The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-01-14
TELEGRAPH
Especial 70 the ouachita Telegraph.
WASHINGTON.

WASaIN GTON.
WASiIINGNON, Jan. .. - House -
Hooper, of Massachusetts, becomes
Chairman of the Ways and Means Com
mittee. Hooper is said to be more of Il
protcctioni,t than Schencl>.
.Seaotr-The correspondence between
Motley and the State Department, re-
lating to Motley's recall, was called for,
and amended by Sumner to include the
kilograms.
The bill for the rclitc of j. Milton
Best, passed 2S to Is. 1t apprOpriatcS
$4,000. Best was surgeon in the Fed
erll army when his house III Paducah
was destroyed.
Resolutions of the North Carolina
Legislature, asking for the removal of
the political disabilities of Gov. Vance,
were presented to the Senate and rc-
fcrrcd to tho Committee on Political
Disabilities.
W.\s111No;TON, Jan. G.-Thc Spanish
Minister disavows any interest upon
either side in the San Domingo question.
Missouri circles consider Blair's cleo
ton to the Senate as probable.
WAsIrINGroN, Jan. The Herald
has the following special:
ssThOse interested in a general am
nesty bill, have, after Il thorough
canvass of both Houses, come to
the conclusion that nothing of the
kind is possible at this session.
The character of the Presidents re-
ply to the resolution of Gov. Morton,
inquiring about the condition of affairs
in North Carolina and other States,
which will be sent to the Senate on
Monday, is such that it would have de-
feated amnesty even had it been we'll
under way. The Presidents friends
are decided on the subject.
Ben. Butler, who claims to have run
Grant, has made amnesty his special
hobby, while Morton, who is on very
intimate terms with the President, re-
CARDS it as one OF the greatest political
hcrcSics Of the day. Grant himself, is
not in favor of amnesty, as was proven
in his opposition to the Missouri Brown
Schurz movement, but he may have
been converted during the recent visit
of Greeley here.
Advertisements arc issued for the
renewal of mail contracts South. Bids
will be opened on the first day of
March.
W.ASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-The cores
pondencc between Motley and Fish
contains $4,000 words; the details arc
mostly personal. Motley declined to
Summers course upon the Dominican
question.
,Sf2aute--N numerous petitions for the
removal Of political disabilities were
presented.
UOusc-BillS were introduced and re-
fcrred, for granting right of way
through public lands to the New Or
leans and NOrth-caStcrn Railroad; 81 v
ing money arising from the sales of
public lands for five years, to the Conn
mon schools of the country; rclinquisf-
ing the government title to certain
lands in East Baton Rouge and de
fining swamp laws.
Abbott will contest Nancc's seat in
the Senate, on the ground that the
votes cast for Vance were null, as they
were cast for an ineligible person, and
that he, Abbott, received Il majority of
the legal votes.
WAsIIINGToN, Jan. 10. - Leading
Christian ministers Of Cincinnati are
holding Il meeting protesting against
licensing iiccntiousnCsS.
Dispatches from Versailles report the
bOmbardmcnt vigorous and effective.
The barracks at Fort Mont Range
was burned.
Shells have fallen in til" gardens of
Luxembourg.
The German forces in the valley OF
the Loire have reached NOgcnt, lie
RotOn, SOrgc SuVcguh and LII thtrtrc,
but encountered Obstinate resistance
along the entire line.
The Potomac is frozen tight again.
.SeUofr-PetitionS were presented by
Lewis, Of Virginia, and Flanagan, OF
| Texas, for the removal of disabilities.
| Yates is harranguing the Senate in
favor of the 10th Constitutional amend.
mcnt, mentioning God.
MISCELLANEOUS.