Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1869-01-28
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The Weeks Doine. 5 i ~ !. q 81 Congress.

In Senate, Mrs, Lincoln, petitioned for
q pension as the widow of President Lin
coin, and bases the demand on the fact. that
her husband was killed during the war, and
because of this, she is entitled to, reliet.-
She says she has been ordered torGermanv
to repair her shattered health, and needs
the money to support, her In the style de
widow OF aPresident should. live. 1ss 3ss+
President LINCOLN, on the night OF Good
Friday, day feyerenced by Christians as
holy day. went to q, theater, and while
enjoying the broad jokes of play, certainly
not of the smoral dramao order, was shot
by half crazed actor, who preferred an
Immortality of infamy to no Immortality
at alLt As the President was not o i'm the
line of his duty when shot the pension
even if other facts were not, again st. II
ought not to be graHted., ,1iys9a,y sjs Va
I Mrs! LIScoLN5 is po0r---so poor that she
cannot afford TO i've IN style at q German
watering place. When her husband was
elected President he too was poor yet be
managed to iiveifor,oyer5 four years oha
salary, which JACKSON found scarce sum-
cient for his wants-which caused MoNRoE
to die bankrupt. Nay more, he lived well,
had dances At the White House, ana when
he died, nearly all his salary was saved
and hee was swoftfi ,hear Zone Handfed
Thousand Dollars. So economical q family
should be able to- live on this amount. Buy
hen Congress sqssnders money ona rail-
roads members Of Con gress grow, rich or
the pickings of claims, and perhaps Mrs
LINCOLN may get her $I2 500 per annuni,6o
enable her to live as BELTS the wife of the
late President fa si-,Sij,, y,.il,ssI ,liFE'
In Senate, on the 20th. Mr.. NILSSON In
troduced a bin to reorganize the general
Off ;ers of the army. IT retains the Gem
eral at the samepay; provides for the Lieur
tenant General at reduceda pay; aboiishes
the grade Of Brigadief, except where held
by chiefs Of stafs or staff departments, ana
the chief of Che staff of the Generai lot the
army, and provides that war brigadesshali
be commanded by AOoIonels selected lfof
merit. H0HY M 70 .Seg ~ q
o In House, the day was mostly deyotedzta
railroad grants and to paying Government
I bonds in gold. ESQ esiHhst.ioo p95s1ogIoo l9s
30 In Seaatss on the next day Mr. WIZ
.msnd ssnt, f,rc;,s s,tss - - -,
tba stalSs sil1 = tsiSsl'S . saS . Sas =. 1siia
T, EYES H. "a a., l1'la, aIl,;...sssaoa y;
oa..eso H.e, -, :, :, - ~
IiectiorS III iafer fs VI tiie eies,ttoh
of.SwITzLER, Democrats from the 9Th sMisy
s. % - ~ - .sa' ~ .nr,ssS III
~ ~ @ u aSS 4 littS
80 - J"
4 In the House, on the 23LgMr. BourwfEs
made long speech IN ;favorzof negro
votingin alb the States. Mr.. BLOCKS pro-
posed to confer it on women as wen sas
negroes, 50, that all persons, white black,
male and female, should exercise theaelect
tive fraaehise,r ,.orr,, ,osya zsaa,
+ - In the Senate. the credentials of the
MessrsaBAYARDs,fa ,fathera soniwere pre-.
sented as Senators elect from the State Of
Delaware. They viii rank as among q TIE
ablest members of that body. Hsl,,,. : -, Ica.
On theI25th, Mr.. r.sEDAuNps,5 from the
committee on Retrenchmen., reported the
bill repeating the Tenure ofr0fice7 sbilA
with an amendment leaving the heads of
Departments. the sOabinetN subjectIte are-
moyal at the7wilpo the Pfesident nduring
recess Of the Senate, and auth oFfzing him