The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-03-16
Washington Items

WASHINGTON, March 10. - The
Committee on Reconstruction to-day
heard a colored man on Tennessee
inc the presiding officers Of the Legis-
lature. The committee are not yet
prepare ed to report bill.
The indications arc that the Com
mittee on Elections will report in
titled to the seat from the Cincinnati
District.
The Committee on Ways and Means
were engaged to- day in making verbal
corrections in the tariff.
who say they have canvassed the
body will disagree on Bingham and
admit the Georgia bill.
Tho Senate Committee on Foreign
Affairs to day decided to report
against the ratification Of the San Do
mingo treaty, the vote being two in
favor of and five against it.
1t appears that the appointment of
new Assessor of Revenue for the
Second New York District is attTib
utable to the fact that the explana
tions from the present incumbent,
| Alahan, as to the investigations of
returns of income of previous years
by the law partner of the Assessor,
were unsatisfactory.
The Senators and Representatives.
elect from Texas, accompanied by
Senator Wilson, from Massachusetts,
paid their respects to the President
to-day.
The Senate to day confirmed Chas.
FL. Lewis, of Virginia. Minister resi-
-dent at Portugal; John Russell Jones,
Minister resident at Stockholm; IL.
G. Kirk, of Ohio, Minister resident
at Uruguay; Gustave Jareki, of Penn
sylvania, Consul at Augsburg; Silas
NJ. Mattison, Collector of Customs
at Dunkirk; Jacob Anthony, Sur
veyor of Customs at New Albany,
Indiana; Geo. ID. Orner, Collector of
Internal Revenue, Fifth District OF
Missouri; Peter Rose, Collector of
Internal Revenue Eighteenth District
of Ohio; Abraham II. Bowman, Col
lector of Internal Revenue Seventh
District Kentucky; Post Masters
Herbert A. Parker, Kankakee, Illi-
nois; Theo. @. Phillips, Bay City
Michigan: Chas. @. Grove. of Ala
bama, Register of Land Office of Wy
oming Land District; Lafayette Car
ter, Surveyor General of Idaho.
A dispatch received here from
Vice President Cavant of the Bruins
J wick & Albany Railroad, Georgia
!; says the recent disturbances on the
, Railroad were not caused by the non
payment of wages, which were paid II
, full to February 10, and ready fol
payment again to day, being regular
) monthly ay-day, but because the de-
? mand of some of the employees fol
: the displacement of Col. Hubert
: General Superintendent and superior
: man, was not acceded to. They wert
paid and discharged at Brunswick
. Whereupon they seized some train
i and threatened the lives of Judge Av
: ery. Col. Hubert and others. Cavan
: saws the authorities sided with tn
3 men with the evident expectation o
r driving away the Northern employees
Gen. Terry, upon investigation of tn
:; facts to day. ordered more troops t
1 Brunswick.
: Governor Stafford, of Arizona. lef
tonight for that Territory. He vii
r be ioined in Nevada and Colorado b
parties intending to settle In Arizona
! During his visit here, the Governo
2 impressed the Government with tn
!; importance of afording additiona
a facilities for protecting life and prop
Z erty, and thus encouraging the deveI
5 opmeut and natural resources of Arl
T zona.
5 A memorial has been presented t
: the committee on Ways and Mean
a and committee on Finance. strongl
!, endorsing Commissioner Wells re
n port, signed by persons representa-
) thirty three corporations and twelv
!, individuals comprising nearly all th
). great woolen manufacturers, repre-
. senting capital actually engaged /
a a the manufacture Of wooden goods {
n over $15, 900, 600, and owning upward
s of Eve hundred sets of wooden mach
Is merry. They pray chat the existin
"A tariff be modified IN such a maune
g that fine wool may come into th
country at as low duty as carpet wool