Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-04-05
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IHs DISPATCHES OF FHE ASSOCIATED PRESs
From WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON. April A Republican Senator
remarked to-day that he was well assured proc
lamation Of universal amnesty will soon be is-
sued
The Hon. E. A Rollins. Commissioner Of Inter
nal Revenue yesterday decided that all persons
who are required to take out licenses under the
Internal Revenue laws must give new bonds
before receiving licenses for the ensuing year.
i,Another invoice OF goods. amounting IN value
to 5000, from the Freedmen's Aid Society Of
Bedford, England. and consigned to the President
of the National Freedmen S Relief Association
in New York, has just been received by the Sc
cretary Of the Treasury. who has directed their
admission into port free of duty.
The House Committee on Commerce will to-day
consider Mr.. Eggleston's bill further TO provide
for the safety Of the lives Of passengers on board
Of vessels propelled by steam, and to regulate the
salaries Of steamboat inspectors, &c. few uR-
important amendments are suggested, but the bill
will likely be reported by the committee substan
TALLY as il was introduced by Mr.. Eggleston.
The question Of protecting the rights of Amer
lean fishermen is already becoming serious one.
The Government has dispatched two vessels to
the fishing grounds and will probably send ano-
ther. Sir Frederick Bruce has had or two
interviews with Mr.. Seward on the subject.
Alex. H. Stephens of Georgia, is in the city,
and speaks calmly but eneouragingly of the con-
diton of society and the tone of pubic opinion of
that State. The labor question is fast adjusting
itself, and less luminosity exists between blacks
and whites than Northern people generally sup
pose. As an evidence of this he cites the fact
that the Georgia Legislature passed an act pro-
viding, in few words, that freedmen shall have
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sue and be sued, to testify in courts, and to be
submitted to the same punishments for like of
lenses as whites; the same statutes apply to
blacks and whites. and the same courts take cog
nizance of the offenses. No distinction is made
on account of race or color, so that all stand
equal before the law. Beyond this, however. Mr..
Stephens asserts that the people of Georgia desire
nothing SO much as their practical restoration to
the Union, and that they honestly intended to
adapt themselves to the new condition by which
they are surrounded, and make good their pro-
fessions of sincerity.
The Senate by vote Of 10 to II day, again
refused to go into joint session for a choice of
Senators.
The President has proclaimed the treaty with
the various bands of Dacotah or Sioux Indians,
for the preservation of bands and their removal
from the overland routes. Publication has here
tofore been made with the other Indians of that
tribe as a separate band for precisely the same OBJ
ject.
Yesterday large number of post offices were
re-opened in South Carolina. North Carolina.
Louisiana and Texas.
The President has recognized Isadore Miller as
consul from Spain.
The House Committee on Freedmen's Affairs
considered a new bill this evening. There is a
prospect of an attempt to pass it through the
House.
1t is understood that the Hon. Chauneey NJ.
Dcpew has been appointed Collector of New \ ork
The veto of the civil rights bill will be taken up
tomorrow. If Senator Wright is able to attend
it will be sustained.
Senator Brown has been appointed Chairman OF
the Senate Committee on Public Building in place
Of the late Senator Foote.