The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-02-16
WAsHINeToN NEWS.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. IA 1870.

WASHINGTON, eD Ia lOfU.
- ARMY OFFICERS.
In anticipation of a large number
of officers of the army being legisla
ted out of their profession at an early
period, the applications from those
now unattached to be assigned to
duty are getting to be numerous and
as fast as positions can be afforded
for those now waiting orders they are
being put practically in the service
again. Upon the reconstruction' of
Georgia, Mississippi and Texas be-
ing complete all the officers on duty
III those States, whose services can be
dispensed with, will be directed to
proceed to their homes and await or
ders. ell
GEORGIA. :
The Bryan Republicans as they
are called, appeared before the judi.
eiary Committee ofthe Senate, to-day
and opposed the admission of 'Geor-
.gia. under the Legislature as reorgan-
lied. They claimed that the act of
Congress for the reconstruction of the
State had been plainly violated, and
that, General Terry had gone outside
of III the reconstruction acts I'M estab-
fishing a Board OF Officers to judge
of the qualifications of members. of
the Legislature, and had seated mi
nority candidates where the majority
ones had been thrown OUT =. -
THESAIE OF APPOINTMENTS
= The evidence taken before the
House Committee to-day, relative to
the sale, by members OF the last and
present House, of the appointments
of cadets to the military and naval
academy, was very positive and to
the point. The committee decline to
furnish details, but the. testimony
already given, together with that to
come, will show that half q dozen of
the cadetships have been sold 1t is
due to say that the carpet bag MEM
bers have made the bargains and
sales. The most fragrant cases were
in the last Congress. M f.. a
-" -5 THE CENSUS BILL. >
After more than seven months
spent in ~perfecting the census bill, in
volving very large expense, the
Senate to day defeated it BY the vote
of 45 to 8. This is an end probably
to alllegislation ON the subject, as it
is too late now to perfect a new bill.
The result is that the census for 1870
will be taken under the act of 1850.
The old law was drawn up by Sena-
tors Webster and Benton, and it has
been proved by practical men to be
the best that has yet been devised.
STAMP PLATES. 3
There are now in the vaults Of the
Treasury Department thirty-four box
es of cancelled steel plates and other
materials heretofore used by the
National and Continental
Bank n ote Companies, in the print
ing of government stamps, money
and bonds. The Secretary requested
Thayer to act rs chairman
of the committee to examine the con-
tents of the boxes; and compare them
with the schedules of those furnished.
by the bureaus Of engraving and
printing and internal revenue. They
are to be taken to the navy yard, and
there melted in a blast furnace. !"
THE MISSISSIPPI BILL.
There was . long session of both
Houses today, though nothing was
accomplished. The Senate took up
the Mississippi Bill and went over
pretty much the same ground of dis
as was developed in the Vir-
ginia debate The point at issue is
precisely similar. The House will
propose the same fundamental condi-i
tions that were applied. to Virginia,
while the Senate Judiciary Committee
a substitute that the State be
declared admitted without conditions.
Even Summer and Trumbul wound
up the days. debate ma personal
contest, thus leaving nothing of the
recent set to in the Virginia case to be
fulfilled. Nc vote was rehched. j..
TILE HAVANA ASSASSINATION.
1t was decided at the Cabinet
meeting to-day that the administra-
ton would take additional measures
1T once to secure better protection
for the lives and property of American
citizens in Cuba. The Secretary of
State submitted the official telegram
from our Consul at HAVANA relative
% the assassination in that city of
ne three Americans on Monday last
rom which it appeared that the as
was wholly unproyoked. Sub
sequent dispatches state that the
Spanish officials are endeavoring to
have helassassins ferrettedS out and
punished, but so far without result.
As soon as the official dispatches are
to Congress, the House
on Foreign Affairs stands
,eady to recommend some action to
Congress. -
THE NATURALIZATION QUESTION
Was again before the House Judicial
y Committee to day, and some impor-
ant notifications of the pending
were agreed on. The bill
will probably be reported to the
louise next week. As it now stands
t requires four years residence of an
before making application for
naturalization, and six months in the
State and thirty days in the district
rom which it is made. When an
objection is made to an alien becom-
a citizen, provision is made for
testimony in a United States
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