The daily mountaineer. (Dalles, Or.) 1861-1866, 1866-05-13
4ailp Wonatalucer.
Epitome OF Telegraphlc News.
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DATEs TO MAY s.

tax bill since report G it, and have there
fore had the bill reprinted. Among the
changes, the gross receipts o!'express and 4
telegraph companies is reduced from to
S per cent. t 4
The Senate Committee on Public Lands
reported on the Sd inst in favor of granting
lands to aid in the construction of military
road in Oregon.
The House passed bill establishing bien-
NAL Sc .sious of he Legisla ure ot.Washing-
ton Territory and dopbl'ng the pay of mem
bers there of. t.
A stormy debate WAS had on the army ap- ,
priatou bill on the 81 Senator CONFESS
advocated an anne dment requiring the Quar-
termaster's Department TO purchase blan- [
kets in San Francisco to supply the Pacific
Department, and spoke highly of the supe-1
rior quality and cheapness OF the blankets
made there. He finally withdrew his amend
ment on the suggestion of Senator Sherman,
who said the desired end could be reached
. by receiving the proposals, to be advertised
ia California, and leaving competition the
same Us now.
Washington, May 5.-The bill revising the
grade of General, passed the House with
only eleven dis ,cntiug votes. rs |
s, An amendment offered by Stevens OF Penn
sylvania, providing hat. the vacant office Of
I.entenant-G General shall not be filled during |
OCOtt y llle, WAS pEolnptt1 iCJONbou' AhS Nv /
bate was highly eulogistical.
The House debated the reconstruction re- |
port, fine speerhes were made. Raymond Of
New York expressed his Qualification that the
committee had their entire scheme. With
one exception, the propositions were such
ss he approved The first rcasserted the
principles of the vii Rights bill, which he
favored thoroughly and heartily. The sec
ond proposition had also been before the
House, for it's action, but in form which he
: could not then support-a form recognize
log by implication the right of each State
to disfranchi,e portion of its citizens, on
account of race or color. In its present form
he would support it,. The third SECTION,
however, ii it was adopted by Congress,
woald defeat the whole, for no Southern
State would then ratify it, and their people
would be fools if they did. While not will
ing to make these propositions conditions
precedent to Southern representation, he
tRaymond) was willing TO vote that all ex-
cept the third section, should be passed by
Congress and submitted to the States for ra-
tifca.ion. He expressed belief that all
States to be affected, should be now repre-
sented, but did not hold it essential to the
validity Of Congressional action, that they
should thus be represented.
Wilson, of Iowa, called Raymond TO ac-
count abont some Inconsistency between his
position on the pending measure and his Po-
siiion on the civil rights bill.
.Rax9ond, u cknowedging the interest taken
in his record oy the gentleman from Iowa,
explained it to be no inconsistency at all.
Stevens, of Penn, gave notice that at three
o'clock tomorrow he would call the previous
question, and ask vote on the joint resolu-
rion. A strong effort will be made to throw
out the third section, and prominent Repub-
licans to- night believe the effort will prevail
Ncw York May 5.-The Commercial ADDER
tiser's special dispatch saws: The Presden,
stated that he should veto the bill for the nd
mission of Colorado.
Washn ton, May The Senate yesterday
confirmed Hon. Lewis D. Campbell as Minis
ter TO the Republic Of Mexico, also the fol-
lowing brevet Major Generals in the regular
army: Irwin Mcdowell, John Hope, Olive
.. Howard, Joseph Hooker Winfield Scott
Hancock H. Garfield, Alfred H. Terry, Ed dwir
U. @. Bond, Edward O. Candy, s. s. Fry, L
ID. Townsend, Jos. Holt, Richard DeaBeld
lIardee w. s. Ketchum, Saml. p. Heintzel
man, and W. p Kenny.
Both Houses passed q resolution extending
tho time for the completion OF the first hun
dred miles Of the eastern division of tn
Union Pacific Railroad for two years. Th
time for the Northern Pacific Railroad on al
IL, sections. ~
The committee of conference having agree
jon IN amendatory babeas corpus act, It tpasse
both houses, and only awaits the signatur
Of the President. 1t protects every Office
who, while acting under orders, made wha
~ generally known rs arbitrary arrests durin
the war, and also removes all such suits frOr
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