The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-01-15
FROM WASHINGTON.
CONGRESS

CONGRESS
Re-assembled on Monday, after holiday ad-
tournament of nearly three weeks About the
hrst bill proposed in the senate on re-assembling
ON Monday was one by Sumner to give bigger
children the right to set with white children in
the public schools of the District.
ANNEXATION or wINNEPEG
Mr.. Corbet introduced resolution in the sem
ate on Monday looking to the annexation of Ru-
perts Land or Winnepeg, supporting it by a
speech. His idea was that England would be
glad to swap Us the country in payment for Ala
bama claims The senate seemed TO regard tho
resolution fayoraby.
VIRGINIA.
Both houses of congress, among the FIST busi-
ness on Monday, took up bills for the admission
of Virginia. The senate bill simply declares in a
preamble that whereas Virginia has complied
with all the conditions, &c, therefore she is ad-
mitted 70 representation in congress. The bill
proposed in the house BY Mr.. Bingham is SUBJ
stantially the same, but could not be brought 10
a vote on Monday. and OF Tuesday 4 new bill
was reported to the house by the reconstruction
committee. This bill pre5cribes new conditions,
IN the form of test oath, and ratification Of the
14sh and 10Th amendments The Virgiuian5 are
apparently ready to accept it, which 4, the only
reason for doubling its speedy passage, as the
radicals evidently would rather Virginia staid
out while longer
TENNESSEE.
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Tennessee, looking to the permanent Ell franchise
ment of the white men in that state and thus 10
the termination OF radical rule, will probably
lead TO al attempt to reconstruct that state after
the manner Of Georgia, on the principle announce
ed in the senate, that no state has any business
in the Union that refuses 10 vote the radical
ticket.
APPoRTIoNMENT
New England is very uneasy aboat the appor-
tionment under the new census. The only wsy
she cah be saved from losing number OF con-
gressmen is, by increasing the number of mem
bers of the house To meet these views, Gen.
Paine, of Wis, has been induced to propose
bill in the house, Increasing the number OF rep.
resentatives to 800, aud requiring the census TO
be completed in tiEe to elect the members Of the
next congress undor the new appoctionment. The
bill threatens to become o law
FINANCIAL.
Both Sherman and Summer have introduced
bills in the senate, the objects 0! which are the
same-furthcr contraction OF the cnrreucv and 10
fo,ce specie payment. Shernen's bill propose.
to withdraw the 3 per cents and IN lieu of them
to authorize additional bank circulation to the
amount of S4J,000,O00. He says the redemption
of the 3 per cents will cause the withdrawal OF
like amount of greenbacks to replace them in
the banks OF the east, while tue new issue OF
S43,OOO,OoO would be that much relief to the
west. This is plausible but the cheat consists
in the fact that, while the present issue Of the
national banks is redeemable in paper, the new
issue is made redeemable in gold, upon
which no new banks in the west would be or.
ganized. Summers bill proposes ths withdrawal
of all the greenbacks aud the increase of the issue
of the banks to $50000000O, which would be O
contraction OF the currency of over $780,
10000.
ANNEXATION OF SAX DOMINGO.
The President, on Monday, submitted to the
senate treaty negotiated by Mr.. Perry, our
agent at San Domingo, with President Baez for
the annexation of the Dominican half of the
island of Hayti to the u. S. The price to be
paid is $1,j0O000, the Dominican republic to
become territory of the U. s., with the pros
pect of ultimate admission as state The
treaty meets with unexpected opposition in the
senate, and its ratification is doubtful
ROSS.
Senator Ross has given new reasons to believe
the rumors afloat year ago, that he had been
bribed to vote against the impeachment of An
drew johnson, by publishing the letter OF Cor
nelius Wendell to prove that he had not been
bribed. He only needs the affidavit of Logan
and Butler yet to his innocence to place his
guilt beyond doubt.
The Hon. Geo. Rathbun died ut his resi-