The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1866-07-07


proper regard for the letter and spirit of
the Constitution, as well as the interests
of national order, harmony and union,
and Difference to an enlightened pub
lie judgment, may at this time well sug-
gest doubt whether any amendment to
the Constitution ought to be proposed
by Congress and pressed on the Legisla-
lures of the several States. for final de-
cision, until after the admission of such
Senators and Representatives OF the now
unrepresented States as have been or
may hereafter be chosen in conformity
with the Constitution and laws of the
United States. a
Signed, ANDREW JOHNSON,
.aE5sS' .n.nsa r- President.
BY the President, WIN. II. SEWARD.
. g,'. r- Secretary of State.
WASHINGTON, June 26th.
The Senate has passed the House bill
extending the Freedmen's Bureau, with
several amendments, for two years,
which it sends back to the House for its
concurrence. 1t also refused by yeas IL,
nays 10, to take up the Niagara ship
canal bill, which disposes of the matter
for this session. The Senate also passed
the House bill creating the Office of Sur
veyor General of Idaho Territory, and
also the House bill making the legisla-
tive session of Washington Territory
biennial, and increasing the compensa-
ton of members.
The Conference committee on the joint
resolution for the relief of Goodrich and
Corning, for carrying the mails from
Boise city to Idaho city, made report
reducing the amount from $4,000 to
$4,000 which was agreed to. ... ,:
The Conference committee ON the bill
for the transportation of nitro-glycerine,
reported an amendment extending the
provision to nitroleum, or blasting or
nitrate oil, or powder, mixed with such
oil or substance, changing the penalty
from $500 to not less than 81 900, nor
more than $4,000. ard requires the sub
stance to be surrounded by plaster OF
Paris or other material that will be non
explosive when saturated with such oil
or substance. The amendments were
agreed to, and the bill as amended was
agreed. .-s.
The Tax bill with 665 Senate amend
ments, was taken up in the House, and
Morrill, wanted the whole subject sent
! to the Conference committee at once, but
| the House preferred to act on the amend
ments, and the bill was accordingly re-
| ferred to the Ways and Means commit
| tee for report The House then, by a
vote of SO against 36 passed the Senate
bill heretofore telegraphed in full to
amend the Pacific Railroad act A long
| poia 70 n
being participated in by Stevens, Wilson
of Iowa, Dawes, Highly and Kasson
Stevens explained that the first section
was simply due to the Kansas division
from its having been heretofore manipu
lated and betrayed by operators now in
terested in the Omaha branch, and thai
the second section was Il perfect fraud
perpetrated in the report of the Confer
ence committee of last Congress, where
by the California company was prohibit
ed from coming eastward more than Isl
miles. The following voted nay on tn.
passage of the above bill
| Messrs. Alley, Allison, Ames, Baldwin
Banks, Blaine, Boutwell,, Chandler
Cooke, Davis, Dawes, Deming Elliot
Eldridge, Grinnell, Holmes, Hooper
Hubbard of Conn, Humphreys, Julian
Marston, Patterson, Perham, Pike, Price
Randford, Rice of Maine, Rice of Mass
Wentworth, Wilson of Iowa, and Wins
low.
The House committee on claims, to
} day, by vote of 4 to decided to post
pone until next December, any furthe
consideration of the Senate bill for relic
! of fba iron cIad cont trocfprc
The Senate in executive session con
firmed Gen. D. II. Strother as consul a
Buenos Ayres, Gen E. NJ Dodge, consu
at Bremen, Gen. Dodge is candidat
for Congress in Iowa The Senate ais
confirmed Daniel Mace as Postmaster a
Lafayette, Ind, Gen. o. l.. Mann, collet
tor of Internal Revenue at Chicago, an
rejected Shoemaker of wax flower notc
riety for collector of Philadelphia.
t. WASHINGTON, June, 9th.
The Senate in executive session r,
| jected every nomination for collector
and assessors of Internal Revenue j
, Tennessee, also sent back large bate
i Ief breyst promotions in the regular arm
: to have the dates corrected so that b,
reaa officers, &C., shall not outrank thos
/. who served in the field. oo.,
, WARRINGTON, June 2Sth.
5 The Senate passed the bill heretofol
9 noticed to regulate the sale of miners
f lands.
0 The House was occupied all the da
/ on the Senate amendments to the ia
f bill, and finally asked for committee
: conference, the principal points of di
y agreement being the cotton tax, incom
j, &c. ..yr ,-..
# The House passed the Senate bill
+ create an additional land Office in Or
: gon, also, with amendment, the Senat
= bill granting certain lands in Nevada.
). The House discussed the tariff bill Sc
e eral hours, developing the fact that the
I'll will be a strenuous effort to get IL
+ duties on coal and iron raised. Tha
l. Stevens said he looked on it as a FRI
y trade bill from beginning to end.
n The Commercials money article sa,
J. the supply of money is still largely
e excess of the demand. Gold is aga
f. rather frmer, owing to the security pr
d duced by speculative holders and Il
g liberal demand for customs duties. Go
l. ernment's are one-eighth to one-four
4. higher, with moderate demand from ft
n eign bankers, supposed to be for shi
N ment. ~ ,..5 ..
OIL Propositions will soon be introduced
~, | Tor, rrroso aouaIiz,pp tho dicpapsafion