Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-06-12
TELEGRAPHIC.

WASHINGTON, June Elm the
Ways and Means, Committee to-day
the tax bill was reeommitted. Final
action was not taken, but IL Is quite
certain the sections relating to
whisky and tobacco will form a
special bill, and the balance will 90
over to the next session. tv1 :.
9he Conference COMMITTEES agreed
on the Arkansas bill, but the Demo-
Gratis in the House stove of vote to-
day. 1t will be passed on Monday,
and Arkansas will be represented In
the Senate and House within a couple
Of weeks.
There was an angry discussion over
the Senate's rejection to-day of Nc
Clellap as minister to England. Pet
ty and contemplate partisan spite
was never more perfectly illustrated.
The Richmond Wing of to-day says
Chief Justice Chase, now in that city,
says the letter in regard to his position
which was furnished exclusively to
the Louisville Courier and the New
York Herald defines his views with
entire accuracy.
Sunset CoX's aspirations for the
Austrian mission having come to
grief he now proposes running for
Congress in the Sixth District of New
York.
The Reconstruction Committee CON
cluded to-day to modify the section of
the Georgia Constitution repudiating
debts contracted during the war.
NASHVILLE, June 5.-Chas. A.
Fuller, Past Grand Master and Grand
Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Ma
sons of Tennessee, died at Z o'clock
this morning. III .trunlI
Governor Brownlow has issued a
proclamation for the election of Con
gressmen on the Sd day of Novem-
Der next. N+ .u II
| WASHINGTON, June S.-The Radi-
calls seized on the city Government
to-day. Bowen, the negro candidate
for Mayor, broke into the Mayors
Office with sledge hammer, to pre-
vent an honest counting of votes,
which would have shown Bowen's
election was secured by enormous
frauds. The register, without any
authority, issued certificates to three
Radicals in the Fifth ward who were
beaten hundreds of votes. This gave
the Radicals majority in the Coun-
! Gil, and the Democrats, determined
not to be cheated out of the results OF
their labors, also organized separate
ly, including the three Democratic
candidates of the same ward, who
had certificates properly issued.
The register gave certificates to the
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soldiers who voted the white ticket
had no right to vote here. The vaga-
bond negroes colonized here for the
purpose of carrying the election have
all the rights and white soldiers none.
The soldiers of the country will look
| to this,
Woolley was before Congress to-
day, and the reeult is, he will answer
the questions. Indeed, they have
been answered by another witness al
ready, and the managers are satisfied
that the money he disbursed had nc
reference to. impeachment. The
whisky-ring gentlemen it is suggested
know more about it than any one
4 else. 1t is a. significant fact that
Shenck, one of the bitterest partisans
in the House, has sternly opposed the
prosecution of Woolley. The prison
er will soon be at liberty.
Alex. Long, of Cincinnati, who was
expelled from Congress for n disloyal
speech, is here, advocating the nomi-
nation of Chase, who, he says, has q
strong party in Ohio.
! Col. Pcnnebaker, just returned from
Richmond, says the Conservatives are
in high spirits, and confident they
will beat the negro constitution thirty
thousand votes.
Hon. Dan. Voorhees, and Hon. M
G. Kerr left to night to attend TIL,
Congressional Convention at New
Albany on the 18th.
Department removals of Radicals
quietly progressing. Heads will fall
fast upon the adjournment of Con
gress.
The bill for the admission of Ar.
kansas was sent to the President this
afternoon. Ilvetoed it will be passed
over it, and Senators and Represents
tives admitted in ten days. Colorado
is to be admitted Immediately.
The House Postal Committee will
report unanimously against Wash
bune's proposition to build n Govern
ment telegraph line between Wash
ington and New York.
NEW ORLEANS, June S.--Maj.
Keeler, of Gen. Buchanan's staff, to-
day arrested the other members of the
Board of Registration, i'm consequence
of a preamble and resolution pub
lishedby them, i'm which they indorse
and avow themselves equally respon-
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chairman, Packard. They were all
conducted to headquarters, no resis-
lance being offered. Subsequently
Gen. Buchanan received "a dispatch
from Grant suggesting suspension
of any action in the matter; where
upon the board was conditionally re-
leased.
RICHMOND, June S.-Chief Justice
Chase, in a case to-day, charged the
jury that all bonds, drafts, notes, &C.,
drawn during the war in rebel States
are illegal, and cannot be recovered at
law. .,.....
WASHINGTON, June 9.-The Recon-
strution Committee reported a bill di-
viding Texas 80 as to make three
States. The central portion will be
called Central Texas, and the Others
East and South Texas. The bill is
mandatory of the Legislature divid-
ing it and accepting the boundaries
rs fixed in this bill. This is in fla
grant violation Of the original COM
pact with Texas, which provided that
no additional States should be made
without her consent. The main OBJ
ject is to secure six Radical Senators
instead of two under the rcconstruc-
ton doctrine
The New York cnrresnnnnent of the