Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-01-28
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
WASHINGTON, January 25, L

construction bills, it will also have to create, by
bill or otherwise the office of statistical recon
struction clerk" to keep an account OF the nu-
merous laws for manufacturing power In the
Southern States, In the vain endeavor to save
them from the doom of Derergoslp and pre-
serve a record of their infamous and partisan
legislation on the very plausible pretext of sa-
wing the country and putting down treason"
socalled The Radical screechers OF the hump
can't say dozen words on any subject without
larding it we'll with ''rebes, treason" dds
loyal &c., that even the ears OF their own
party are surfeited with-to them-sweet sound
ing words, as the whole force Of their argument
is contained in the three words-but to Impair
| tial and rejecting minds, they simply amount
to iargon. These hacknied expressions have
been ridden ''bare-backed" so long, their worth
sweetness, and beauty have become fiat, stale,
and Improbable and their charming symphony
has even made that old Radical bag, Jane g..
/ Swisshelm, sick at her Radical stomach Ian
ostrich one). Can't the venomous RAIDS invent
| some other euphonious sounds as those just
designated are out of tune for peaceful days 2
| Peaceful YES except the eternal war to be
waged against Radicalism and the King of
Radicalism Satan. Can any one contrsvert my
assertion, that the devil is moo, and has always
| been a RddtcGt? L pause tor reply, and de-
mand the proof.
In the case of McArdle, of which gave you
an account in my last letter, the motion to ad-
| vance it on the calendar and argued Friday
week last, has been granted, and consequently
| the Forney eating duck of the Chronicle is In a
rage with the Court, and urges the Senate to
| hurry up the wo-thrds throttle on the Su-
| preme Court to gag" its decision in the mat
ter, for the case takes in the constitutonaliy of
the reconstruction bills, and tbs known that a
majority of the Court are of the opinion that
the villainous acts are unconstitutional. The
following is the order of Chief Justice Chase
IA majority of the court being Of the opin-
ion that the motion should be allowed on the
calendar, it is ordered that it be set for hearing
on the first Monday in March. For the mo-
ton, Justices Clifford, Davis, Field, Grier and
Nelson; against it, the Chief Justice and JUS
tees Miller and Swayne.
The bill before the Judiciary committee to
take away from the President the appointment
of the Marshal of this District and place it in
the hands of the District Supreme Court Rad
ical), and also the Warden of the Jail, has
been finally laid on the table by vote of IS
ayes to 81 noes. The bill was so transparency
partisan in its character, the moderate RAIDS
were ashamed to vote for tiff there is such
virtue as shame in Radical face
The Commonwealth of Virginia, complain
ant, VS.. The State of West Virginia This bill
is brought to determine, by a decree OF this
court whether the counties Of Jefferson and
Berkeley are included within the boundaries OF
the Old Dominion or within the boundaries OF
the new State The question was heard on de-
murrer interposed by the State Of West Vir-
GINA to the BILL The demurrer admitted all
the facts stated in the bill, and raised the CUES
ton whether upon those facts the complainant
was entitled, in law, to the relief demanded.-
The Court stood-for the complainant, the
Chief Justice and Justices Grler, Miller, and
Swayne; for the Commonwealth OF Virginia,
Justices Clifford, Davis, Field, and Nelson.-
Two of the strongest points y or week ones,
which? -) were, first, Virginia (Old Dominion
Va not being State recognized, politically,
in the Department of the United States Gov
eminent, had no right to appear before the
Court and file the bill Second, that the certif
cate of the Governor was conclusive as to the
result of the vote of the citizens OF these coun-
ties in favor Of annexation to West Virginia.
The first point is not reconciable with the late
| action of Judge Chase in the matter of his
holding sessions Of his Court in both North
Carolina and Virginia, and also, the law OF
Congress apportionlng them into districts. Ii
they are not States IN the Union, how came
Congress to appoint Judges in the Districts
aforesaid?
The fourth reconstruction bill, which passed
the house last Tuesday, is now being discussed
in the Rump Senate. When Bingham, the
author of the bill, was about to close the de
bate in the Rump House of Representatives,
he was taken back ''muchly," by Gen. Ca
rey, of the second (Cincinnatt) Ohio district,
| the representative of the working men, by pro-
pounding the following questions to him, (B J,
and stated his vote for or against the bill de-
Epended on the answers. Here are the Ques-
1 tons:
l. If Gen. Grant shall neglect or refuse to
execute the provisions of this law, or if in its
execution he should act in cruel and oppres
sive manner, to what tribunal can he be amen
able for his confeasance or mafeasance?
2 As by the terms of the bill the President
cannot interfere, can the General be tried by
court martial and If so, who can order and
who shall constitute the court?
| 8. Not being civil officer, can he be i'm
peached and if SO, by whom and before what
tribunal?
4. If he cannot be arraigned by any earthly
tribunal is he not made an absolute despot?
| Immediately Boutwell,, Butler and Logan
rushed up to the rescue, to prompt Bingham,
seeing him ''stuck," and did not know what to
say, or whether to hold his tongue. Bingham
replied he would answer the questions during
his speech but did not-he got round them
| and eyaded the questions by saying that Grant
was responsible to Congress for the manner In
which he would carry into execution the pro-
visions of the bill that the same body which
made Grant could unmake him. Gen. Carey
voted against the bill Notwithstanding he is a
Radical Bingham rhetorical fourlshes did
not suit his discriminating mind.
Spoony Buffers amendment, empowering
| the Brunswick Stew Conventions in the South,
to remove all State officers and put others in
their places, was voted down by ll2 noes to So
| ayes.
| Secretary Seward has issued an official circu-
lar to Yankee Consuls abroad, to report fire.
quently the state of public health of their con-
sular districts, and masters Of sailing vessels to
take bills of health.
Statements in the public prints having gone
| abroad in reference to the shortness of the
''dead ducks account with the Senate funds,
Forney eating Forney has the extreme modesty
to fly at the head Of the Chronicle and the
Press, my two papers, both daily" "the &C.
counts of Colonel Forney, Secretary of the Sen
ate of the United States have been fully adj
justed by his financial officer, and any persons
DESTROYS of information on the subject can be
gratifed by calling on Hon. r. W. Taylor,
First Comptroller of the Treasury. There has
always been large undrawn appropriation in
the Treasury to the credit Of the Secretary OF
the Senate, and the Government has never
been in the slightest danger Of losing a dollar y
So y0u say! But, nous UerrOns!
Ever since the Rump assembled, gold has
been in fever of excitement, and will remain
so as long as it keeps up its present way, legls-
| lotinr the negro over the lords of creation