The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-03-05

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run the whole subscription up to 100000
The list Is headed with the name Of A. 7. Stew.
Art, who puts down $4,000. There are 40 sub.
scribers Of $1,000 each, and no subscription ],
for less sum than $500. Boston contributes
$40 900 Of the aggregate. and the rest CONES
mostly from New York. III iH tIs'
Ex-Governor Brownlow Of Tennessee arrived
In Washington from Tennessee Saturday eve
ming, coming through Virginia in special car.
The Lynchburg newspaper rcvilei him in coarse
terms, designated the car by It's number and
called on all true Southern men to avoid Il here
after. A gang Of rowdies got into Il at Char
Iottesville, and one Of them drew revolver on
the Parson. The rough was hustled out in
short order. Governor Brownlow Is In about
his usual condition Of health, has taken rooms
near the capitol, and win not be able to go back
and forth without help. .r..- f.-' .-
+, The Judiciary Committee Of the Tennessee
Senate has reported against the proposition to
sell the hermitage, formerly the residence Of
Gen. jackson. but now the property Of the
State. The committee recommend that Tcnnes-
see should keep tho estate foe all time to come.
and make IT,, on some favorable occasion, the
site Of some noble institution Of education or Of
bcneyolence r,lF .".l ati i'.y rr'. col
The terms Of Chief Justice Appleton and As
sociate Justices Walton and Dckerson OF the
Supreme judicial Court expire this ycar-Judgc
wslton's In May and the others in October.
The House committee on the treatment Of
Union prisoners during the war has completed
its work and will submit its report tomorrow or
next day. The committee went into O most
thorough examination Of the whole subject, and
viii be able to present facts and evidence Of a
novel and startling character, showing beyond
all doubt, as they think, that the suiferings en-
dured by our soldiers in prison were the result
Of deliberate and settled purpose on the part
Of the rebel authorities, and that the latter part
Of the war to bring about an exchange Of pris-
oners was due to the determination Of the same
authorities to reach their ends by the starvation
Of the men In their hands. Some valuable and
interesting statistics complied in the War Dc
partment, and never before published, will be
included in the report. The document was
drawn up by Mr.. Pile, Of the Missouri delcga-
ton, by whom II will be laid before the House.
Mr.. Sherman got his bill through the Senate
to strengthen the public credit during the eve
ming session of Saturday, and that by very
decided vote The yeas were thirty. nays six
teen. 1t has to 60 to the House Of Represents
tives, but as the subject has been well consider
ell by that body, and as there Is but n small
modification In the bill since II was before the
House, there Is no doubt II will become law.
United States securities abroad have gone up,
doubtless partly on the strength Of this meas
ure, and as soon as Il is known that the bill has
passed both Houses Of Congress and received
the Presidents signature they will probably I'D
vance still higher. ...3.s
The President elect said, few days ago, in
explanation of his reasons for keeping his Cab.
met secret, that few Of the Presidents who had
done otherwise had been successful in forming
their Cabinets Us they desired, and cited among
others Mr.. Lincoln. declaring that Of the origin.
al Cabinet list prepared by him In 1851, only
two were permitted to take their portfolios. All
the rest were dictated to him by party leaders
and interests. 'H
Some days ago the House Committee on Pen
sions submitted resolution to increase the COM
pena,tion Of tho Clerk Of dat Committee. a
discussion ensued relative to the amount Of
money expended for clerks Of committees, and
out Of this discussion grew resolution direct
ing the Committee on Accounts to investigate
the whole subject. The committees have been
attending to the duty thus imposed, and oil the
clerks Of committees have in turn been called
and examined relative to their representative
duties. The testimony, 1t is said, will show
that three-fourths of the committee clerkships
are mere sinocurcs. In some instances clerks
receive their per diem, or annual, compensation
when they have not done ten days work during
the year. The committee viii recommend re-
forms in this matter. ...-
Andrew jackson Hamilton and other Texans
called on General Grant yesterday, and learned
that General Reynolds is to be restored to his
command in Texas. ...r.....
The expenses Of Congress have been under
consideration by the House Committee on Ac-
counts. They report that no glaring instance Of
fraud has been discovered, but that there Is
multiplicity Of petty assaults upon the Treasury
amounting in the aggregate to considerable
sum Of money. A comparison Of the expenses
Of the House for ten years, from 1858 to 1868
shows that the average amount OF the
contingent expenses Of the House In that time
were S4O5, S06; the extremes are found highest
in 1868, the amount that year being sb7l ,62o,
and lowest in 1868, when the amount was 2 1875
al. During 1868, the expenses Of the Senate
were per capita s6,lls, while those of the
House were S2,Oi5. The committee recon-
mend that the expenditure for public documents
be cut down at least four-ffths {; aud that sun
dry abuses in tho purchase Of furniture DO cor
rcctcl. H..
Gen. Grant sent to the State department
Monday to learn. what had been the custom
among Presidents heretofore as to tho date o.
appointment Of Cabinet officers. II was found
that rs general thing the nominations have
been made within few days after the inaugu-
ration OF the President two days being about
the average time. II is expected in view Of this
fact that the present members Of the Cabinet
win resign on the Sd Of March, thus leaving the
heads Of departments vacated, and that Gen.
Grant will nominate his Cabinet on the day af-
ter his Inauguration.
The final victory over liquidation in Its most
plausible and alluring forms has been substan-
tally won, by the action Of the House Of Rep
In passing Gen. Schcnck's bill
pledring the faith Of the nation for the pay
ment Of the public debt in gold. The Senate
pas,od the bill on Saturday by vote Of 30 to
10. a r
Mr.. Francis Of the Troy Times, who has been
travelling through the South. gives an cnoour-
aging account Of the state Of afAirs- In his
last letter. written from North Carolina, he re
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