Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-01-14
AUGUSTA, Jan. 9th.
Washington.

The .Nelc YORK Frauls-Tie Repeai Of
nc Tenure ONE BiA-J HircrJat SUI.
4 frdge-H4tt Robbern
NEW YoRK. Jan. II The TINES
Washington despatch says the evidence
taken by the Congressional committee IN
/ New DIRK IN the investigation OF the cleo
ton frauds in the late election will, when
made public, show an amount Of corrup-
| ton OF an appalling character, Judge
| McCunn has sworn that forty thousand
\ persons were naturalizcd III twenty one
days aud that IN his own court he used to
/ turn out the citizens at the rate OF two per
I minute, their examination and cross ex-
I animation ard the administration Of til
| oath requiring only a short space of time
\ Representative Decker OF the investigating
| committee left there this evening for New
| York.
The gold medal ordered by joint reso
luton OF Congress approved March ID 1867
TO be struck and presented to Cyrus w.
Field. was struck and deposited in the
Treasury department, subsequently il was
transferred to the White House by dir-c-
ton of the President, and some accident
| seems to have happened to it there, az it
cannot now be found
As the Judiciary Committee to which
was referred Gen. Butler's bill for the re-
peal OF the tenure-of-oflice act will not be
! called this session. it is proposed to-nor
row, under the call Of States for resolu-
tons 10 introduce joint resolution for the
repeal Of this act and press it through un-
der the previous question. twill pass the
House, but its fate III the Sonata is doub
iul. Many OF the Senators quoted against
It are known to be in favor Of its repeal.
among them Mr. Sumuer.-Some think
the repeal had better be deferred till Gen.
Grant indicates his desires officially There
IS little question however. that the act will
sooner or later he erase d from the Statute
Book.
The TnduRo's Washington despatch
says while the express wagon containing
the Southern mail from New York, Phlla-
dclphia and other points north, was wait.
Ing III The court OF the Post Office building
IN the city last night to be transferred 10
the Acqula creek boat. two boxes and
pouch were stolen aud conveyed to an alley
IN the rear OF the Chronicle building and
there riiled o. their contents. The extent
OF the loss IL unknown, but the boxes aud
pouch contained large number OF letters
and packages, none OF which were left.
The House Judiciary Committee have
agreed to report bill enacting universal
suffrage in all the States to this extent:
presidential electors. representatives to
Congress and members OF the State Legs
la.ure. A majority OF the committee hold
that the exercise OF tbs power to this ex.
tent is entirely constitutional especially
under the fourteenth amendment. The
bill will contain provision for its enforce.
ment by penalties for its violation. The
committee are understood 70 agree that
they cannot prescribe by statute, the quail
~ - --i..-.a-.. f..r ,nr.lr .tata OH
GERS. Legislatures are included becaus e
they elect United States Senators They
have also agreed to report constitutional
amendment. embodying the whole question
OF universal suffrage. to bs submitted to
the st te for ratification. The reasons
addnced for proposing both bill and amend
ment are that at present with the amend |
ment alone there are not more than TWEEN
ty-fve States that will ratify, bnt with
suffrage for President and Numbers Of Con-
gress enacted by law and once exercised.
the prejudice against it will give away and
1t will act as an induoement for the ratifi-
cation Of the amendment.