The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-12-15
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WASHINGTON. NEWS.
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WAsHINGToN,D Dec. II, 1869.

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THE OUTRAGE UPON GEORGIA
Several conservative Georgians OF
prominence have arrived here for the
purpose ofcounteracting, ifpcssible, the
measures urged on Congress- by Gov
ernor Bullock regarding that State,
but they find that their mission is
quite fruitless. The Senate Judicial
Try Committee has already DECIDED
that it will report a bill exacting of
the State Legislature the full rcstora-
ton Of the colored members, and pro
vision for equal rights, civil and p6lit-
zeal, before the law, without regard to
color and in obtaining the views of
leading Republicans IN both Houses
they find that the dittdm of the mes
sage in this F~articufar-i is to be ~igor-
fiously carried out. si'. "
'' Those. gentlemen say that IL Geor-
gia is to be again RECONSTRUCTED, and
the control of the state placed in
the hands of Bullock, with power to
organize & colored State militia, that
trouble is certainly to be the result
within her borders, and it Is their be-
lief that the fact that such a; step is
contemplated is alreadyrseriously af-
Efectipg the business interests. of the
State. " They represent that the sto-
ries Of outrages are greatly exaggera-'
ted f0I political effect, and insist that
an official investigation will sho~ it
to be- so. They refer to Senator
Cameron, Commissioner d elano, and
others, who have just visited the State,
and who represent it rs peaceful and
law-abiding. i.t'- n."i ..,E .
81 TnE cosr OF THE wXR!d
I. The report ofCommissioner Wells,
to be submitted to Congress in a few
days, places the cost of the war down
to June so, 1869, at over 81, t7l,-
9I4, 1913. This vast amount includes
the wal expenses, and expenses grow
ing out of the war. To this he adds
the estimated loses, and State, coun-
ty and town expenses, and foQts up
the whole at the enormous amount of
nine thousand million dollars.
THE NEW PosTAGE-sTAMrs.a.a |
o Ther Post.office- Department has
completed its selection of the designs
for the new series of postage stamps
to take the place. of those now in use,
which were adopted by late POstnIas-
ter General Randall, about m year
ago. The new design will be about
one-third larger than the present
stamp, or the size of the old stamps,
and consists entirely OF profile busts
taken from the standard and original
marbles, executed by artists of ac-
knowledged reputation. Some of the
stamps have already been engraved,
proofs of which have been approved
by the Post-ofice Department, as well
as by the President and Cabinet, as
the most appropriate and elegant in
all respects of any issued by any ma
ton. ~ 4
They will compromise the heads of
the following distinguished americans
one cent, Franklin, by Burton. of
Franklin Institute, Of Philadeiphia
two cents, jackson, by Powers ; three
cents, Washington, by Howden; SIX
cents, Lincoln, by Volk; ten cents,
Jefferson, by Powers !; ten cents. Clay,
by Hart fifteen cents, Weber, by
Clerenged; t~wenty-four cents, Scott,
by Collie; thirty cents, Hamilton,
family bust /; forty cents, o. H Perry,
by Wolcott.
H CIRCUIT JUDGES.
The trouble regarding the Circuit
Judges is deepening, and the present
indications are that unless some of
their names are withdrawn from the
Senate by the President they will be
rejected. The opposition is mostly
confined to three, namely, Yeaman
for the Ohio circuit, Pearce for the
Maryland circuit, and McKennan for
the Pennsylvania circuit, and is de-
xeloping with great yigor. The most
objectionable of the nominees is Yea
man, and the burden. of the charges
against hIn is that he is not in full
accord in the Republican party. AL
ready remonstrances are. pouring in
upon the Senate Judiciary Committee.
One member of the Committee alone
has received more than a dozen ,pro,1
tests, pumeEously signed, from Ky.,[
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