The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-21

send special message to congress on
Tennessee atlAlrS.
Correspondence Of, CTaelaDaH Commercial. r
Mr.. Frank 1Iybergcr, of the Governors,
staff, accompanied BY Mr.. Fletcher, Sec
rotary Of State OF Tennessee, to-day dcliv-
cred to tho President tile official message
of Governor ScntGr, requesting the PreSl.
dent to send troops, 10 Tennessee to qucll
the disturbances IN that State, and enforce
the laws. Tho Governor states that lie
Inns called upon the Legislature TO organ.
izG the militia, but that he has been re-
fused, and that hGnow asks, In accordance
with tic provisions of the Constitution,
TINT national forces he sent to aid him In
maintaining order. The President stated
thaTheYoull comply WITH thg rsqqLiia55
TIM H16e condition q aihhs nthat State
istlic subject of much interest III Congress,
and the Reconstruction Committee are
holding dali sessions to consider tho sub
ject.
Correspondence Of Pilts5tirah Commereid. p"
JOKE on B. B.-Thcre has been II good
deal of joking to.day at tho expense Of
Senator Sumner and General Butler, over
tho bearing Of the following clRusG in the
Texas bill, introduced blythe latter! VIM.
rided further, That this act shall not affect
in any manner the conditions and guaran-
tees upon which the State Of Texas was
annexed and admitted us State,T To.
day this came up. in tho Senate, and Mr..
Sumner was 81 anxions 10 have the bill
passed tint he suggested action without
formal reference 10, committee. The tnl-
lowing Is M extract from the Joint Fcsolh-
ton for annexing Texas, approved March
LIST, 1916: "Anl such States rs may be
formed out of that portion Of said terrific
~ lying south Of thirty-six degrees thirty
minutes. north latitude, commonly known
rs tho Missouri compromise line, shall be
admitted into the Union with or without
slavery, Us the people Of each State asking
admission mNy desire" NHj'HdIli
COTrttpoTdFMcd q 4Aaaoidtai Pres.
INEETaIBrLrTT OF AMEs Senator
COnkling'S report on the credentials Of
Gen. Amcs NJ Senator elect from MisSls-
sippi, calls attention to tho constitutional
requirements that tic person to be eligible
Us q Senator Of the United States must he
an inhabitNnt Of the State for which he is
chosen, and must 10 an inhabitant when
elected. The election In this instancG &C.
Cured ON the 18th Of January, 1870, ut
which time General AmCs was a military
officer stationed in Mississippi by order Of
tho supreme military authority, and was
acting rs Provisional Governor by ap-
pOiutment Of General Mcdowell III the
opinion Of the Judiciary Committee his
presence In these two characters did not
constitute the requisite legal resilglCg,
notwithstanding his declaration when
cOnscnting to become candidate for the
Senate that he intended to leave the army
and reside in Mississippi, and notwiti-
standing his subsequent resignation from
tho army, which was IccGptgt Ily Tic
President before signing The btlI I'd admit
the State.
THE FUNDING Bu.L-ThC Republican
members Of tho Ways and Means Com
mIttcc were in conference to-day with
President Grant and Secretary Boutwell,
at the Executive Mansion, relative To the
Funding Bill, and having learned tue
views and wishes Of the President and
Secretary on the measure, the committee
will proceed with its consideration Mt their
meeting Monday next. The committee
arc divided on several provisions Of the
bill-cspecially the foreign sale clause,
the clause requiring the banks TO exchange
their six per cent bonds, md the clause
allowing the finding Of grcCnbaCkS into
four per cent bonds. Some Of the mem.
bCrs Of thGCOmmittee appear to be willing
to yield their own views In Difference 20
those of the President md Secretary.
The opposition Of the National Banks to
the clause. affecting their institutions las
not been fully dnSeluped, 4 h1t they shqpl
sangliinc Of their ability 10 dcfcatit.
COrtTondtaoPc Of C1RdRnaH CommEreId.
TIN, GEoRGTA BuL-Thc debate In the