The New York herald., 1866-06-28
Proposed Establishment Of Mail
Steamship Lines Between the
United States and Europe.
Passage in the House OF the Bill 70
Prevent Smuggling.
Senatorial Consideration Of the Franchise
Question in tho District Of Columbia.
Circular from the Secretary Of the Trea.
sury in Relation to Redemption
of Certificates Of indebtedness.
Gc. sc. go.
WAsHSGroy, June 81, 1868.
THE TAX BILL IN THE HOUSE.

wAsmSoroy, June 81 1868.
THE TAX BILL IN THE HOUSE.
The House to-day concurred in nearly all the senate5
amondmens 10 the Tax bill-over hundred OF them
but the larger number of verbal character
Among Others the House -concnrrcd in the amend
ment proposing tax of ten dollars instead Of four dol
lara Ter thousand cigarettes cheroos and cigars pro-
vding that corporations persons having the or
management of toll roads, ferries bridges shall
have the right to add the tax to their
rates of fare; and the amendment which in
sdect restores the income tax TO what it is The
only OF the excepted number concnrcd in is that
which pos,pones from July to August the state bank
lax. The few points of disagreement between the two
houses will be adjusted through committee OF confer
sncs.
~ sCFPRAGE IN THE DISTRICT.
The usual dulness OF the Senate somewhat dis
PEELED oday by tho consideration OF the negro suffrage
bill for the District of Columbia and the repeal Of the
law retrocedlng Alexandria to tho state OF Virginia
REDEMPTION OF CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS
The following circular issued oday by The Secrc
tsry Of tue Treasury
TREASURY DEPARTMENT Juno &C. 1886
Notice IL hereby given holders OF certificates OF in
debedness Issued Of Congress approved March
and IT, 1852 that the Secretary of the Treasury IN ac
cordance with said the tenor such certihcates
s prepared TO redeem before maturity all certificates of
indebtedness falling due in August 1858, with interest
15 1896 and hst thereafter such certificates viii cease
20 interest and viii b. paid presentation at this
Department with interest only TO said July Is
II. MoCULI.ocH Secretary Of the Treasury
THIS swseps from the market all certificates OF ndeb
sdness the amount outstanding Of which is probably
about thirty millions.
THE ADJOURNMENT OF cosGKEss.
Members or Congress differ to tho probable day OF
the adjournment Of Congress. Some of the opinion
that It will not take place for a month.
PARDON.
The Pres dent has authorized the issue Of pardon TO
Bledsoe who in the early par; OF The rebellion oc
eupied the position OF Assistant Secretary OF War in the
Confederate Cabinet This pardon was earnestly recon-
snsnded by O. Il. Browning and others.
ILLNESS OF Mr.. wAsHBUESE, or ILLINOIS.
Representative washburne, OF Illinois, who was taken
seriously III few days ago. convacsccnt and expects
in four or Ave days his scat in the House
THE ROUssRAU-GKIsSELL AFFAIR.
The general opinion on the street Is thai the invcsti
eating committee will recommend the expulsion OF
Rousseau The only thing likely to deter this action Is
che fear tha, 1t would insure his United Stacs
ssuAior
THE BLAINE-coNKLIS0 CONTROVERSY.
The Blaine -Conklng Investigating COMMITTEES are
nearly ready report and said TO have decided that
Yry's letter Blaine containing charges and imputa
vons against Conkipg is essentially untrue. The test-
damaging to Fry.
THE CHICAGO APPOINTMENTS
q finally agreed upon are-ror Postmaster, General
r O. Osborne, vice Hoard Jesse o. Norton, United
States District Attorney vice Bass; Colonel ~ r. w.
wallare ASSESSOR vice Peter Page General Charles W.
Hotchks Pension Agent vice Davis, and Colonel smith
Bank Commissioner vice Durham. Intellectual efforts
are being made to prove Hoard friend Of the admins
trston
COMBINATIONS.
Tho Senate. in executive session, yesterday confirmed
the following nominations
Corsids-George W. Bowie, OF California nj Canton;
Chas Mueller OF Ohio, at Amsterdam; David ". stro
ther OF West Virginia, at Buenos Ayres; W. r. Atwi,
OF Wisconsin, at haracaibo; George . Dodge OF YER
CaisrorI oT im,rnai Reurrw m p Knapp for the
Tenth Collection district Of Illinois; w. a haIkie, o.
9rsensburgh TOR tho Twenty first district OF Pennsyi
vania, and orrin L. Mann, for the FIRST district OF
Illinois
Threeuih district OF Pennsylvania, and Thomas orton
for the Sixth district Of Pennsylyan
Dspry PostRd~erG-Edward II. shelby, at Rome, ~
T. Moses 8 Wood, nt Clinton, ". y. Charles H. Hopkins
nj Utioa ~ " Daniel Mace, nj Lafayette, lna Wm A.
Bugh, al Berlin Green. Wisconsin
The senate confirmed to day the nomination OF John
w. Mcclure TO be Consul al Napoleon, vendee.
THE nTERIoR DEPARTMENT.
Tho friends OF Mr. o. II. Browning and other inter-
ssed parties assert that he has been offered the Interior
Department and will accept Trumbuli and Yates will
both favor his confirmation 70 get him out q the sena
torial ring
INDIAN AFFAIRS.
orton Guernsey Special Indian Commissioner, reports
TO the OF Ind Affairs under date OF Fort
sally June IL ths, councils have been held with the
tribes with which made treaties last fall They have
suffered much during the past hard winter some Of them
having actually starved 10 death but, Notwithstanding
this they have been very quiet and observed their treaty
anr haiti
Mr. Guernsey says than white would have done
under the same circumstances.
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs, In letter 10 the
Secretary Of the Interior recommends tile dismissal Of
Indian Agent Bryson Of the Smith Reservation, Call
rorn, for having inflicted capital punishment upon an
Indian who had killed another in that locality, A. there
10 no authority for agent 70 act n capital onences
where the civl Law ls 10 force.
MEDICAL ATTENDANCE OF rgErDMES IN TRNNyssEE.
In consequences or the Leg stature o Tennessee having
made provision for medical attendance on he freedmen
OF that state the Freedmsns Bureau have determined 70
dispense with the service of the medical officers o. The
Bureau 10 Tennessee Hereafter they viii be under the
control OF the state authorities
yfsaSoIAL CRISIS E1rEcTED At TAnrico, xrxrco.
The following Is q translation from a recent number
OF the fris an imperial paper published At rampico;-
Since February last the present date there have
ien this place for TuSpam and Vera cruz twenty ihou.
sand packages OF merchandise. upon which the mer.
chants of this place win lose up~srds q 500 coo for
freight alone which " dollars per package. These
losses, the disaster of Tsntoyuqua and the
further losses our merchants suffer account oi
the numerous failures in the Interior will utterly iuin
the of this place the situation s prolonged
six months more.
LAND rArESr ISSUED.
The Commissioner Of ths Land once has issued a
patent 70 J. A. sutter for the Helvetla Rancho
which covers this city Of Sacramento The principal ad.
vantage OF this will be 10 enable him o ne RECT titles "a
aaads already conveyed
RECOGNITION or A CONSUL.
IF psckw hAs bssa rsAasniDd ~ The Prssdani a