The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-03-06
From Washington.

Special dispatches from washington say
| the report of the International revenue Com
mission on distilled spirits IS ready. They
recommend a decrease of tax from So to ST
per gallon. They advert at length to the
| frauds committed on the revenue BY small
manufacturers and anticipate that thew will
be diminished by the reduction of the duty.-
At one dollar duty they expect revenue of
S5O,Oo0OO0 from this source. il@ y
The President has appointed W, T. Coggs-
well, OF Ohio, Minister to Ecuador, vice Has
sanOck, resigned. % "
Gen. Meade's name will be before the Dem
ocratic Convention of PENNSYLVANIA, for Gov
ernor, this week, it is said with his consent.
Disbursement transfers of the Treasury for
ten days preceding March LIST, were S51 ,O00,-
900. ..Ie
A German named Sturz has made prOpO-
sition to the Secretary of the Treasury for the
issue of land bonds or land scrip of the Unit
ed States for sale in Europe, which. he says,
are eagerly desired in Germany, and will en-
ormously increase the emigration.
1t is generally conceded that the Blaine
amendment to the Constitution will be defeat
ed in the Senate A full Senate contains so
members, and II votes will kill the amend
ment, being more than one-third. The eleven
Democratic Senators will nquestionably vote
against it, as will also, it is alleged the follow
ing named Senators: Sumner, Dixon, Nor
gan, Cowan, Wiley, Van Wrinkle, Henderson
and Stewart, making 10 in all. The remain
ing III there is good reason to believe will all
vote for the amendment.
to the admission of Tennessee from the Joint
committee on construction to-day, were &C
companied by various papers, including the
memorials of the representatives elect. Cooper,
Seftwick, Stokes and Maynard of that State
addressed the Senate and House of Represen-
tatives. They say the government of Tennes-
see is republican in form as we'll as in spirit,
and ask that the same be recognized and prop
erly guaranteed as the true State of Tennes-
see. g
The report gives the testimony of Brev.
Gen. Hatcher, who has been in service in
Tennessee. He says leaving out the eastern
portion of the State he should think it was
largely opposed to the general government,
that there is no good feeling toward the govern
ment, and very little good feeling except in
eastern Tennessee. The public sentiment in
the latter is in the main loyal. He considers
west Tennessee is disloyal as Mississippi. East
TENNESSEE the only portion of the State from
which the U. s. troops can be withdrawn with
safety. ''e''4s
Gen. Thomas testiies that he does not think
it would be safe at this time to remove the
troops or withdraw martial law, or restore the
writ of habeas corpus. The full extent of east
Tennessee is perfectly sale, because the Union
element preponderates. Middle Tennessee
is disturbed by personal luminosity and hatred
much more than by the disloyalty of persons
against the United States. The Union men
in west Tennessee are in minority, but the
Union sentiment is gradually approaching a
good loyal standard. % IL 81 u ,.,>, 4
Gen. Fisk testiies that he has half a million
oftreedmen under his charge. The great mass
OF them are in good condition, and improve,
but they need the protection OF the govern
ment as much on account of the opposition
manifested against them as from injustice to
the negro. Those who evince that hostility to
these persons say that they should be entirely
driven from the State, and oppose the educa-
ton of the negro and his obtaining Justice be.
fore the law. All the freedmen in Tennessee
who are able bodied procure employment.
The military should not be withdrawn nor
martial law be removed, or the writ of habeas
| corpus be at present restored. As to LOYALTY
the majority of the people in Tennessee is op-
posed to the government. If every man
should vote as he pleased this fact would be
manifested. i,-
Col. VIM. Spence, u. S. Senator elect. Pat
terson and Others testify to the same effect.
| Representative Rogers presented minority
report.
Gen. Joseph e. Johnston arrived TODAY to
testify before the Committee on Reconstruc-
| ton. s+e37l H'''TIIfi
The Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to
resolution of the House, reports the expen-
ditures for advertising at $11 ,572 for the year
| 1865.
The Senate in Executive Session to-day con-
firmed several Indian treaties 4 All geg +. efr
The U. 5. Supreme Court to-day decided
the case OF the ship Cheshire and appellants
against the United States, on appeal from the
| U. 5. Circuit Court for the Northern District
of New York. The Court held that the ship
and cargo were rightly condemned by the
| Court below, and that although the vessel was
loaded at Liverpool, and the destination pro-
tessed to be Nassau, the intention to break the
blockade was be presumed from the place and
circumstances of the capture. f,,1,. :, 49,. {