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Oat copy, ob year M Five coiies; one year.,... 8 75 fen oopleH, one year... 15 Mt ITEMs. Gold closed in New York, yesterday, at 14fr;ii3l4&.. . : The election in the Eighth Congressional District of Onio resulted iu the choice ol General John Beatty, by an Increased Hepublican majority. A resolution was introduced by a Democratic member of the Kansas Legislature, on the 29th Inst., and lai 1 over, instructing their Senators and Representatives in Congress to 'vote against the bill to allow negro suffrage in the District of Columbia. The Kansas See ate has adopted resolutions asking Congress to grant subsidies to the Kansas brancU of the Union Pacific Railway. In the House amendments were offered to include all other rallroaus iu the htate for the same subsidies. It is generally believed by Mr. Johnson's friends, that he will not sign the AntiContraction Eil passed last week, and now in his hands, but it is possible that he may permit the bill to become a law by the lapse of the constitutional ten days. The Douglas Linen Company 's Factory, at Kankakee, Illinois, was destroyed by fire, on the 7tb Inst. The loss will reach 910,000; partly insured In the Enterprise Insurance Company, of Cincinnati, and the New England, of Hartford. The works were to commence operations this morniDg, for the first time, T. H . Mann 6ns, agent of the Frdmen's Bureau at Lake Providence, La., who absconded a few days since with S8.000 belonging to tue Freedmen and others, was arrested at Charleston, Bouth Carolina. Nearly all the money was recovered. He has been sent to New Orleans . and er a strong guard, to await trial. , A dispatch from Annapolis, Maryland, says Attorney General Jones has furnished Governoe Swana with as opinion directly conflicting with the decision made by the Chief Justice in the United States Court, in October last. Tne Attorney General says the Civil Rights law is unconstitutional. The negro apprenticeship laws of Maryland are constitutional, and the United States Circuit Court had no jurisdiction in the case in which Chief Justice Chase gave the decision. John Hopkins Harney, the veteran ed? itor of the Louisville Democrat, died at his residence, near Mlddletown, Ky., on Sunday morniag, at 5 o'clock, in the sixty' second year of his age, after an illness of several months, with lnfiamatory rheumatism. He died in the lull enjoyment ot all his faculties, and surrounded by his weeping family and friends. He was formerly Professor of Mathematics in tbe Indiana University, and later, in Hanover College. He has bad control of the Louisville Democrat since 1844, and was a terse and vigorous writer. 0 JMJRESSIONAI SUMMARY. denote. Jar. 28. Van Winkle, from tbe Committee on Pensions, reported un avoi -ably on the hill to extend the provisions of the pension act to Provost Marshals...-': Morgan, from the Committee on Finance, reported favorably on tbe resolution to in struct . the Secretary of the Treasury, whenever any State shall be in delauit In the payment of -interest on stocks or bonds in trust-' by the United States to retain the moneys , doe from the United States to each State Patterson reported favoraoly oa the till in addition (to the act regulating cerlaiu civil officers..,. ..At the expiration of ilic morning hour,. Freiinghuysen addressed tbe Senate on the (supplementary. Reconstruction bill Edmunds Introduced a bill to regulate the procedure in cases of Impeachment, and to enlorce the orders and judgment of the Senate in such Cftse. Howe. Per ha mm trod need, a bill providing for bounty to widows and children of three months and nine months volunteers who were killed or died in the service; also,, providing that when a soldier entitled to bounty has died whi5e his application is pending, and prior to the date of the certificate, his heirs or legal representatives shall be entitled to receive it...... Poineroy. from the Committee ou Banking and Currency, reported a bill in relation lotaxiag the shares of tbe National Banks. The Afternoon Dbpatche.- on the second page will be found of great interest. A NEW Story is commenced on the sixth page, thi morning. The dispatches from Washicgton state that President Johnson will either veto the Anti-Contraction Bill, or allow it to become a law without his approval. He has been a steady supporter of the policy of Mr. McCullocii, and it would only be tLe part cf consistency for him to ve:o the Act. ' Special Cokrespondence. Enterprising New Yorkers are prepared to supply the wants of the American people in every particular. Quite recently we were called upon by an agent of a New York " Bureau of Correspondence," proposing to furnish U3 ready to our hand " special " letters from that city IVrjjs London, Mexico, South America ao'-J any other partj pf the" gjobe 4we fchVili . nam. 4 s we prefer the genuine to the spurioul article, and were unwilling to -perpetrate an imposition upon our readers, we declined to accept the very cheap offer made,

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, , ,, feiarulus Wisdom- -...13 We hare been disposed to admire the pluck manifested by the Democratic papers of Kentucky, in insisting on re-electing foH? ;3tQUN3 ;BBQVN to the Congress which has just refused him' his -seat, 's We cannot say as much for' their diecretIorjJ"Th revenge contemplated is so absurd that one cannot repress a smile while he first reads the denunciations and threats against Congress, fcnd then the remedy proposed. We . think the Kentuckians of the Second District can do nothing that will better please the Radicals they hate than by re-electing 'a. Representative' who cannot gain his seat. ' In this connection, however, we are surprised to , see the Paducah Herald manifesting symptoms of returning reason. 1 Heretofore, it has been the most raatankerous" of all the Kentucky papers a regular fire and brimstone sheet. It now gives" Mr. Brown very cold comfort indeed. It' thinks the Second, District - has the same right to elect a Confederate soldier to Congress' that it has to elect Jlr. . Brown. ' We. agree with theIlerald on this point exactly. ! We think all who ' read Mr. ' Brown's famous letter will do the same. It is evident Congress came to no other conclusion. The Herald argues that Mr. Brown, ocjupying the status of a .Confederate soldier disloyalty ' must expect the people to gi7e way in his case as in the latter, and then strengthens its opinion as follows:. We have tio objection to the reelection of Mr. Brown, but under the circumstances, we confess we cannot appreciate the good policy of his reelection, nor the benefit that is" t6 be derived from it to either his District, the State of Kentucky, the South, or the Democratic party. -This present Congress will not admit "him, while there are various sound and good men in the District, any one of whom can gain the seat, thus saving a Democratic vote in Congress at very important crisis, and rescuing the District and State from a whirl of angry passion which promises no good to our party in. the November election,, whea Canvassed n3rth ot the Ohio River. We commend these sensible reflections to the Democracy of the Second District. ,We know, of no way to recompense their favorite for the humiliation of his rejection, unless we give him the second place on tbe ticket of our " preference" for President. It is, therefore, a feeling of this kind that prompts us to present to the next Democratic National Convention the name . of. John Young Brown for Vice President of the United States. Old Hickory, a distinguished individual, of whom the Democracy formerly had somewhat to Bay, didn't have a very exalted opinion of the Supreme Court. In this particular he agreed with the distinguished THOMAS Jefferson, who, in times past, was frequently designated a8 the father of" Democracy. When, on one occasion, the Supreme Court, through Chief Justice Marshall, gave a decision adverse to President Jackson's opinion, he very crabbedly replied : " Marshall has made his decision ; now let's see him enforce it." But times have changed, and the Democracy with them. The Supreme Court, under Taney's administration, be came to that party the fountain of i

all political light and knowledge, and ocrat;c friends can see in the Ohio its decisions were held to be supe- j election any 6igns of " the great rerior to all other departments naf action" of which we have heard so .-. t xr , ... -ft, I much recently, they are welcome to the Government. JNot content with . ;t f v, v i , . , . . , , - i tbe encouragement they may be able deciding eases legitimately beiore ! t0 derive from it.

it, the court , arrogated to itself the right of fixing the politic-il opinions and action of the people. It presumed to rise above; the: power that made ; it. The Democratic party of to-day still claims infallibility for the Supreme Court, and as highly incensed, because Congress is disposed to interfere with its purpose of deciding political questions; because 1t 'is- not permitted to become the treaty mak .-..U ftWnm. wriowpvf' the (roernnv enta well as the gudieiaJ and determine the whole-question of. reconstruction, regardless of the opinion or wishe- of the people A court that could never find time to try the greatest criminal ia the land, has little business intermeddling with questions growing out of his ; treason and its suppression. - - ' Whiie we think it unnecessary,.and possibly inexpedient, for Coneress to occpy4-tiHie,-just -now adttt&gH J precautionary imaasores .in anticipa iryYmaisure'sir anticipaT . ' J? O i 1 t;on ot some cupreme vourt lOny, simikrd 'ViS 'Dkitf'Scotfr-' de'ciswn we are amused 4be uneasiness and horror manifested "by a party which has been in antagonism with that' Court during the greater part of its existence. Let the Court decide the

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reconstruction measures of Congress unconstitutional if it will. With Gen. Jackson, Congress can say, k" the Court has made its decision, now let us see it enforce it." It is not the province of the Court to decide political questions, and whenever it essays to doo; it britigs itselfintrj ridicule without In the least advancing the cause it attempts to assist. The Democratic proposition is not to pay in appreciated currency, or in currency of equal value to that which the bonds were purchased with, but in a watered, Jepreciated, currency. Argue it as you may, state it as you may, the payment of the frve-.twenties by the issue of more currency, is downright repudiation. It is contrary to law, contrary to good public policy, contrary to the maxims of moral honesty. It is a violation of a. contract express and implied. We care not from whom the proposition comes, it is mischievous and essentially wrong, and if realized in legislation, will bring ruin .to trade, greater poverty to the poor, greater insecurity to' the rich, and a lessening of public credit disastrous to the nation. Lafayette Journal. Previous to the enactment of the law (authorizing theisSue of greenbacks and making them a legal tender for public and private debts, written contracts by the thousand between citizens for gold loaned existed in all parts of the country. The law, which was sustained by the courts, annulled these contracts, repudiated for the borrowing citizens their written obligations, and compelled the unfortunate creditors to receive in exchange for their gold, greenbacks; or, in other words, they were compelled to liquidate their claims against citizens for claims against the government of only half their value. Now will the Journal please inform us for we are anxious to get out of the dilemma how the government has the right to repudiate for one citizen the claim held against him by another, for Jgoli loaned, and no right to do the same as to claims against it, also held by citizens? If it is honest for the Government to compel citizens to receive its " promise to pay" as money, in their dealings with each other, how can it be repudiation for it to do precisely the same thing in their transactions with it? We confess that we , see no necessity for establishing one rule of financial rectitude for citizens in their dealings with each other, and a different standard when they transact business directly with the -Government. Perhaps the Journal can enlighten us. , Republican Victory. The dispatches of last night confirm the report of Monday night, giving the intelligence of the triumphant election of General John Beatty to Congress from the Eighth Ohio District. The vacancy was occasioned by the death of Mr. Hamilton,. who was elecfed in- 1866? 'Last October, when General Hayes was elected Governor, the Republican majority in that District was two hundred and thirty-six.- On Monday last General Beatty, the, regular nominee of the Republican Convention was elected by over one thousand majority, after a, most vigorous canvass on the part of the Democracy. This would give evidence of a determination on the part of the people to retain the control of the Government in the hands of the party which brought ' the country gafely through the war If our DernLarge Premises. At the Democratic Ratification meet'iBg- -on j Saturday- -night, - Postmaster Whittlesey introduced the following resolution: 'IZeso1ued, That this mtin!? heartily approves the nominations made' by tbe' Democratic State Convention, held at Indianapolis, on the 8rh of : January, and we pledge ourselves to give tiie entire ticket a majorny or Notes in Vanderburgh. County at the, st Qctober eectioa, greater than has ever been cast in this county lur any political .party at any previous election. This is not the first'- time, friend "Whit." has made large promises of Democratic victories, only to be dissipated by the verdict of the people. We apprehend that the Democracy, instead of claiming over six hundred majority, as given for Abraham Lincoln, would be highly gratified ?qJ feut;i'rJsetJ wita a bare majori I ty ixi Octfcuer next, lhe people o Vanderburgh County are not yet ready to turn over the affairs of, the Siiate and Nation to the old opponents of the Government, and willr,fail,s as heretofore, to redeem the bombastic promise so freely given by Davy Laird's Court House auditors.

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When our reporter is doing his best to put Davy Laird, a prominent Democratic candidate tor Con gress in this District, on the record, verbatim et literatim, we object to the Courier criticising either the gram mar or orthography thus quoted If Mr. Laird says " Robert Spiere" the reporter ought to write it Robert Spiere, as he did. When the dis tinguished orator pathetically speaks of the trials of the great Democratic party, and expresses amazement that the withstood it all, that is the way the reporter ought to print it. The Journal is very desirous of having reports that correctly represent the things reported. If the Courier will correct Mr. Laird's orthography and grammar, it will have little fault to find with the Journal's reports of that gentleman's speeches. ' ; An effort is being made to give Paducah the benefit of a daily Eastern mail, by way of Danville, Tennessee. This , will be of inestimable advantage to the Paducah" people, whose mail facilities now are somewhat precarious. The Union men in Graves County, Kentucky, held a Convention at Mayfield on the 20th inst. They instructed for Grant and Stanton as the Republican candidates for President and Vice President. " With great gratification " a Natchez, Mississippi, paper announces the arrival there of " that illustrious representative of the South, Jefferson Davis." Democratic Opinions, of Morton's Speech. The speech of Senator Morton last week is conceded to be the great event of the session. Ifwas expected that Mr. Hendricks would essay a reply to it yesterday. We hope to give it to our readers as soon as it shall reach us, revised by the author., as we see that it is to be. The following dispatches to Democratic papers will indicate the manner of its reception by his political opponents: From the New York Herald, 25th. Washington, Jan. 24. 1868, 11 o'clock p. M. i The debate in the Senate to-day, on the House Reconstruction Bill, was listened to throughout by the largest and most fashionable audience that has filled the Senate galleries since the beginning of the session. Every vacant seat on the floor was occupied either by members of the House of Representatives or privileged strangers, and the Diplomatic Gallery was taxed to its utmost capacity to accommodate the foreign Ministers and their families. Tbe beautiful weather of to-day contributed in a great measure, to bring a throng of -viators to , the Capitol, a particularly large proportion being ladies. Senator Morton, of Indiana, who stiir&eems very feeble in the limbs, delivered his speech, seated at Senator Sherman's desk. His voice rang out clear and resonant in the hushed silence of the Senatorial chamber, and his arguments, which were pleaded with marked dispassionateness of feeling, were heard with noticeable interest by all present. The absence in bis speech of all partisan abuse was not the least commendable feature in it, while Republicans were unanimous in -pronouncing its logic incontrovertible and its tone eminently dignified. Among the first who gathered around him after, the conclusion of his address to extend their . congratulations was Senator Doolittle, whose empressemeiit of manner in greeting his adversary was no less warm than that of the Radicals themselves. Special Washington Dispatch to tbe Chicago Times. In the Senate, to-day (Friday,) the great event was the speech of Mr. Morton, of Indiana, in reply to Mr. Doolittle. on Reconstruction. Mr.. Morton sat during its delivery, feeling weaker than usual. His voice was in good condition, however, and he spoke with more force and earnestness than he has ever before displayed. The ' galleries were . thronged, ' the . lobbies full, and the audience seemed throughout to be deeply interested, and frequently on the verge of applause. He spoke for one hour and' twenty minutes. When he had concluded, all the Senators on the flour flocked around him, in a perfect mob, to congratulate him, creating such disorder- that the proceedinas were interrupted, and the Chair had to interfere. Nothing like s-ich a scene has been witnessed for many sessions in the Senate. Democrats and Republicans were alike enthusiastic in their congratulations. The first man to extend his hand to Mr. Morton was his Democratic colleague, Mr. Hendricks. Reverdy Johnson pronounced it the ablest speech yet made in vindication of the Congressional policy. It will be answered by Messrs. Hendricks and Johnson. n A SO.JS 1 V S OTICE. A I.. -MASONS IN OOI SrAMDJ. ing are Invited to meet at Captain Humphrey's wharf boat this (Wednesday) morning, at 8 o'clock, to escort the remains ot our late Brother, J. F. COX, to the depot. LJani

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