The Richmond palladium., 1870-03-22
WASHINGTON, D C.
March 10th, 187O.l

The funding bill which has lately
passed the Senate, has been laid upon
the table, and it is thought will be call
ed up on the 18th and referred to the
committee on ways and means-this
means opposition to it. The banking
interests are particularly dead against
that provision of .he bill which requires
the exchange of their old bonds for new,
and thus reduce the amount of their cir
culation. The western members who
are generally in favor of expansion. con.
tend that the practical operation of the
bill will be to contract the circulating
medium There does not seem to be .
ghost of a chance of its passage in the
House in its present form.
The delegation from Georgia which is
here to oppose the passage of the Geor-
gia bill with the Brigham amendment,
called upon John w. Forney the other
day beg his assistance in procuring the
defeat Of the bill. They are all colored
except one member. They stated to
Col. Forney. that they had made an ef-
fort to see the Hon. Senator from Mis-
sissippi, Mr.. Revels, but so far had fail
ed, and seemed to feel somewhat hurt to
think that the only Senator of their own
race was SO inaccessible. They spoke
with great feeling of the outrages which
were being committed in their State by
the rebels, and stated that at the next
election in Ohio, they wound send some
Of their colored orators to enlighten the
people with reference to Mr.. Bingham's
course in this matter. Bingham takes
the ground that it is unconstitutional to
admit the State with q proviso that her
officers shall hold over for two years.
He thinks she should be admitted, and
at the expiration of the term Of Office, Of
her present officers, new ones should be
elected by the people. or that the people
should have the privilege of electing
new ones if they desire.
A very doubtful compliment was paid
Members Of Congress the other day, by
the agent of the soap king Babbitt, in
leaving on the desk of each, q sample Of
his soap. This gift was especially
suggestive one in the House where the
rec ent corruptions exposed, have show.
how sadly some Of them need purifying.
The NJ C's swallowed this grim joke
quite gracefully and much fun insued,
all of which served as an advertisement
for the soap.
1t will be gratifying to many Of the
soldiers who enlisted in 1861, and who
were discharged before they had served
two years, and not on account of wounds
received in the service to know that
the Supreme Court of the United States
has decided that q soldier enlisting un-
der call of that date on the promise
therein made of 800 bounty, was enti-
tied to that bounty when honorably dis
charged, although, he was not discharg-
ed for wounds, and did not serve two
years, as provided by the act Of Con-
gress subsequently passed relating to
those enlistments. The claimant, Hos
mer, was discharged ON Surgeons certi-
ffcate of disability.
Gen. Logan's position upon the army
bill is calculated to make him more pop.
tflar with the tax payers of the country,
than with the officers Of the army. He
very justly demands a reduction in the
expenses of the army, and to arrive at
this, he proposes among other things to
cut down the exhorbitant rates Of pay of
officers Of high rank.
There is no reason why the officers Of
the army, who are now having a s'gala"
time over all the country, except on the
plains or fighting the Indians should re-
ceive pay equal to or in some cases in
excess Of the pay of the Cabinet, Minis
ters and members of the Supreme Court
We have at least six Generals who re-
ceive pay Of over $4,000 per annum-
Gen. Sherman receives S1S,7SO 20;
Sheridan, S14,S 81; HaIleck S8,962.
%; Meade, $9.342 05: Thomas 1854
Is Hancock, 99,735 66; Schofield, 81
432 90 &C., It is certainly very please
ant for those gentlemen 70 be supported
in princely style by the Government, but
the question comes up, are the people
willing to bear the burden Of taxation
necessary to carr or to keep up this
lavish expenditure? The inequality
which appears from comparison Of the
various amounts received by officers of
the same rank is owing to the fact that
the amount paid for Communication of
quarters, varies according to the locality
or station of the officer. At some sta
tions it is greater by law than at others.
Gen. Logan proposes to cut off all com
mutation, and to fix the salaries of of.
fcers at some definite amount, and at q
figure which will give them all the COM
forts of life, but not all the luxuries.
General Littlefeld, special messen-
ger from Gov. Holden of N. c., in CON-
panv with Senator Abbot. called upon
the President yesterday with a requisi-
ton for U. S. troops to be used in q
county in N. c., which the Gov has by
proclamation declared in a state of in>
surrection. The President will probably
direct Gen. Terry to furnish the neces
sary troops.
The galleries of the Senate are thron9-
ed to-day to hear the maiden speech of
Senator Revels, the first colored man
in Congress. Mr.. Revels is delivering
sseN, an admirably we'll written speech
en- the now pending Georgia bill, q sy>
nopsis of which ould gladly give your
readers, if my time and space were not
so much limited.
People coming here from the cotton
states, represent q growing inclination
among cotton planters to devote some
attention to the raising Of cereals and
less to the cultivation Of cotton.
General Walker, the Census Superin-