The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-06-23
New. from New York.

NEwYoRK, June 22.-The morning pa
pefs contain the following special dis
/ Fpatehes from Washington: q. b.
+ The President will place no obstacle
ia the transmissiop of the constitutional
amendment just passed by Congress, to
the Governors of the several States. He
viii probably respond to the Congress.
sionar resolution requesting him to do so
by disayowing all agreement or acquies-
snce in its provisions. rl.E.a al
| 0 The Ways and Means Committee are
Kidding daily sessions and hope to com
plete the tariff bill by Saturday. They
are said to have agreed upon the recon-.
mendation of an increase of so per cent.
on the duty on imported cigars, wines
and liquors, and will probably add elev.
-enIand a half cents per pound to the
present tax on imported wool. An equal
increase on all imported goods, would,
in this case, be necessary, Since the
commencement Of the war alt provisions
affecting, our importations have taken
effect from the day of their passage, ex-
cepting that of July, 1862. n0-s
Mr. Washburne, from the Congressional
committee to investigate the Memphis
riots, in private conversation, reports
that deplorable bad condition Of things
exists in Memphis. The temper and
feeling of the people is as bad, if not
worse, than at any previous period since
the outbreak of the rebellion. He be-
lieves that nothing but strong military
Government will preserve the peace in
that district for years to come. The com.
mittee examined one hundred and sew
enty witnesses whose testimony will
probably cover 1900 pages of manu-
script. The committee hopes to report
within a fortnight.
The committee on Claims reported
case to-day which establishes prece-
dent, in certain respacts, for the reissue
of lost coupon bonds. 1t appears that
gentleman, of Maine, lost $500 bond,
but subsequently recovered it in q mutt
lated and damaged condition, together
with thirteen of the coupons. He asks
Congress to authorize the Secretary to
reissue the bond and coupons. The
committee recommend that, on the as.
surance of the mutilation of the bond, a
new bond be issued without coupons;
that the thirteen coupons attached to the
old bond be held valid, and that they
cannot authorize the reissue of coupons
supposed to be lost, for there is no eyi
dence but that they may be still in ex-
istence. The last point settles great
many applications for the reissue of lost
coupon bonds, where the applicants
cannot give satisfactory proof of their
total destrnctiOn
The Conkling Fry nsestigating COM
mittee have closed the evidence, and Mr..
Shellabarger, the Chairman, is engaged
in writing the report.
There has been a good deal of impor-
tant information elected in regard to
the manner in which the affairs ofthe pro-
yost marshall's office was conducted; al
On in reference to the bounty jumpers bu.
siness generally. Most of the evidence
will be very damaging to the head of
that bureau 1t is understood that this
report will lie severe on Fry.
Quite number of nominations Of
postmasters, which have accumulated be.
fore the Seuate Postoffice Committee,
were to-day indefinitely postponed,
which is equivalent to defeat. A large
number Of other nominations Of various
kinds will remain unacted upon.
The President has commuted the
death senterces Of South Carolinians
convicted of the murder of negro soldiers,
while on duty The evidence against
the parties was purely circumstantial
As already stated, the Government is
preparing to proceed against delinquent
and defaulting post masters in the late
ly rebellious States The total amount
of this class of indebtedness is about
100000, of which 100000 has been
paid on demand, and nearly the same
amount put in process Of collection
The general defence set up by such post
masters is that they should be credited
with the stamps which they turned
over to the Confederate Government.
A Washington special to the CONNER
cial says: The friends of Freeman Clark
are confident that they will be tri:.
umphantly sustained by the report of
the House Committee Ou Banks, and
that Secretary McCnlloch will be shown
to have been iguorant Of large sums on
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