Year: 1867

CONSULTATIONS.
The result of the consultations of
the Southern men with the President
very properly appeared first in the
Richmond papers. It can be stated
positively that no propositions were
discussed in the Cabinet meeting and
agreed to By the majority. Mr.. Stan
ton does not approve of it. and the
President has also given the Southern
ers to understand that their amnesty
should also form the element of the
plan.


RECONSTRUCTION.


The opinion is gaining ground that
the Reconstruction Committee will
soon report, and that the main feature
will be the bill providing for the pro
lection of all persons in the right Of
persons and property, as already stated.
Such a bill has been drawn by Mr..
Bingham. 1t provides that until the
States, whose relations to the Union
are still practically discontinued by
the rebellion, shall be fully restored
and duly represented, the President
shall without delay, through the Sec
retary of War, provide rules and regu-
lations for the full protection of all
persons, and enforce the same by mill
tsFy authority, and shall prohibit by
military orders the inhietion of any
cruel or unusual punishment, or from
denying the citizens of the United
States therein any of the rights or i'm
munities of citizens of the United
States, or from inficting any other
or greater penalty upon the blacks than
the laws prescribed for whites for the
same offences, and that no civil courts
shall have jurisdiction in any of the
matters named.


ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL.


The concluding section of the army
appropriation bill. reported from the
Committee in the House this morning,
and made the special order for next
week, is both novel and interesting.
1t provides that the headquarters of
the army shall be at Washington that
all orders relating to military opera
tions, even when made by the Presi-
dent and Secretary Of War, shall be is
sued through the General of the army;
that the General shall not be removed,
suspended, relieved from command,
or assigned to duty elsewhere than at
the headquarters without the approval
of the Senate that all orders issued
contrary to the requirements of this
section shall be null and void, and any
officer issuing such orders shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor.


IMPEACHMENT.


The Judiciary Committee is very
busy taking evidence in the impeaeh-
ment investigation. To morrow very
important witness is to be examined
and the facts to which he will testify
are considered as affording the key
note to the whole inquiry.


RNCoNsTRcTIoS.


The Joint Committee on Reconstruc-
ton meets again tomorrow morning
and will take up the question report
in earnest. Much private eaucusing
has been going on for the last three
days and many careful Republican
believe that the Commit
tee will agree to report the bill.


THE BANKRUPT BILL.


The action of the Senate on the
bankrupt bill shows its passage by that
body as by no means certain. There
was considerable changing of votes du-
ring the call of the roll, and the actual
position of three or four Senators Is
doubtful. The 6nal vote was % nays
to 20 yeas, and Mr.. Wilson at once
moved a reconsideration The friends
of the bill think it viii pass tomorrow
by one or two majority.