The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-03-10
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NEWS sUMMARY.

who declined.
-Jere. Black, Attorney General stanbery
and b. h Curtis, of Boston, have positively
hesn selected as Mr.. JOhnscn MS counsel
Others will assist them.
ten. Hancock bases his request 10 t,e re-
Ieved on the ground that he don't Ike 10 b,
supervised by Gen. Grant. His request i.
denied.
The question Of substituting legal tender,
for bank currency Is TO be decided In the Fl,
nance Committee OF the House to-day.
"A dtstilleEy al New York, and the Mayol
| OF Portsmouth, Va, were seized Saturday fol
violating he revenue laws
Mike AcCoole, pugilist, challenges Allen
the EnEllshmRn, 10 tight for $3.50 a side
The OfdciRl vote OF Alabama shows thai
OF Ia .ooo registered votes but 1000 were cast
Gold at New York yesterday, l4Gsk; Five.
TWenties 1855 10 Ill: Seven-Thirties lO5As &c
l055S; Ten-Forties lOl1[ and lOlss.
In the Senate. yestsrlRy, new bin VIZ,
introduced for funding the public debt. The
joint resolution for the admission OF Ala.
bamR WAS referred 10 the Judiciary Com.
mluSe, with the understanding the Commit.
tee would make early report.
The Governor of Massachusetts has sci
apart the ID day Of April as n day OF fasting
humiliation and prayer.
The Ohio HouBe Of Representative has
Just passed a bin TO punish prize nEhtIug. ii
imposes on the principals Imprisonment Of
from one oIen years, with costs OF prosecu-
tion, and on all AbettorE, a fne OF $50 10 $500
and imprisonment for ten days to three
months Newspaper reporters are included
as Hbetttng fight by their presence.
The Democrats In the Ohio Legislature
are ndgety about the organization known a.
the g. A. R They have adopted two resolu-
tiOns of inquiry concerning the old muAketE
In the State Arsenal.
The general appropriation bill, now be-
fore the Ohio LegislRtuIe, appropriates over
four million dollars
-Four gRrr oteIs were captured al Indian-
apOL1s, Sunday.
Senator Wilson has gone to Connecticut
10 open The spring campaign In that State
he will make three speeches at prominen
places this week Representative Maynard
of Tennessee, who has oeen stunping New
Hampshire in the Radical interest, has re.
turned TO Washington.
1T Is stated THAI on making his appear
Rnce through counsel on Friday next, Mr
johnson Will ask Tor twenty days in which 70
prepare for trial. He is In daily consultation
with Hon. W. T. GrOesoeck, Of CncIn.
nati, Ohio, regarding its prelirnIna.ies. Sen
RtoI Howard has stated that the court would
not grant more than half OF that time.
A Conservative member OF the Virginia
Convention has been expelled tor expressing
his contempt ofthe Convention.
The sons OF Temperance OF Ohio have
issued circuiAr, requesting all churches OF
that state 70 observe next SAbbaIh rs a Jay
Of prayer Tor the Temperance cause.
The senate Military Committee has rt-
solved not to take any action al present on
the domination OF Ewing To be Secretary OF
War, and II is probable that the matter will
be undisturbed on The table TIL The end OF
the impeachment proceedings
There seems TO be a strong conviction In
the minds of the Presidents circle that
0d interim Thomas will come to the surface
again the present week. and make new ef.
forts 10 assume the duties OF Secretary OF
War. He has already been rather informal
ly present al Cabinet meetings. His friends
say he viii attend in Iuu official capacity on
Tuesday.
As the result OF conferences already had
with a view to preparing the defense, those
IN the ring say the Presidents lawyers feel
perfectly satisfied with their case; thai they
intend 10 show that the whole practice fol
all administrations has been to remove un
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nce bill Is an act so paIpably unconstitu
tiOnAl, as to justify Mr.. Johnson in disre-
garding 1t, the same a1 II an act had beer
passed saying he should send no messages
10 Congress. when the Institution says he
shall To meet Buffers and Bingham's arti
cles, however, they md no presidents, Ant
these really give them considerable trouble
The pardon list sent TO the House q shur
time ago has Just been printed. 1t shows thai
during the period from the time when HI
was sworn into of1ce TIL the middle of las
| November, Mr.. johnson pRrdoned exactly
one hundI ed persons for couuterfeiting or TO
+ passing or being In possession of counterfei
money. The aggregate OF the terms 70
which these persons were sentenced to I'm
prisOnment was 800 yearN, and the aggregat,
OF confinement remitted to them by III,
! Presidents pardOnS was ISL years. Seven
teen persons were pardoned who had owe
four years each to serve when released.
| The President has q bin before him
which passed OOngress about a week ago. 8,
| amending the ReconstInction Laws as
/ provide for the adoption Of State Constitu
ton when q majority of those who actuAn!
| voted are IN its favor. 1t repeals that pOr
ton Of the present act which requires ma
Jority Of the registered voters 70 ralify II
The President VIII not send a veto OF thi
bill 10 ConEless, but viii allow II 10 becoml
a law by the constitutional expiration @
! ten days. It win then Al once be promul
I gated by the State Department as law. i
win apply TO all of the Southern States bu
Alabama. for which special bill is TO b
! reported.
| The House OF Representatives dispatch
| ed good deal Of miscellaneous business yes
teHdRy. A resolution was introduced look
\ ing to uniform sunrRee In an the States
Another, declaring the right OF the Hous
10 refuse appropriations to carry out Nj
! Seward , real estate speculatiOns. Another
declaring for gradual retirement OF Gov
eminent bonds and substitution of green
backs. was referred, after a refusal to table
! The judiciary Committee was instructed I,
inquire into the political status of Texas
! Gsu. Logan stated that false certificate haG
been made IN the Treasury Department OF tn
destruction Of over $4,000. 600 IN bonds tn,
staement electrified the House and a com
mlttee was promptly raised TO investigate th'
matter.
I The Republicans of bangor, Mdilne, car
ned their city election, yesterday, by an In
creased majority.
The a1gumsnI In the McArdle OAss va
closed yesterday, The Georgia Injunction
Case Ia set for Friday. -
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