The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-01-16
The New Reconstruction Meas


The New Reconstruction Meas
r. Ure.
Washington, Jan IL, 1868.
The Reconstruction Committee
had meeting to day, and substan-
TALLY agreed ,pon bill to be re-
ported on Monday next. They hold
another meeting tonight, and may
change some of the points. but the
measure, when reported, will un-
boubtediy embodv the following
ieaturs, viz: All existing State
Governments in the South are pro-
visional in form. and are subject to
supers dure by the military The
General ofthe army shall have pow
er to remove any and all State Off
GERS in rel el States and to appoint
| there successors. The President
shall not use the army or navy to
sustain any of the present authoites
down there. The General Of the
army shall have power to remove
any of the present District Com
manders, and appoint in their
places officers of the army not be
low the grade of Colonel 1t shall
b, higl eli ~ anl lem ,anor for
al V person to interfere with or pre-
wit the cV V,:utt>l OF the or.lar5 OF
he General Of the army in the work
Of reconstruction.
sTANToNs CASE IN. THE SENATE.
The Senate was in. Executive ses
sioi four hours to day. considering
the ease OF Secretary Stanton. No
final vote was reached and the mat.
ter will be taken up again on Mon
day. The time was wholly occu-
pied by the Democrats, in making
speeches. Fhe Republicans will.
almost certainly, vote solid to rein
state Stanton.
THE Right Rev. Bishop Hopkins,
| Presiding Bishop of the Protestant
! Episcopal Church of the United
States, expired at the Episcopal res
i,lence, Rock Point, Vermont on the
9th inst aged seventy-six.
THE pews sold so for this year, in
/ Henry Ward Beecher $ church, have
brought $36, 500: the rents $4,000
the lairs brought $500 Total
81 $50, There has been gradual
inc lse in the pew income every
!, ear since 1864.
ALBANY. January 9.-The Repub-
lican State Committee met at the
Delevan House this afternoon, and
resolved to call a s,C;tc Convention
at Syracuse, on the 9th Of February
t, select delegates to represent tne
Sta c in the National Republican
Presidential Convention.
> The New York T.nune speaking
Of the Masonic excitement in Obel-
! lin, very APPLY says:
r. the c:iurch members in OberIn
do nothing wors. than Joining the
Masonic Orier t!ley viii get along
amazingly well.
THa Hancock C3urier SAYS:
A number OF men in town, some
Of them easy drinkers have come
to the conclusion that whisky is not
essential to man $ happiness, and
therefore, have formed themselves
in a leagus', taking strong personal
obligation to abstain from into xic,l-
ting liquors during life. They
meet Tonight t. organize We
will give further particulars next
| week.
ARHEsTED- Monday Sheriff
a. ey ;,rreste on . charge Of pass
inc Counterfeit mon ". John Hail,
a W. II known citizen of " est Cairo
and John McDo~el. who, when ar
rested was living in the woods in
the ives part OF the County. bat
formerly Of West Cairo. These
gentle men are SUI posed to be it,
plicated in1the passing Of the coun-
terieit 500 bills that have for some
time past been afoat-Lima Ga.et'e
Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks was
nominated for Governor of Indiana
by the Dem ocratic Convention at
Ind an polls Oh " ednesday, the Sth
inst. 4 he resolutions adopted were
strongly in favor of the Pendleton
policy Of paying the Government
bonds in greenbacks, making them
snhject to taxation. and retiring the
National Bank circulation. Pendle-
ton was endorsed with enthusiasm
The Democratic Sac Convent III
took place a. Columbus the Sth inst.
Ehe following ticket WAS put in
nomination:
For Secretary Of State, ,Thos. Hub
bard, ofLogan ; for Supreme Judge
Nm E. Finch, Of Perry for school
Commissioners, j. F. Kirkwool, of
Seneca: for Clerk of the Supreme
Court, John III. W ebh, of Mahoning
for member uf the Board Of Public
Works. Arthur Huges. Of Cuyahoga:
t II delegates at large to the Nation
Il Convention. John G. Thompson
Geo. w. McCook, OF Jefferson; W.
". Armstrong, Of Cnyhoga, ana
Wash Mclean. Of Hamilton. The
rules were suspended and II. j jew
ct aud Rufus 2 Ranney were noni-
mated by acclanatioD for electors at
large for the State.
Pendleton was indorscd for next
President.
GEN. SCHoFIELD has ordered the
St,te Treasurer to pay the members
. the VirI;n MIA Convention their per