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diers' bounties came up, providing an extrI
number Of clerks to prepare the papers nee,
essary to secure the payment OF bounties
Passed.
Pike reported back, the bill authorizing
the sale Of such iron clad vessels as are ne
required by the interests of the service. HI
stated that the bill applied to four iron cladi
now laid up. After debate, the bill passed
The Senate joint resolution passed, an
thorizing Admiral Thatcher to accept dec
Grafton from the King of the Sandwich Is.
lands.
Schenck, from the committee of ways and
means, reported billto compel the payment
of taxes on distilled spirits, when withdrawn
from bonded warehouses. Passed.
The report of Senator or Howard, in the
case of Secretary Stanton, was presented to-
day. 1t covers over hundred sheets oi
foOlscap.
The report reviews the Presidents action
relative to the reconstructions measures of
Congress; and shows that his whole course
of conduct is in violent antagonism to the
will of the nation expressed through Congress
Stanton, on the other hand, favored faith.
full execution of these acts, and had good
reason to believe that if he resigned the
President would fill the vacancy with an en-
emy to the Congressional plan OF reconstruc-
tion and thus thWart the execution of those
statutes. He therefore refused to consent
when the President requested him to resign.
The report declares that the Presidents docs
trine is not only step toward tyranny, but
the issuance Oftyranny. 1t then proceeds
to pay warm tribune to Secretary Stanton
and concludes by submitting resolution,
refusing to concur in the Presidents gus
pension.
London, Jan. 8-Nearly all the journals
comment on the resolution recently adopted
by the House of Commons on the question
of citizenship. The abatement of British
claims in accordance with the American view,
as expressed in the Presidents message is
urged with singular unanimity.
In the Senate, Trumbull, from the cons
mittee on the Judiciary, reported a bill a..
mending the bankruptcy act. He recon
mended and indefinite postponement. which
was agreed to.
The Senate took up the House bill direct,
ing the payment into the Treasury of the
proceeds of captured and abandoned rebel
p roperty.
Trumbull charged that the Secretary of
the Treasury paid over two millions to des-
loyal claimants; and even after the adverse
opinion was given by the Attorney General
he paid hundreds of thousads of dollars
The debate was continued by Edwards, Con.
ness, Howe and others, and the subject
wss then dropped.
A resolution was adopted, asking the Pres
ident whether the District of Columbia civil
rights bill became law.
The President has appointed Thomas n.
Stillwell, Of Indiana, Minister to Austria.
The Senate amendments to the bill repeal
ing the cotton tax were referred to the com
mittee on ways and means.
New York, Jan. 8.-The Herald's Wash
ington special has the best authority for the
statement that the decision of the majority
of the Supreme Court in the cases of Mis-
sisippi and Georgia, testing the constitution
ality of the reconstruction act, will be adverse
thereto. 1t is likely that the minority in
the court will be smaller than was supposed
1t is even hinted that the Chief Justice NAV
not care to place a dissenting opinion on re.
cord. Such decisien will strike down all
reconstruction work thus for done, and leave
the decision of the next Prudential election
10 the hands of the North
Columbus, o., Jan. 14.-Thurmau has
been elected U. S. Senator. The Republi-
cans voted for Wade.
Washington, Jan. 1.-THE Senate was
in Executive session FIVE hours, debating on
| a resolution not sustain the Presidents sus.
pension Of Stanton. The resolution passed
| by 30 to q. The Senate removed the iniunc
tion of secrecy, and also ordered certified
copy of the resolutions to be transmitted to
the President, to Gen. Grant, and to Slant
| on.
Chicago, Jan. l5.-The Republicans
special says there some probability that Sun.
set Cox will de confirmed as Minister to
Austria. Senator Sherman favors him.
Great excitement prevails il Washington
over the action Of the Senate in reinsta ting
Stanton. 1t is not known what Stanton in.
tends to do.
Garfield introduced bill yesterday, reduc.
ing the number of Major Generals in the re.
gular army. 1t is intended to get rid of
Hancock. The bill provides that the last
name shall be dropped.
The Reconstruction bill will nrol,ablv mass
to-day under the previous question.
Surrlngevents are momentarily looked for.
Grant has yielded his portfolio to Stanton.
The President has taken no action,
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WHO CAN BEAT IT "A sportsman sends
the following for publication. If any one in
the valley can beat the list of game here
given, (cou6ning himself to the truth he
will be duly credited with being the sdmes,
shootist on record. -
WALLA WALLA, January 81, 1868.
EDITOR STATESMAN III may be of interest u
the many readers of your valuable paper to know
the amount Of prairie chickens and other oams
KILLED BY one man since the first of SeptembeI
last. The following is the list of chickens Sen.
temoer and October, l54 November, l6o ; De-
cemoeri zoo January, lsO. Total, 694 Be.
sides this have killed so ducks, 90 pbesants.
% rabbits, one goose and 10 miuks, and still
there is an immense amount of game Ieft
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