The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-06-24
Passage u ths Four Hundred Million Loan
BIN by the House.
Important Action Of the 6enste ea
the Draft Question. =
Tins Government Authorized to Draft for
Ono Years Eerviess

WASufNuIuUy Suuo No. l604
RzruRx or TIE PRrAIDsNr FROM rua AaasY o.
y ttA THE P0T0NAC. EhF@
President Lincoln, accompanied By AssIstxncSecreay
Of tho Navy Fox, returned TO- day from Geusrai GrtS
headquarters on James rivA- S
PASSAGE or THE Fouh HuA DRxD MILLION EoAN Drzx
BY THU HOUSE.
Tho House spsnt nearly whole or to-day rsinc O.
the Loan BILL which was 6DaIy passed pretty uaoh -
came from the Committee or wsYs and Means. subs.
tuts to the FIRST seson presented by Mr. Ssven having
adopted In committee though reeotad afterwards
in the House, nuiAed the action yesterday strikrg ouA
the exemption from State and municipal taxation and
vote taken on II In the House. The bonds liEs
the others, are not subject to local taxation. Tho
speech OF Mr.. Pomeroy, OF New York, IN support
or hts substitute for the second section, which,
looked TO an early return 70 specie basis;
attracted much attention, and was an abio
effort. On the other hand Mr.. Stevens contenss thaA
that more securities With interest payable in gold
shall DO issued. The committee favored both, and tho
House concurrcd with neither.
THE RIVAL DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEES.
u appears that there are two deraocratic national
committees the or which Mr. Belmsnt Is chairman,
and another Of which Thos B. Florence, OF this city, b
chairman both claiming TO be the legitimate represents
yes OF the national democracy Tho latter has called
meeting Of his committee this city ON the 3oth insts
welfare OF Vie party. 10 understood thas 10 tho IN
tenton Of the Florence committee toy 70 harmonixs
the dlsoordans Of which the party composed,
combined action In tho ponGog Presidea-
tial election 4 ss
rosrPoNn1ENf OF TIE NEW YORK DEMOCRATIC
IL 4aHkX Ell PEACE MEETING.
On consultation, the leading peace democrats here and
In Congress have detsrmied TO postpone the proposed
peace meeting New York snp August In consequence
OF the prolonged sitting Of the present Congress and IL
possponsmsns Of the Chicago Convention.
nEPUDLrcAN CONGRESSIONAL GAUGES.
An adjourned caucus OF the republican members =
Congress held ths evening TO consider hs conscr
ton bill The consideration OF which concluded q
ths meeting last night. as
~ ARRIVAL or THE REMAINS or oFFrCERs.
The remains OF the following officers, killed II Peters
borg arrived here today-Cosone,s Kelly. Eighty eighth
New York; Prescott, Twenty second Massachusetts, Lieu
tenant Colonel DARRELL Third Delawaro Majss Blake
Eighth New York artillery; Sloan, Tnir.yeishs New
York; Captains Rhines, First Michigan sharpshooserss
Stevens Thirty seventh Wisconsin, Enbriok, Sixteenth
Maine Stevens, Sixfeeuth Mano Bufum, Thirty SIKH
Massachusetts, Mumford, Fiftieth Pennsyvaaia; Lieut.
Mcdonald, Sixy-shlrd New York; Gibson Fret MIche.
gan sharpshooters wngate Eighty fourth
Hsiskell, Eiahty third Pennsylvania; p. W. Base New
York; Groves, First Delaware; RasseR EixhtFfourth
Pennsylvania, and Lyons, Fifty sevenh Pennsylvania.
IN arse coNsCRIPrs DROWNED. vM
The steamer Constitution, which arrived here today
from New Yosk, brought up number os caassrpts who
had jumped overheard their way City PoinA Seven
ore reported 10 have been drowned
ARRIvAL OF GENERAL ABERcRox1zE.
General Abercrombe, lately commanding - wheo
House. arrived here to-div, accompanied BY his STAR
The post Al White House has been broken up.
A wHIsKEY RATION FOR SOLDIERS IN THE YTzLo.
II been determined to add whiskey TO tho ration -
our SOLDIERS the field during tho and sutua
INCREASE or GENERAL ArGuR's DEPARTMENT.
Tho camp rebel prisoners u Point Lookout, and NJ
cavalry depot at Giesboro. have bssn added by ~
Secretary OF War to the Department OK washingtoue
under General Augur. These important enlargemen9
OF Jurisdiction and render this department. Of the
most extensive In the country Tho system adopted hv
General Augur, and carried ont by Colonel Greene D.
partment Quartermaser, renders tho transaction =
department business prompt ana Efficient.
TREATY WITH THE DELAWARE INDIANS.
An important treaty has been negotiated by Sanu0
Hallett for the Union Pacific Railroad Company wisA
the Delaware Indians and has been confirmed by To
government. It secures tho construction or railroad
from Lcavenworth to Kansas City, and elects The -.
moval OF these Indians from Kansas
HON. BEN WOOD AT ms Posr.
Representative Ben Wood. Of Now York, appeared -
his In the House to-day, having partially rocovarsA
from hi protractcd indisposition-
HoMEsrHAps FOR soLDrsRs AND SAILORS.
Representative Juars bill. which has already passes
tho House, extending the homestead principle 70 tho f
feed OF conAseAtod lands OF Southern rebcs has
reported from the Senate Committee on PubIls Lands
without amendment