Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1869-01-12
NUMBER liz.
The week. Doing. Of Congress.


The Weeks Doings of Congress.
On Tuesday, the half made up body,
calling itself the Congress of the United
States, commenced its weeks work.
Dln Senate, Mr.. FERRY was anxious to
know by what authority the President
issued the amnesty Proclamation, and he
introduced a resolution requesting the
Chief Magistrate to give to Congress the
information. Mr.. HOWARD, of Michigan,
was glad Mr.. FERRY had introduced the
resolution, for he, HOWARD, was certain
President JOHNSON had no authority to do
such a naughty thing. s..
Mr.. STEWART introduced bill to enable
the people of Georgia to form Republic
can Government, which law, we presumo,
means government to be run by Repub-
lican carpet-baggers.
On Wednesday, Mr.. EpMUNDs, from Ju-
dietary committee, reported the following
substitute for the bill introduced by him
on the 18th of December to prevent the
holding of civil offices by military officers,
and to prevent the holding of more than
one Office at the same time:
Be 1t enacted, &c., That no person shall
hold, nor shall he receive a salary or com.
pensation for performing the duties gilmore
than one office or place of trust and profit,
under the constitution or laws of the Uni.
ted States at the.same time, whether such
off1ce be civil, military or naval, and any
person holding any such office or place
who shall accept or hold any other office
or place OF trust or profit, under the con-
stitution or laws of the United States, shall
be deemed to have vacated the office or
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ceptance.
Mr.. SHERMAN made speech, in favor of
virtually increasing the National debt by
the building of threefrailroads, one from
Washington to New York-one from WASH
ington to Pittsburgh and the third from
Washington to Cincinnati. When the
speech was finished, the subject matter was
postponed until the present week to give
some other Senator chance to make a
speech. agzgs -
In the House, on motion of Mr.. PAINE,
the Secretary of War was instructed to
communicate the number of enlisted men
of arms, now on duty in Texas, Mississippi
and Virginia, who were citizens or resi-
dents of the late rebel States during the
rebellion, and how many were soldiers in
the late rebel army. S -.
MIR. WAsHBURNE, of Illinois, from the
committee on Appropriations, reported
naval appropriation bill for the year end
ing June 80, 1870. Ordered printed and
recommitted. The bill appropr iates sI5,-
273'672, being S209657s less than appro.
priated this year. The deficiency bill, II
passed, will greatly increase the amount.
On Thursday, in the House, the Speaker
presented a message from the President,
with the report of the Secretary of State.
in reply to the House resolution of July 20,
1867, declaring sympathy with the suffer-
ing people of Crete. Referred to the COM
mittee on Foreign Affairs. a
On Tuesday, in Senate Mr.. SPENCER in-
troduced bill to regulate the price and
encourage the production of cotton in the
United States. Referred to the committee
on Finance. Ifpassed, we hope an amend
ment win be tackled on to the bill to regu-
late the price by which manufacturers
must sell their sheeting and the price
landlords can collect for a good square
meal for member of Congress. That
body has the same right to do this, that it
has toregulate the price of cotton.
Satisfied with the weeks work. Con-
gress adj burned over untiI Monday of this
week.
Abuse of the Franking Privilege.
For the information of the Cincinnati
Commercial, Gazette aud other loyal sheets,
who just now are greatly outraged at sup
posed violation of the franking privilege
we would state that we nave now in our
possession the frank of United States Sena-
tor HARLAN-the same Reverend Senator
who certified that Senator CHANDLER was a
sober man-which frank was used to cover
matter not designed by law to be trans
mitted through the mail without the pre-
payment of postage, land which, instead of
being written by the Senator, is printed,
contrary to law, and that this double vio-
lation of the law, coming under the obser-
vation of the Postmaster in Columbus, was
delivered to the person to whom it was ad-
dressed, without payment being demanded,
although it bore on its face evidence that
would justify the Postmaster in retaining
it. iaa
In the case of a newspaper franked by
Congressman CARY, in supposed defiance
of law, our Postmaster, or his assistants,
were prompt to give information to the
Cincinnati press OF the Radical persu aston !;
but in the case of Senator HARLAN, where
the violation of law was so clear a one that
there could be no mistake about it, our
Radical Postmaster not only delivered the
package without postage, but was dumb as
an oyster about its reception. s4,sssts
DURING the week ending Jan. 9.1S69, there
has been received at the Printing Bureau
of the Treasury from the Department
S7l0,500 in fractional currency. The ship
ments for the same period have been
Fractional currency to Assistant Treasury,
New York, 100000; United States Deposi-
tory at Cincinnati, 100000; do. at Chicago,
$4,000; National banks and others, $192,
315. Total, $444,3l5. The Treasurer of
the United States holds in trust at this date,
in Government securities for circulating
notes of national banks, $342, 1856 400, and
for deposits of public moneys, S35 39l, $50
making total OF $377, ,527,75O. National
bank currency issued during the week,
T $12l,0l0; total issued to date, $3l1, ,677, 1926
From this is to be deducted the following
amounts, viz: mutilated bills returned,
$1O.SS2 725; and for notes of insolvent bank ,
redeemed by the United States Treasurer,
$S69,022; leaving in actual circulation at
this date, $299, 1910. The amount of
fractional currency redeemed and destroy
ed during the week, S624700.
REFERRING to the immense grants of
land that have been given, and are likely
to be given to railroad SPECTATORS, the
Cincinnati Times (Republican) asks: Ills