The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-01-17

.pI, .MNIN "ANM I. .l'.".N .I|N"NHNTrf ISL
~ LeprestntAits n Washington.
Hhe General Posi- OHce III now en-
-gayed ~ tsg Rg the affairs ~ a Iafg,
hn@beF Of post Oh ~ throughout tn,
country, and making fhai settlement,
OF their account lt.via discovoref
that Ia many Of the Offices the hasi
ness has Greatly Increased, Which be,
ing shown to the satisfaction of IN,
department thepalaries Of p0stmastor,
At such Offices will be Increased in
Eo'Aer Sofhces, where the business has
decreased a corresponding reduc.
lion will be tnado in the salary OF
poStmasters. ~ '"'' T's.I 2av -
Some Quaker philanthropists have
eetablisheda loom IN one. Of the rooms
|ofthe Indian Bureau, which is work,
fed by squaws, and manufactures
blankets 'Ofcolors gay enough to at.
tract the attention Of the Indian
chiefs, who will arrivo here this wint.
or TO negotiate aud ratify treaties
with the Government Ii is expected
that by this meahs the aborigines will
be seduced into Industry Of more
profitable kind than bend. work.
No portion Of the Arlington estate
has been cultivated as . Government
farm the past season. Three humid.
red and ssventy.six acres have been
rented to forty-eight freedman, chiefly
heads of Families in lots of i've or ten
acres each. Some. Of this land had
never been under cultivation before,
wood having. been cut from it during
the war, and it required considerable
labor in clearing. "
Several of the, Conservative LAWYERS.
interested in tho various cases in
preparation, looking to thO defeat Of
the reconstruction laws, express the
conviction that the Supreme Court
will soon. decide that Virginia is d
State, and say further, that the Presi-
dent will then order all interference
on the part Of tho Government to
cease within its borders, except as
such regular civil authorities may
request.
Geperat Grant has sent to the House |
OF Representatives a communication
from Major General Halleck, who
says it is Understood that the. best
agricultural land, in the newly-acouir.
ed Territory OF Alaska is to be found
In the peninsula Of Kenay, and sng-
gests that these lands be surveyed
and brought into market at as early
A period rs possible. General Grant
endorses this suggestion.
II is very doubtful whether Phiip
Thomas will be admitted Sena.
from the reble State of MARYLAND.
Even the Conservative Senator's say
iron,clad oath must BE- repealed
% let him in. That is an Impossible
contingency
General Pablo Paioi was received
It the Department Of State thia week
- envoy Of thu Republic Of Saint
This is the first iploma,ic
representative from that Republic
hat has ever been received By the
United States {
General Grant and Lieutenant Gen
Sherman had a ~prOtracted con.
erence on Tuesday at the War De.
artment.
NV York, Jan. 10.
Iae Times special says Stanton
'Hl probably be reinstated today By
'ongrcss. The bill! requiring two. .
of the Supreme Court 10 con. L
ar IN any decision invnlvipg any con.
.itntional question, is intended TO .
ush this bill through, although il is :
'Ported the opposition will 6iibuster j
il. .
)SeoNGvaRENCE or TIE sESATE II TIN
sVSPESSioS OF Ma. STASrux.
WAsuISGrox, Jan l3.
The Senate, in executive session.
a resolution re~p5r.edfrom the
on Mili,arr Affairs, viz. \
at the Senate, having considered S
e evidence and reasons given by the c,
resident in his message Of the 10th
December last, fsr the Suspension p
pm ofics ofthe Secretary Of War, q
Twin u Stanton. do not eopcur in
On suspe aston The vote was taken v
O'Clock this evening. and the Of
solution was passed by q vote of,
ss IS, AM nays9. :
The Senate removed the Injunction
'eereSy from the majority and M
riiy reports OF the Committee on
liiary Affairs The Senate also Al
iered that a certified copy Of the
'o'ntions be Transmitted 20 the Presi. n
General Grant and Edwin N