The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-01-16
Ernm Ma shinufon.

! IN regard TO the coinage o. SoLu iOi
| the gradual redemption Of legal tenders.
Resolutions have been offered in the
House by Mr.. Epson, Of Michigan, that
| the Committee on Reconstruction report
on the expedieney Of deposing the
present State, county and town officers
! in the South--the vacancies TO be sup
piled by the several Reconstruction
Conventions; also merging the several
| Southern States in single military dis
,rict They were adopted BY a party
/ vote. A resolution OF thanks To Gen.
Hancock was voted down. The Presi-
dent, by g party vote. was censured for
removing Gen. Sheridan, and Gen.
! Grant thanked for recent communica-
ton by like vote.
Gen. PUEBLO Pujol las been received
as Minister frcm the Republic of st.
| Domingo, the first one received from
! that country.
Senator Howard has completed re-
| port backing up Stanton and condemn
ing the President for his removal.
Gen. T. w. Sherman of the Fifth Ar
| tillery, has been put in command of the
/ Eastern District, in place OF Cen Meade
/ transferred.
/ 1t is claimed that Senator Towards
report on the case of Mr.. Stanton will
furnish the legal argument and the facts
| for the reinstatement of Mr. Stanton
There is deal of opposition against
! q mi
chances Of the success of Il rattle alton
| by the United States Senate are 10y no
means fattering. It seems also that
I the people of the island are not much
! inclined towards n change of gov ,rn-
ment, being DESTROYS TO avoid the high
rates of our port duties.
/ The warrants issued by the Treasury
/ Department ia the month of Decent Der
/ to meet the req uirn ents of the Govern
ment, amounted in round numbers to
the following sums: Civil, miceilane-
/ Gus and foreign Intercourse, S4,161 600;
j interest on the public debt. So. 800, 600;
war, $12, 955, 600; navy, $500, 900;
| interior, pensions and Indians, $685., 900
TOTAL, $50, 621 600.
Senator Morton has proposed a-joint
resolution prohibiting the Secretary OF
the Treasury or any other officer from
compromising with parties who defraud
the revenue This is legislation in the
| right direction.
/ In the Senate on the 9th the bin to
establish bonded warehouses for whisky
was adopted. The bill for the CONVEX
sion of registered bonds into coupon
bonds was killed by indefinite postpone
ment A bill was introduced putting
| the distribution of printed public laws
| of the United States under the care of
! the Congressional Printer The bill
for the relief of towns in Nevada was
amended and passed. Tue Senate took
up the resolution to instruct the Jt1dfei
ary Committee to report TO abrogate the
existing State governments in the South,
and TO provide provisional governments
in their stead. Senator Morton spoke
| strongly of the necessity of Congress st
once declaring its position in regard to
| reconstruction, and charged that the
very power (the IN ,litary1 that Congress
charged with the temporary government
| of the South, was now contrave ming and
| denying their authority, as in the case of
| Hancock. No special action was taken.
The remainder of the session was spent
! in discussion of the bill to prevent con-
! traction of the currency.
| In the House, bills were introduced to
amend the bankrupt law, and for the
/ protection of witnesses. The joint reso-
lation requesting the President to inter
cede with tire Queen of Great Britain for
the release of Father McMahon, impris-
oned us a Fenian at Kingston, Canada,
! was adopted, and similar resolutions
were adopted in reference to other Fen
ian prisoners. The Senate's amend.
warehouses for whisky were concurred
/ in. On resolution to appoint com
! mission of five experts to examine and
report upon whisky meters and all con
trivances for ascertainicg the quantity
and strength of distilled spirits, q very
long and lively debate was enjoyed.
Not much was said about the IN eters,
it is true, but there was a regular free
| light (of words) between some half.
4 dozen Republicans and Democrats about
4 ealing and fraud, and which party was
most guilty OF rohbing the Governm ent.
The meter resolution was not acted
upon.
In the House, Jan. 10, on motion it
was ordered that the session to. morrow
be devoted to general debate.