The daily mountaineer. (Dalles, Or.) 1861-1866, 1866-03-17
of Telegraphic News.
TCoMpMED FROM rnE OREeoNIAN-l
DATES TO mARCH IA.


heads of departments. |
Mr.. Spaulding, of Ohio, explained t,,nat the |
joint resolution offered by himself for taxa
tion of national carrency, havidg been char
acterized as rank reputation, lie wished to
say that nothiRg was further from his mind
than oiHjue the national credit, which he
regarded as the apple of'his eye. The object
'of, the proposition was simply to permit
.greenbacks to be taxed in his State lust as
State bank notes have heretofore been taxed.
die did not intend the resolution to apply to
dnterest bearing bonds.
Mr.. Stevens confessed that when he made
the remark complaining of it he was not
fully aware of the object, and his remark
was inapplicable.
The House proceeded to consider the bill
to protect military officers from civil prose-
cution for acts done during the rebellion by
virtue OF military authority pr necessity.
Mr.. Cook, of Illinois, advocated the bill,
saying it was similar to the act of 1868, ap-
proved by President Lincoln, aud that the
Governments bound toprotect these officers.
Mr.. Harding, of Kentucky, opposed it, and
made a speech to show how the act could be
used to protect the most despotc and out
rageous abuses. Further consideration of
the bill was postponed till Tomorrow
The Speaker presented the resolution of
Oregon Legislature regarding the tax on
mining claims. 1t was referred to the COM
mittee on mines and mining The Speaker
also presented resolution of the Oregon
Legislature relating to the annexation of
Walla Walla county, Washington Territory,
to that State. Referred to the committee on
ATerritories.
Mr. Salisbury, of Delaware, appeared on
the floor of the Senate to-day in such an Of
fensive condition of drunkenness that he had
to be removed.
The committee on public lands reported
that the proposed equalization of soldiers
bounties by the issue of landwarrsnts would
secure one-fourth of the public domain for
that purpose the effect of which would be
to reduce the value of land warrants, stimu-
late speculation to most alarming extent,
check emigration and practically defeat the
purpose of the Homestead law. The com.
mittee therefore ask reference of the whole
matter to the Military committee, with the
recommendation that the committee report
O bill for the equalization of bounties in
money or the issue of bonds.
The army bill, as it finally passed tie SEN
ate to day, provides for len white and two
colored regiments of cavalry, forty two
white and eight colored regiments of infan-
try, and one thousand Indian scouts for from
tier service: all companies, in time of peace,
to be minimum one-third artillery regi-
ments remain unchanged, and officers above
the grade of lieutenant are to be from West
Point, the remainder, volunteers who have
creditably served two years. The veteran
reserve corps is thrown overheard. The bill
goes to the House, where another is pending
more favorable to volunteers.
Boston, March 14.-Jared Sparks, the his
torian, and ex-President of Harvard College,
died at Cambridge this morning, of pneu-
monia. i'gt ft.1' 3,@ :
San Francisco, March l5.-Just before the
Montana sailed this morning, the men were
engaged in taking freight, when a box con-
tanning some kind of chemicals, suddenly ex-
ploded as it was being lowered into the ship 8
hold, with loud noise, and volumes of
flame shot out in every direction, threaten
ing to set the ship on fire. The flames were
extinguished, however, before any consider
able damage was done. The steamer pro.
ceeded to sea. 3 &tEF3 NNf sf-sl
The steamer Sierra Nevada, 55 hours from
Portland. arrived here to-day noon. She
brings $50 500 in treasure
By the steamer Golden Age we have Gem
trail American dates to March lst The Pan.
anna Herald says the engineer entrusted with
the survey of the passage Supposed to exist
between the Tagus and the Ottroto rivers,
with view to opening an inter oceanic
communication, has returned and been quite
successful. The line of steamers between
Panama and Australia will commence run
ming in June next Three hundred persons,
mostly Californians, left Panama on Febru-
ary 18th for the New Grenada mines. Pan,
anna has been considerably excited over the
alleged fitting out OF the steamer Uncle Sam
as a eupply ship for the Spanish feet. The
vessel was recently sold by the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company to j. s. Herman h Co.,
who loaded her with nrov;sinnof atc HI.