The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-01-31
such an act will unseat more than halfthe

offlce-hOldCrS LII Kentucky, including
about fEly members Of the Legislature
among them Mr. Leslie, the recently elect,
ed Speaker Of the Senate, and acting Lieu,
tenant Governor Of the State. Il Is known
here that in 1858 he declined race for
Congress In the Third District, on the
ground, as published by himself at the
time, that he could not take the test oath.
THE FRAMING Bill IN THE SENATE
Many SelatoI-probably q majority
manifested d desire to vote at once upon
the House bill abolishing the franking
privilege, but an objection was made, and
II went TO the Committee on POstofiiCes,
That Committee being in favor Of the bill,
1t will ,be reported soon and passed with.
out delay, unless Sumner, Stewart and
Garrett Davis get TO talking on It The
franking privilege Is the most conspicuous
subject Of conversation here, at this time,
It Is in everybOdy's mouth, and Congress.
men think that the public will bo willing,
before many months, to petition for It's re-
enactment, In view Of the fact that II stops
the free transmission through the mlilS Of
newspapers In the counties In which they
arc printed, and also the free exchange
list Of newspapers It Is not improbable
that Mr. Anthony, or some other practical
newspaper man, will insist upon amend-
mcnt. tt... .a,t .n
JUDGE PRARRR.-The Senate Judiciary
Committee to-day determined to report
flyOrably son tie nomination Of Judge
Pcarre for the Fourth Circuit The Sen.
ate will confirm him.
THE NAVY YARD.-Tt has been stated,
that owing 10 tho exhaustion Of appropri.
ations, several thousand workment will
next week be discharged from the navy
yard. On Monday movement will be
made In the House TO have joint resolu.
tion passed authorizing tho Secretary Of
the Navy to use temporarily, until Con.
gress can passthe regular bin, appropriG-
lions set apart for other purposes.
REDUCING EsTIMATES.-The admins.
tratiOn is moving to reduce the extravR.
giant estimates which have been exposed
by Mr.. Dawes. To-day the Secretary Of
the Treasury, the Comptroller of the Cur
rcnCy and tie Third Auditor were before
the House committee on appropriations 10
sec wherein the amounts named In tho leg.
islative, executive and judicial bill for their
departments could not be still further re-
duced. Aflcr u conference 1t was agreed
that they would submit their views in
writing. ptt
THE TARIFF BILL Tic prospect Is that
tue Ways and Means Committee will re-
port the new tariff bill on Monday. 1t
was nearly completed at the session held
tonight. The Committee have been hin.
dered all day by delegations desiring 10
be heard mainly in nthe drug interest," Ono
OF these, WHO manufactured castor
oil, appeared 10 oppose the increase ofthe
duty on castor beans. The most impor:
tant action oftlle Committee was another
vote on the coal question, by'which btu
minOus coal was taken from the free list
and restored to the old duty, while an
thraCite coal was placed In turn on the
free list.
TIE TALL VIRGISIAN.-Mr. Lewis can
claim the title Of the tallest man In the
Senate he towers above Stewart, Sum-
ner, Sherman, and Pratt several inches,
and Is slim In proportion, not weighing
more than one hundred and forty-flvc or
fifty pounds. ue appears to DO about
forty.six years Of agc, dresses in black
cloth swallow.tail coat and neither gar
ments, and carries himself like Virginia
gentleman, with head erect, and In con.
Versation looks his Uis.d-Vis straight in the
eye. lie was assigned seat by tho side
of the heaviest Senator on the 1lO0r-NIr.
Pratt Of Indiana
JESSIE BENToN FREMONT AND IIER
HUsBAND.-Thus writes Geo. A. Town
send about a once famous couple: '''',
] never saw Jessie, (Benton) Fremnnt
till.last Saturday; when she Gc4n6t tiht6
dinner at the Arlington Hotel With hef
husband, and they sat in my angle Of
vision for an hour. Mrs. Fremont Is a
large, fat blond, with sharp pp-pGinted
noseS ajgOOd Complexion, Albright eye,
lighted up partly with htlmoF and partly
with intentional high spirits, and her car
riage, health, "boance"i Ind ripe brown,
nutty tInts made u rather agreeable tete-G.
tcte. She probably weighs about 1870
pounds, while the little General has scarce
" the hcil Of 100. He Is Of outcombed
grey whiskers and spilled gray hair, en-
composing his little. French face like
ftlrze, and two black, frightened eyes stare
out like a rabbits. Partly an exqulsite's
and partly an adVcnturers Is his face, yet
with some aristocratlc SmaIlleS eSs and DELI
cacy of features In Il She has pro-
nounced American face, somewhat too
much selC.poseSSed and SelEconsciouS.
Fremont & said 10 have come back here
with a good deal Of French money, and all
the strikers are getting ready to surround
him. Mark my wordsl He wants sub:
sldy, land and whatGycr he can nget; and
he Is the man above all Others to 6e watch.