The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-12-13

6 the time fixed by law for its expira.
ton. Thus will General Grant hav
. the entire South under the control O
4 the bayonet to be used as the politica
n necessities of the case demands.
The apPortionment bill now befor,
> the House is in charge of Mr.. Farms
worth. The number of members i
G fixed at 2S1, on a basis of 1876, l19, ant
each State having a fraction over one
! half that number to be entitled to al
: additional member. Missouri anC
Illinois will each gain a member if the
bill should pass in its present shape.
The State Department., with all lis
records, came very near being a hear
of ashes. The shell of a building
caught fire, and but for its timely
discovery would have been destroy
ed.
The tenderly sensitive feelings of
the truly loil members of Congress
were seriously Jared by Mr., Waddell,
of N. g., offering a resolution calling
upon the President for information in
regard to the !''invasion" of North
Carolina and the arrest of its citizens
by soldiers stationed in South Carroll
ma. The word invasion luttered the
loil ones and stirred the Indignation
of the defender of the fshermen-B.
Butler-who objected and the resolu-
ton went over.
The National Tobacco Association
held their second session yesterday.
There is considerable difference of
opinion among the delegates upon
the subject of tax. The Eastern and
Western men advocate a uniform tax
on all manufactured tobacco at, about,
sixteen cents on the pound. The
Southern men favor a higher rate
They claim that they are willing to
pay every penny the Government de
mands, but for self protection and as
a means of detecting fraud which af-
fects both them and the Government
they advocate an improved policy in
the n of collecting the tax on
tobacco. The tobacco ring is most
powerful and will no doubt get what
ever legislation they desire.
Gen. Grants and Postmaster Gener-
al CreswelPs scheme to consolidate the
with the Postal System met
with a signal defeat. Its reference to
committee on appropriations is its
demise. OF this plan one thing
is certain, it is a huge speculation,
but whether the President or Creswell
we're to finger a portion of the immense
gain which the Telegraph companicc
would make I have no means of know
ng. Probably the President favored :
he job because of the political power
which it gave him in controlling an
$4,000 Office holders
IN these days of jobs and rings it be-
looves the Democratic and Conserva-
i've members of Congress to ever be {
the alert to watch that none of our
servants high in power are permitted
o be placed in the way of temptation
and by referring all schemes of this {
;ort to the committee on appropria-
ions will make them honest despite
themselves. Eternal vigilance will {
essen taxation. !
1t is again rumored that Attorney /
General Alderman is to 60 ont OF the
Cabinet and that Ex-senator Will
Jams, of Oregon, is to succeed him. !
f the Georgian goes out and the Ore I
,onian desires the place he will very
likely make it, as he has Gen. Horace 6
the Private Secretary, in tow :
nd he is a power behind the throne :
t is thought here that war with Spain q
not at all improbable as a popular
%'olitical Dodge, which will make the I
cquisition of San Domingo popular ;
nd re elect General Grant. The San
Domingo job is as dear to Gen. Grant C
S his reelection, being much more S
roftable in a ~pecuniary sense. L