Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-06-30
LATEST FROM WASHINGTON.
TEE NEW TREATY WITH MExECO.
Thc Ceaa,cafto~ EasH in tie Senate.
The res, Oath BIN Passed ,he senate



without leave. lie recommends to promote eff
cheney, that they should be required to file in the
war cffice certificates of good moral character
from presiding authorities Of their church.
A decided feeling is developing against the
present cbaplaincy system, brought on by the
bad conduct of chap.ains. Some Of those visit
ing Washington, for example, have made it a
habit of pestering newspaper offices for dead
! head tickets to the theator.
The Senate was occupied most Of the day on
! the confscation bill 1t had its own and the
House both up. That of the House confscated
the property of ofice holders, officers Of the
army, and active rebels generally. That Of the
/ Senate imposes fine to be levied after trial by
jury.
The radicals oppose he Senate bill. Mr. Sauls-
bury made semi secession speech against con-
| tiscstiOn.
There is no connection to-day from Manassas
/ to Front Royal on the railroad.
Front Royal, it is supposed is in danger.
The Indianians have had another meeting and
raised $500 more for the sick and wounded sol
| ders OF their State, and promise to raise more.
| The Republican to-day charges that secession
lists are still employed as clerks in the Treasury
/ Department.
| Candidates are beginning to be sworn in for
! coilectOrship under the new tax bill
/ Jake Egbert and Bob Corwin, among others,
are here from Ohio, looking for the new places.
! The party of Congressman returned from Nc
/ Clellan's ermy in disgust. He wouldn't give
then passes, and said he had no time to attend
to civilians.
| The White House imbrogiio is not settled yet
The town is full of rumOrS about dangers in the
Valley of Virginia, but nothing de6oite or re-
liable.
Business begins to crowd through Congress
with a rapidity that promises TO clear off all
important matters for a speedy Adjournment or
recess.
Following up the promptHess with which it
put the tax bill through yesterday, the House
to-day passed tour almost equally important
measures. The Pacific railroad bill, the poll
gamy bill, and the bounty law and treasury
note bills OF these, the first two viii be laws
as soon as they receive the Presidents sigma
tuTe, of which there is no doubt.
The Pacific railroad bill was put through Just
as it came from the Senate the day before, by a
vote of 100 to 81. Some insist that big SWIM
die is involved in the provision for four branch
roads from the eastern terminus to connect with
existing roads eastward. But the majority are
delighted that this Congress should have sue
cseded in what has been admitted by all parties
for ten years 10 be desirable, viz the passage Of
a practicable bill for a railroad 10 the Pacific
The House agreed to the Senate amendment
on the polygamy bill. 1t passed. The amount
of it is to pave the way for trouble with the
M0rmons lust when we can least stfJrd it.
There IS probability of pressure now to ad-
nit Utah as a State.
The bounty law appTOpTates FIVE millions to
pay bounties to the widows, fathers, mothers,
brothers, sisters OF children Of soldiers killed or
disabled in the service.
This law gives the commissioner Of pensions
twenty-five more clerks. There have been seY-
eral bills aiming at ths general object Of the one
on which the House and Senate nave disagreed.
This was only introduced in the House the other
day, and is pretty certain to 60 through the SEN
ate at once, as the treasury note bill passed the
House. L authorized the issue of S50O,OOO.
/ On the vote As 10 the denomination less than
five dollars, and the feature allowing the print
/ ing of notes 90 be done in the Treasury Depart
ment only Pendleton and White, from Ohio,
voted against it.
The House unexpectedly refused to agree with
the Senate on the test oath bill. The committee
of conference is pretty certain, however, 70 har-
monize without losing the main features Of the
/ bill.
A bill passed the House abolishing ports of
| delivery at Hickman, Kentucky, Chattanooga
and Knoxville, Tennessee, and Hannibal, Mis-
souri.
The most important Senate amendments to
| the test oath bill of Wilson, of Iowa, disqusli-
| fyirg voluntary rebels, on which the committee
| Of conference was asked by the House, exempts
! from It's operations the Vice Presidents, Sena-
| tors, and members of the House 1t passed the
! Senate by vote of eighteen to twenty. 1t was
moved in the Senate by GeTTet Davis, supported
| by Dooittle and Carlisle, while Vallandigham
| led the party in the House seeking a concur
renee in it.
Senator Powell has introduced bill requiring
heads of departments and bureaus to permit
members of Congress to in. pect the records and
reports, for the purpose Of seeking information
as the basis of legislation, or to detect fraud on
the Treasury.
The Pacific railroad bill, as passed ny both
! Houses, restores the southern Iowa route back
to the same footing as the Kansas branch as to
time of completion. It is also provided that the
government retain fifteen per cent of the bonds
on certain portions Of the route, and twenty five
per cent on other portions, until the whole road
is completed.
It semi officially announced in the Repubti
can that the emancipation commission will pay
the maximum allowed By law, $500, to all claim.
| ants. Probably the claim for 5000 slaves viii
be fled before July 18th, the last day. AL
claimants so far take the oath of loyalty, but
some doubtfully, aud some acknowledge theiI
Southern sympathies. In number OF cases
notice is given of evidence Of their disOyalty
Gen. Shields is rejected as Major General by
the Senate
The convaleseent camp at Fairfax Seminary
is soon to be enlarged to accommodate $500 pa
tents.
Mr.. Grimes bill for the better government o
the navy was yesterday passed by the Senate
1t deprives officers of power arbitrarily to pun
lsh seamen. They can only put them under ar
rest or suspend them for FIVE days. There mus
then be court martial, which is forbidden to IN
hict the old cruel forms of punishment. 1t is al
lowed to commute death penalty to imprlson
ment in the penitentlary
Mr.. Grimes made strong speech to-day IN ia
vor of the bill, accepting the cession of League
Island for the navy yard, in which speech h'
presented statistics showing the vast capacity
the French and English navy yards compared
with the iueficiency of ours
The President is directed to appoint a priz'
council to protect the interests Of sailors There
are new rules for the distribution OF prize money
established
The tax BILL as passed, suspends the direc
tax of the act of the extra session for two years
Eastern members object that 1t was necessary Z
make the agricultural States bear their fuli snaI
J of taxation, but were overborne.
Mr. Stevens said it was necessary to save to-
bill. Western men say suspension means re
neal, as in the next Congress, under the new
apportionment their meiority will oe sure. IN
other important changes have been heretotor
noted.
] The treasury note bill passed the ,al Ho1s us
, amended so as to admit the issue OF $50 OOOO,OO
in note, of less value than five dollars.
f general order from the adjutant general
Office, says in every case prisoners taken i
0 arms against the United States, who may b
j tried and sentenced to death, record OF the u
I bunsl before which trial was had VIII De Iol
w9rded for the action of the President, wlihou
whose orders no such sentence in such case
= will be executed. r
There are accommodations in Washington l(
e upwards of 5000 additional patients, OF whoi
! 700 will be put in churches
J. Uufounded rumors IF battle before Riel
mond and in the Shenandoah Valley are a6o'
1t the city. !,
ar Gen. Wool has the military control OF IL
Baltimore and Ohio railroad from Cumberiar