en-
force the law, the Committee says the fact is hu-
initiating. If this is in consequence Of the neg
lect of Federal Judges, they ought TO be removed !;
but If the failure arisesfrom other causes. it is
the duty of the President to see the law executed.
Cabinet changes are again rife he following
is given the probable composition of the Cab
met in the future: Secretary of State, Charles
Francis Adams; Secretary of Treasury, Hugh
McCulIoch; Secretary of War. General Meade /;
Secretary of the Navy, Admiral Farragut; Secre-
tary of the Interior, William Aiken; Attorney
General Alexander III. Stevens; Postmaster Gen.
era Horace Greeley.
President johnson sent his veto of the Recon-
,t-u 10 bo Sof,,
ID. A feeble attempt was made to fIlibuster. but
the bill passed over the veto by vote of 135 to
81. 1t was then sent 70 the Senate, and after
speoeh by Revordy johnson in opposition to the
veto, ard from Messrs. Hendricks, Dixon, and
Buckalew in favor of il, the bill was passed by
vote of SO to 10.
The bill admitting Nebraska as a State having
been passed his veto, the President has is
sued a proclamation declaring and proc!aiming
the fact that the fundamental conditions imposed
upon the State of Nebraska to entitIe that State
to admission, has been ratified and accepted and
that the admission of said State into the Union is
now complete.
The Colorado veto came up on March LIST, and
upon the vote being taken on the ID, it was sus-
tanned by vote of 90 to 49, 1t is said. had the
vote been taken the night previous the bill would
have passed over the Presidents veto by a two
thirds vote, several of its opponents were ab-
sent at that time. So the Colorado bill is dead
for this session but a strong effort will be made
to pass it early in the next.
The tariff goes over to the Fortieth Congress On
account of the great number of amendments that
could not be reached before the expiration of tn
Thirty ninth Congress This is to be regretted
many of the industrial pursuits of the country
suffering severely for want of sufficient pro-
lection. 1t is to be hoped that the Fortieth Con-
gress will pass the tariff bill at an early day
1t is said that the Virginia Legislature, now in
session at Richmond, viii call State Convention
at to effect a State organization under the
Reconstruction bill just passed by Congress.
Mr.. Stanton has been summoned before the Ju-
dietary Committee and made to produce the let
ter deposited in his archives by Baker. which pur-
ports to have been written by Andrew Johnson to
Jefferson Davis, &c Should tn Judiciary Com
mittee report all the evidence presented to it,
and endorse it, impeachment may be looked for
as a certaiaty But cannot believe that they
will do
General Butler tells his acquaintanees not TO
look for early adjournment of the Fortieth
Congress, as he has programme in hand that
will hold it to its work far into The '.dog days"
and possibly not admit of even breathing spell
at that time.
Government Printer.
POSTMASTER GENERAL.-Thec correspond
ent of the Boston Post asserts that the re-
tirement of Mr. Randall from the Postoffice