, 1864-06-18

Matters military and Congressional

THE NEW LOAN
The Secretary Of the Treasury decided, as intt-
mated yesterday, to accept all the Offers foz the
new loan at premium above per cent. The
and forty.twy millions. 4 large number of of1a-s
to take bonds At one hundred and four were re-
ceived to-day. The Secretary hns not yet decided
what course to pursue with regard to these.
The bids for the ncw loan foot up within tribe
Of seventy millions, those opened to-day aEesas-
Ing smaller amounts than those opened yesterday.
Some forty millions are at q premium of4 pc.
cent and upwards. The Secretary vii probably
Accept only those at and abore per cent,
The House Judiciary Committee will hold oEer
It'll the next session the joint resolutions intro
duced by Wilson Of lows, to amend tbs Coastttu-
ton to abolish and prohibit slavery, the commit
tee having voted sometime since to 1clor 1t With
out report or without au,endntat-
TIE BLAIn FAMILY.
Considerable Indignation. has been aroused
among the members Of the Honse By evidence ex.
hibtted there showing that Postmaster General
Blair has conveyed to Postmaster Wllhern, ol
Philadelphia, his desire that Judge Kelly should
not be returned to Congress, in such terms that
Wtlheru has deemed 1t necessary to get the Post
Office machinery at work sgaInst him.
4 STARTLING CASE OF ROBBERY.
Major Law, First Paynastcr lately in the D..
negro and his imprisonment In the Dry Tortugaa
for the alleged robbery Of COO from his sate, vii
be aHatgned before court-martial in few daya
for bie and other equally aayrant rohbcrles. The
evidence is 20 overwhelming against him th1t It Ia
understood be will {oreeo tzial By pleading guilty
coA.uss1obER OF PATENTS.
4 large number Of Members of Congress hare
siened petition to the President praying for the
removal Of Mr. Holloway, Commissioner Of Pat
ents, for opposing the election Of Mr.. julian the
regular Union nominee for Congress in the 9Th
Indiana district The petition was presented re
terday to the President. He has not decided the
question. but informed some Of tho petitioners
that It 3lr. Holloway does not immediatey support
Mr. Julian be will be digmisaed4 the President b.
l1eving that the Union nominations in Indiana arc
AZ binding as those made at Baltimore.
CONGRESSIONAL
The Committee OF Conference on the tax bill
will be engaged about three days On the bill. The
principal points of die,en CO relate to whisky and
tobacco.
The Committee Of Conference On the bill to in
crease the pay Of soldiers. to-day agreed to the
Senate section on that subject, With few unim-
portant amendments. It increases the pay o.
pzivates to SIS per month, and reduces the army
raton to the old standard. The actual increase OF
cost to the Government iB 81.R per man per
month.
The Committee also agree to the section creatinc
Bureau Of Military Justfce, with an amendment
making the Judge Advocate General Briysdter
General instead Of making his sala1y 45, ,0Oo as
fixed by the Senate.
Itia considered very doubtful whether the bill
repea1lne the $500 clause Of the enrolment act
can pass the uouee this session.
TIE TARIFF nuL.
At the beginning Of the evening session the tar
if bill was reported from the committee o1 tho
whole to tue Senate, ana all the amendments were
concurred in at once except thoea relating to tea
railroad iron; knives, raw silk, and spool thread.
The finance committee Was beaten on tea by vote
Of - to Il. and the duty remains at 2c, per pound
as n1eo oY me nouse' II was also beaten
On rai!Eoau iron py u 10 = and the duty WAS fixed
at GU cents Per Jug ct, While IN Tie House bill 1t
ctnrde at 60 cents.
The Committee was sustained on pocket knives
end epcol thread the duties as heretofore report
cd, without serious opposition. Alec, by vote
OF 20 to 10 on raw SILK, which article Is
no: exempted from the 10 per cent
additional duty on goods grown east
and imported from west Of Cape OF Good
Hope. An amendment was adopted, On she1man's
motion. providing that the joint resolution i'll
creasing duties fifty per cent shall not be deemed
to have taken effect till after the 30th Of april,
and that duties paid undes different construction
Of that resolution shall be refunded.
1lr. Ten Eyek's amendment for ton per cent I'D
vatorcm duty on unsold diamonds and precious
per cent on hair cloth. The duty on salt in bulk,
was fixed at 1ec per 100, and On ealt in packages,
al 20 cents. Numerous amendments were prapos-
ed and rejected. The duty on b1imstone, whether
crude In rolls. was fixed at one cent per pound.
TIE bill Tae passed 1T quarter before Il, by -