1 1HE ' DAILY GAThIIE, ravasaro cvzay luOBl N4l. ' • : .16r40011 ISCIPTID.) • LN 1' ENIVIIIIAN, REED CO., .1. ar i 3 ropriotctx-ss. .. P. P. rIMAII(M, aoat,ar a, T. 'EMTPI 1. t• VIM, BeulneeS M...Vr.• rrrz scaLniNq. nem ataxic:. " r I !sten on l ifylna. WILITIWIT4III An rir asd REST DtMILI PAPTR tt, Stab. TIM DUILT• .....k. erMir. Tr per Wee... •• -r rear.— .. OAZILTTr. PIITSBI7IIOII,.PENS'A. FIR 1 1 EDITION. AnD.BIIGEETJ TOPICS AT THE CAPITAL =I CASE AGAINST sEcnsTART STANTON. The New, York Ircratcra special says: ! The mule of Smithson againat Stanton, on a charge of, false Imprisonment,' lf it can be brought to the test of an argument, promises te solve many of the doubts ' which surround the question :as to the extent 10 which an °Meted of the Govern- Went has the power to seize the persons . and I-proPetrY of individuals' Without due process of law. Messrs. Ilughes; Denver and Peck . have the f case in hand, and hi March last made a mo tion la theDistriet Court to require the ' defendant to furnish the orlgtualwef ear- fain letter., papers and proceeding. oft the Court. Martial... Mr. Stanton; not withstanding the re... Dimes of hw Atter ' ney to comply, had thus far obstinately'. refused the , request to allow the! oriel '1 Duds to be seen, though copies are . I freely offered. The attorneys for the, ~ plaintiff, however, are not willing. 1 to receive these, as they wish . , to discover - the authenticity, par ; ticuhrlyl' of the.'treasonable letters alleged to have been - written, undarthe I atsantnesiname of Cables, by Smithson. These lett,q, as they appearin the pleas elf defend t, contain information re -1 :meeting tli number. and movements of the garde* .in and ..abont Washington in thlifirst year of the rebellion. 'Upon this ground Sniithson'ans arrested and confined in port Lafayette. After some , time lie was' released, and after that was again arrested- and tried ty Military' ' Court and sentenced to live years' im prisomfient lat Albany. After a brief confinement he was again set at liberty by a' pardear frohi the President- Dur ing these occurrence.; it is said that a Government detective, upon alleged authority from the Secretary of War, -turned the Wife and children of Smith- , sou out of their house, which was tic-. , cupied by officers of the Government , The case lire thus far been postponed out of courtesy to the opposite counsel, but the attorneys for the plaintif have now dethinthied to press their motion . fur over and inspection; and upon re ! velvitig an I order of the Cburt to the effect, will Proceed at once either upon • the merits of the ease, or, In event of a continued refusal wi th out giving stalk lent legal relseons to produce the desired 1 original letters, lOU .move to set 'aaide ; the Justification Set up by the defence , ; and ask for an order for contempt of 1 1 court against Mr. Stanton. . I 1 a lISIIMLN . Satit. To TAX 'KINDS. j Tire nib 'ads special says: Wall street 4 . . is in a tren r over Senator Sherman's bill, awl. mmunications by the score have Wen n ut to members of Congress ~.. protegiug against the clause providing for the taxation of bonds, and electing • In Sherman'. bill ingeneral. 5 tom a canvass of Lk. noose, howeVerf it may be pawitively elated that a majority are In favor of that section of the bill, and 1 . though the law says that they shall not ."1 be subject to Steteor Inunthipal taxation, 11 the staluie'slo where provide, that they shall not be (athlete taxation by Congress .',, if deemed stivi.ble. There is a very strong disposition tosubject them to tax ., stoma now, and before the final adjourn .; meat or the present newton takes place a bill effecting tbut purpose will untioubt. "/ redy be passed. - TUE WOAD "wnitr.. There la considerablediscuaslon on the 5 District stiffrage bill, - striking the Word “white"' train the laws of the District at Columbia, and allowing degrees to sit on Juclosochich was pissed 116 Mo days ago, ' • but which had not been -sent to Congress by the President within ten days as pro ; scribed' by the law. The akournMent si having taken place before the expiration, the President and his friends claim that the law is now virtually dead, and that Congress will have. to re-bass the'meas um if they wish to put it on the_statute book, But (Ws is a inLitake, ns accord lug to all the ,precedents the tentlt , day not havo expired until Tuesday; January 7th, Ibis. • The interval Is Only a recess of Cuogress, and nut au adjourn meat. Another correspondent says: Should a trudority of. Congress adhere to the position taken by many lance re. reds concerning the status of the hill striking the 'word "white"out orate laws of the District of Columbia, n conflict between the President and the Cleo House% seems inevitable. Several mein ; bars of the House, among them Speaker Colfsi,a.shert that the bill has become a ''.law by the allure of the* President to `veto before theexpiration , of ten days. When the Constitution speakh et-adjourn meld, these men argue it does content ' plate a recess of the Senate - and House. and therefore the veto power is not ap plicable In the present case. President Johnson takes the opposite view. He - holds that Congress will have to pass the bill again and give him a fresh opportu. city to veto it, because they did not re . main in tension long enough to allow him to send In his veto. Ile hays that - Congressmen have put a Use construe-. lion on the constitutional clause In regard to the 'veto power, and he will not accept it as far as his action is concerned, aszrinvieu IsLanDs The strongest and beat ar2uments urged in favor of the ratllicallon of the reciprocity treaty with the Sandwich Islands's, that while the United States would lose 9150,000 a year in sugar rev. enue, she would secure Jo herself the 'freedom orthe island., their use for all practicable purposes, populate them with Atnerlearts, and have a fair pretext for resisting :heir occupation by b.ngland or France an en. appendage of those crowns. 1101:1M1' CLAIM.' The Tines special says: The Boole ' Special Committee, to .inquire into the 12111.0 Or delay In settling additional .bounty cialme,-rind thst the total aura her of claims tiled up to December let, . lee 7, woe 412.0" of Ureic 273,000 remain unsettled. The delay arises In great part from - the lack of force employed, and the Committee report that all has been . dune which could be empected of n form "-HD much reduced. It le very evident from. the report that the work of re-' • tivrichment wine of the emcee here hes been pushed to a paint where the public business Is suffering by it, and ei oecially the, tritereata of. nearly three • hundred thousand aoldiers. The Cool. saltiest will recommend'a bill authorirleg the employment of an 'additional forte, and to pity duplicate Checks nisarteyi deuce of the Lou of the originsle. 1111117511 COLUXIIIA Captain Enernotia, of the United States steamer Oss'pee, mites to the Navy De partment, from •llritinh Columbia, -con cernlng.the condition of affair* in that volony, and. also enclosing simile statis tics regarding the coal and fishing trades, which arc gradually increasing In else and-Importance. - The chief feature `of Information communicated by. Captain Eutottins is the discontented elate of the people inliritishOgintnbla. Largenum berm are snaking strenuous efforts to have the colony tinnnxid to the United Mateo, acid i. movement in this direction has received fresh Impetus of late, by the blundering and mismanagement of offi cials emit out to take charge of affairs by • the British Government. Memdrialanre beingoi mutated through the colony pray ing tire home government that the colony may be allowed to dissever their C41:111eo Don with it, and put themselves under the protection of the United States. • A CLAIM eIiAI,NT R12.1/1 • claim of private parties against the Mission Government, fur "Ivo hundred thousand dollars, has been presented in curb a way to the Rotas° Committee on Foreign Affairs A to cause considerable perplexity ' among its members, and great annoyance to Mr. Seward, who is severely blamed for 'flaking no provi sion •in the late treaty to protect the rights of American citizens, althouge he was not only aware of the existence of three claims, but had given the Russian Government, though Mr. Clay, to underitandthatthe State Department considered them Just: The facts are as follows': Toward the close of the Crimean war 1 n's W. B. Perkins, of Massa ' chose, mad a contract with the Rulalan Guyer ment for one hundred and lifiy-four ions of American service' powder, and thirty-five thousand stand .of rill" the price agreed upon , being a half Million of dollars. Tho first con tract was made by baron Stoeckel, Rus sian .Mittlater, in person. The contract for arias was made by h.', advice, through a Itusshm ordnance officer, sent out by his government for the purpose. The powder and arms were hupected, and the powder loaded on Alp beard, ac cording to agreement. At this lime the war closed, and the Russian authorities refused to take the material or to pay for it. The matter was soon brought to the notice 'Awe State Department, and Mr. Seward at once wrote a long letter supporting the claim. The matter is be ing etrongiv urged upon the attention of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, with a view tosecure: the withdrawal of five hundred thousand dollars In the appro priation for Alaska. If Ignored, by the Committee, the matterwW be fully dis cussed ill the House. Mr: Seward is ter . • • • sr this turn of affairs , and to doing all In his power to have The ques tions considered separately from that of payment for Alaska.. wonTirr OP cOlfmNn. T. • There hat been considerable comaio lion In Radical circles over the action of the Virginia Convention In dealining,to ask for . continuing the Freedmen's Bureau, the resolution not having com manded even the whole coloredvote. MEM= Representatives or the Ranlatrlnterest ate urging , the State Reparttnerrt Ind the President to- receorrunend Conpees to demand that reparation shall be made by the Britlah brovemment for the im prisonment of Americas citizens to Eng land. • NO ILIgNAVARD !TEX. A ' Wood street:- • Try the celebrated oyster °sackers of Wray dr Brothers, NOs. 29 and 31.1rwiu street.' ' Un Weiland Fa t and Festival at City H id all every ea is week. T V . .Beet pieta In bald city' "to bay your Vora Ss . at Win. Fientingo,s, Fro. pOitond Harping In Lidleselrditat *Elam. Fleantairklio; 130 yick_ • rltt'" • Bargahur at. Wm,•Miming* No. 199 Wood .olmt.• Grantil l *Maideo at City Hall hom 10 to 12 evety9rroiling this 'rook. Tr. • Ladles' Fun c rteg',s, No 119 Wood etr gt, f A A II WEEKLY GAZETTE T yro z,Drriosts, WDJ DAT 17ID SiTI3RDiy. ...taw., roan 621 . . tamat i5i.,...4.4414.t leder:l2s, bulb. 7.4ltertsl..' bribh,". p ,"" 111.1.., J ..4 ireadh. litter 7.'4. lemur .4 P.m aloes r alabbeVlaseeLsl x, unreal liirket Roberts 0.4 by .y on. :e lb* OW. 'Tamar; Y.eyeele or tterctn.t sbesl4 be wt.*. TIMM TOS TUX IRMIXST ••••••••-••—•too. ando. copy of paper Ptho club, - Adctftloss uinlobocas M 0ui.41 al cane num. mdarlat Toy Darr. b. =no Lad oper.ifY .wh" . 4" 4°. I°4 ' aa lane a ire4n6dar edltkm* we. serlbmi euTtna vitt airlitoney by 11. ft, Capra... alcalay,..vety, • " 1 . 11 ,11 1 .4 red Lettat may Da seat Ala. [14,, Adinas, • GAZETTE, ~ ' • ' prrusuauti. ripreA Pi Pomethini ters. tto., kop at tho very best as the lowed givo satlsf thing Rood Robb's Stir boot., shoos, ,and children, are made or ' sold an linr a warranted want some lees, cot street. TRE RINI Band comun one fkg adva' Maud Man. ELIaKLA.NI Linda, mt. Deordobet Church. by IA C. 21/lICLA:a _ WiLtalr, daughter of Thos. iFilkh. both or burgh. So card.. UND — aiill-17-77 ALES Alli:EATr7.o: No. 16O.Foorth timo I, I i co ?TINS, of all Moth; CRAPH; e:off deo . • • 1 • ; :1 ' whieh titian determined to fell Z TLOW PNICZA. =I OVER OATINo3B2 I r. •. ~. : Ipvzscpimucsu st 1 : ~,oviutcoar esi An uniaduse and obotoeacbor ;~ H. SMITH'S Tmoatca Egraßi.raa 511 No. Ili WYLIZ r. , oxpeflier (NSW IIIIILtriso.) I= wain , o. psue, Merchant Tail Ver. Pea* wad Ft. Clair 8 pntseusalf PA. _ ram lIIEllw HOLIDAY • ' ' Om is ewe *ribose retebrided atm 'nil ntst Zzlatioltlena ter We b Wu. 110/12138 * CO., 17 rim sweet: •. 1 de namnenrmairprAt —l l ,/ ... 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Also. the and Dv , Il i TEWART, 01111 , At or or 04,04241 to 4 AtteauL.... • • for eall- Hoz IR, LnriG klaad St... 1 • Zwiek U be moll 5 vs. an IZEI ti o rt.r. MA CO kl? I WILT litorrosp, /Lot oat • siroma. Am. good bail. yo Oki. ?WIN ; 2 tri ruin J. Chesnut, n "Awn Imp FIRE scipelnlog bull - l ustlally i MOM!. Yank .on 1.7h0t a lotantj, t boolnena," • any Clap le Property &,/311111To 1303 11271 sold to of Al‘w -14 be eusto. LS.