Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-03-21

Chandler = wasp roald sting sod
a. ant tito. Chandler told losan
an a.. oould kick Logan asserted
that be had infsrmaiion that Clarke
II printing bureau had certificate VI
the di.truolion Ut eighteen million
bonds we're destroyed Rslrsneh
ment Committee ordered an invest
CATION II tho matter Committee on
ways and means reported a bill TO
praling section "a and % Of tax on
manufactures, excepting Gas, Min
eral, Oils, Wines, Snuff and all other
manufactured tobacco; 10 tase effect
amer the frst Of May; ordered TO be
printed. Adjourned,
Vieker.' era ientials were present
"a. when Sumner moved their refer
encs Ia the Judiciary Committee,
because ia Maryland the negroes
did not vote, whereby Maryland .
government was not republican,
C0nne.s said that under Sumner
plan, i've New England States and
| Wisconsin would have 10 carry on
the Government,
Tho motion was withdrawn, aud
Viekers was seated,
An appropriation was discussed
10 carry on tho Executive session
Adjourned,
Senate has removed secrecy re-
garding Stanton matters for the pur'
pose Of giving tho impeachment
managers access 10 details Tor &C
ton,
Tho Cox c Sc, as minister TO Aus
tria, Indefinitely postponed. His
rejection was u foregone conclusion,
aud to prevent the President from
nominating another person, the
nomination on the motion Of Sum
ner was recommitted to tho Com
mittee on Foreign Relations, where
Il will stick.
WASHINGTON, March Slogan s
statement that Clark OF the Print
ing Bureau had certificates OF the
destruction Of eighteen millions Of
bonds but in lieu had destroyed
blank paper, arose from some mis-
understanding of tho treasury ao-
counts. Clark is charged with pa
per issued to him and in keeping
his accounts destroys spoiled sheets,
| Stcrnes says there is no fraud what
ever in tho case.
WAsurYoToN, March lO.-Tho
House Reconstruction Committee
reported tho following: Whereas,
the people of Alabama, in pursuance
of the provisions Of an act OF Con-
gress, entitled ian act for the more
efficient government of tho rebel
States" passed March 2, 1867, and
the acts supplementary thereto, have
framed constitution for the State
government which is Republican
in form; and whereas, at an cleo
ton held commencing on the 4th
of February 1868, large majority
of the legal voters OF said state
voting at said election, voted for the
adoption of said constitution. there.
fore, be it enacted etc, that the said
State of Alabama shall be recogniz-
cd and admitted as one of the States
of these United States Of America,
and shall be entitled to representa-
ton in Congress as soon as the Leg
islaturc of said State, the members
OF which were elected at the cleo
ton mentioned in the preamble TO
this act, shall have duly ratified the
amendment to the constitution OF
the United States proposed by the
18th Congress and known as article
fourteen, section I'd; and be it fur
Their enacted, that said State of AL
ALBANIA shall be recognized and be
admitted into the Union upon the
following conditions, to-wit: "That
the right of suffrage of citizens OF
the United States shall never be
denied or abridged in said State, on
account of race, color or previous
condition of servitude; and Con-
gress shall have power to repeal
any act of said State Legislature,
in violation or in derogation of the
provisions Of this act"
In the examination of the case OF
Samuel Strong, arrested on requ!sl-
ton from the Governor Of Virgin
ia, as a fugitive from justice, before
Judge Fisher, before whom he was
broU ght on writ of habeas corpus,
after short discussion Judge Fish
er decided to release the prisoner
on two grounds:
LIST. Because Virginia is not a
State in the Union; that the proc.
lamations of the President, and
more particularly of Congress, by
its legislations, have expressly re-
fused to recognize Virginia and the
other Southern States as forming
States in the Union that the req
usition of Gov. Pierpont cannot
be recognized under the last acts Con-
gress providing for rendition of flu
gitivcs from justice as an act of the
executive authority OF State OF
the United States.
End. That there is no affidavit
with the requisition showing that
Strong is actually fugitive from
justice.
Committee on Freedmen's Affairs
introduced bill retaining the
Freedman's Bureau one year, and
authorizing the Secretary Of War
to re establish it where discontin-
ued
Bill repeating the tax on manu-
features resumed. 1t involves six
ty millions decrease in revenue. 1t
goes into effect on the first of April.
1t exempts everything but spiritu-
Gus liqurs, oils, gas, and certain
kinds of wines and tobacco. Pass
ed by 15a to 2.
Schenck stated that tho commit
tee favored the continuance Of the
fax of two dollars a gallon on wills