Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-06-14
WASHINGTON.

The conference report on the Pension Al
preparation bill, as agreed to by both houses
provides that in case of a vacancy in Per
sion Agency the office shall be filed by tn
appointment OF a disabled soldier.
All the Republican members of the Hous
voted against the Wood Tariff bill
Maj Mcdonald, Chief Clerk of the Senat
for the past twelve years, died on the 5th. H
had been in for a few weeks, and his physi
clan, fearing he could not recover, told hi
wife, who for some time had been an invalid
The intelligence gave such shock to he
nerves that it produced a renewal Of her i'll
ness and caused her death.
Secretary Sherman on the 5th called in So.
100000 more Of the $40 bonds of 1865.
The fight in the Senate on the 5th over th,
Brazilian Mail Steamship bill was heated ant
| prolonged.
| Wade Hampton was in Washington on the
9Th, and had a long interview with the Presi
| dent. No outsider knows the purport Of his
mission.
The Senate has confirmed Morris Marks as
Collector of Internal Revenue for the First
Louisiana District
The Cabinet on the 7th considered the sub
iect of American citizens supplying ships and
munitions of war to Russia while that Gov
ernment and England are engaged in a con-
troversy which may develop into war between
the two nations. No decision was reached.
President Hayes has signed the bill repeal
ing the Bankrupt act.
Tobacco manufacturers claim rebate If the
tax on tobacco is reduced TO sixteen cents
An amendment to the General Deficiency
bill adopted by the House on the 7th author
izes the payment of Robesons Sd of March
contracts. This will require nearly 81, ,000, 900.
Secretary Sherman addressed a letter to the
Investigating Committee on the Tth, replying
to the charge that he had conspred to make
false returns of the election in East and West
Feliciana. He offered testimony that there
was fraud, violence and intimidation in the
election furnished the names of about 100
witnesses to prove his assertions; referred to
former testimony and asked the committee
to accord to him the right to prove what he
asserted.
The section retained in the Army Appropria-
tion bill by the Senate in regard to the use of
the army is as follows:
From and after the passage of this act 1t
shall not be lawful to employ any part of the
army of the United States as a posse com,itdtlS,
or otherwise, for the purpose of executing the
laws, except in such cases and under such cir
cumstances as such employment of said force
may be authorized by the Constitution or by
act of Congress, and no money appropriated
by this act shall be used to pay any of the ex-
penses incurred in the employment of any
troops in violation Of this section.
There was great deal of excitement devel-
oped in Washington on the 9th by Matthew'S
refusal to comply with the request of the In
vestigating Committee to appear before it.
1t is shown by the report of the House Com
mittee on Naval Affairs that Robeson sold
thirty new aud complete engines, which cost
S623, 900, as cid iron for S2S 900, and afterward
purchased engines of the same pattern for use
in the navy at the price paid for them origi-
nally.
President Hayes has nominated Gen. John
c. Fremont to be Governor of Arizona and
John P. Hoyt, of Michigan, Governor of Idaho.
A Washington special of the 10th says Sem
atOr Hill asserts that several weeks before the
Wormley Conference forty-two Southern Con-
gressmen pledged themselves to each other to
see the Presidential count completed, and this
was done to avertcivil war Examination of the
record shows that about forty-two Southern
Democrats did stand together in opposition
to all tlibustering motions after the pledge
was made.
1t is stated that the Committee on Public
Buildings and Awards will make favorable
report on the bill appropriating $40, 100000 to
be raised on per cent bonds for completing
the public buildings of the country.
The Washington Monument will now be-
completed
Col. Don Manuel Freyre, Peruvian Minister,
died at Washington on the 9th.
The Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms of the House
of Representatives on the 10th served Senator
Matthews with subpoena to appear before
the Potter Investigating Committee on the
l1th.
There is very little probability of the Select
Senate Committee recently appointed on mo-
tion of Stanley Matthews commencing inyes-
tigation until Congress adiourns.