The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-03-16
THE
NESSEE.

49,
1.-THE EcoN6FRUcTI0NaaF<TE
NESSEE.
There is no longer any doubt of the
attempt to reconstruct q State already
full represented in Congress. Messrs.
Arneil and Maynard, Of the Tennes.
see deleRafion In the House, appears
ed before the Reconstruction Con.
mittee to-day and SUBSTANTIALLY pco.
posed that Congress should upset the
present State Government of Tennes.
see, on the ground that it had been
placed in power, in August last, BY. a
Gigantic system of fraud that men
were in Office who were zdlsfranehised
by the Fourteenth Amendment, and
that there was but little protection for
Ii . or property under the present
state of affairs. They charged, furth-
err fhat sthe registration tor the last
election was Illegal; that persons vot-
ed who were not qualified, and that
the Goxernmen did not con-
stitutionally hold its place. The Com-
mittee made some inQu ries, and Gen;
eral Butler, the Chairman, said that
he had nor doubt il was q clear case for
interference, and that Congress had
1.-The power, and ought TO exercise j.
He even went 50 Tar a. to declare that
Congress could interfere IN Massa-
chusetts, If necessary. The Commits
tee did not discuss any plan, but will
decide the matter hereafter. r.ul &
foPPosITIoN TO A REDUCTION OF
/ 4 hiss s.V9gTHETTARtFE 4i'
4 @ -.
BIZ r Pennsylvania has made 1 most
formidable demonstration, 70 Yesterday
aud today; on the Ways and Means
Committee, by prescribing memorials
from nearly every sec!iono Of the State,
lsigned by workingnen,, II capitalists,
merchants, e eltipfotesting against the
reduction of the tariff, and entering
into familiar argumeftS TO show why
it should not be reduced. These petit
tiensiare not uniform, and thus do not
show thet this movement originated
from one quarter though on the whole
theySihdicate 4 much greater fear than
10 Entertained In Washington that the
tariff bill now pending in the House
stands some ehahes Of passage :
THE ARMY BILf.r.e- Il
1.-THE considerations and fihal pass.
tage of the bill to reduce the ar1ny nj.
tracted q good deal of interest In the
Houec today; the galleries being
filled, while the speeta. ors Included q
Ia fair representation of arfny officers.
GenerafS Sherman occupied 4 seat on
the aoer and gave close attention TO
the discussion The Chairman OF the
Military Committee presented an ar
ray of statistics in favor or the reduc.
ton, which seemed to the House to be
ananswerable, f6ra afterward adopt
ed the details of the bill with great
bnanimity. 1t was shown that there
were now enough officers in the army
TO furnish n for every ten enlisted
men, while the ratio of 2~superabun-
dance, especially among the staff, was
equally as great in most every branch
of the military service. The bill not
only reduces the army, but thcpay of
such officers as will be retained after
the reduction is made III army quar-
tiers the bill is, naturally enough,
meeting with great opposition. ~.
INDIAN AFFAIRS IN MONTANA.
The latest information from Gener-
nj SuIly relative to Montana Indian
affairs is dated Helena, February 26,
and states that the eros Ventrcs and
Assisaboinnes, hearing that the Pie
gans were at war with the whites, hail
started a large war party for the Pie.
gan camps to retaliate on them for
stealing all their horses when they
were smitten with smallpox last fall.
The Piegnns are suffering from the
same complaint, and the 'Gros Ven
tres and Assinaboines deem it a IA
vorable opportunity to take their +
venge. He reports nothing ofimpor-
lance regarding the Biackfeet. Big
,Jake's band of Piegans are still thirty
miles from Benton, and in so bad a.
condition that they ean not movr, and
with no means of sustaining life, and
unless fed by the Government they
must die OF starvation. IL ~
Z -i1t THE FUNDING ELL. =
The + unding bill, as it passed the
Senate, provides for the issue of. four
hundred millions Of coupons, or reg.
istered 10-40 year bonds, bearing 5
pei. cent, coin interest for disposal in
the United States or elsewhere. At not
less than par value for coin, or in, ex-
change for $50 bonds of equal aggre-
gate par value. Also for four humid
red millions OF Is 40 year bonds bear
ing Al per cent, in coin interest for
similar disposal ai not less than par
value for coin, or redemption of bonds
bearing highest rate o finterest. Also
tor the issue Of four hundred, millions:
of 20-40 year bonds, bearing per
cent coin interest for similar disposal,
at not less than par value for coin o.
redemption Of outstanding, bonds A
further issue Of the last named bonds
is authorized ct the discretion of the
Secretary of the Treasury, provided
the aggregate debt Of the United
States is not thereby, increased. ALI
these bonds to be entirely exempt
from taxation. The Secretary of the
Treasury is authorized tc. appoint
agents in the United States and Eu.
rope for the negotiation of bonds, and
a sum not exceeding one-haIf of one
per cent, is now appropriated to pay
the expense OF preparing, issuing and
disposing of the came. One humid
red and fifty millions Of dollars annu-
ally of duties ON imported goods are
applied to the payment of interest ON
the reduction OF the principal Of the
public debt and United States bonds
now held as a sinking fund, and the
Treasurer. al we'll as those hereafter