Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-06-23
The Constitutional Amendment and
IAAa President


The constitutional Amendment and
tie President
WASHINGTON, June 22.-The President
will place no obstruction in the transmission
of the Constitutional Amendment Just passed
by Congress, to the Governors of the several
States. He will probably respond to the
Congressional resolution, requesting him to
do so, by disclaiming all agreement or ac-
quiescence in the provisions.
The T;srisT BiiI.
The Ways and Means Committee are
holding daily sessions, and hope to complete
the Tariff bill by Saturday. They are said
to have agreed on recommending an increase
Of 90 per cent. n.the duty of imported
cigars, wines and liquors, and will probably
i'd liz cents per pound on the present tax
on imported wool. An equal increase on all
imported wooden fabrics would, in this case,
be necessary. The question of giving sixty
or ninety DAYS notice for the proposed Tariff
bill is provoking discussion. The general
tariff of 1913 went into execution on and
after the day of its passage. All special
tariff bills, except that of July, 1862, also
went into immediate operation. Some of
them were quite general in their character,
and that of April, 1864, was entirely so.
Since the commencement of the war, all
provisions affecting our importations have
taken effect from the day of their passage,
excepting that of July, 1862, of which a
very short notice was given.
The Schenck Army Bill.
Which passed the House to-day, by vote
of 20 to 40, will undoubtedly be killed in
the Senate. Many of its provisions were
hastily passed over on this suppOsition, and
the indifference manifested 10 its fate in the
House is supposed to have arisen in q
knowledge of the forthcoming action Of the
Senate.
The Memphis Riots.
Mr.. WAsHBURNE, from the Congressional
Committee to investigate the Memphis riots,
in private conversation reports that de-
plorable bad condition of things exist 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 re-
belliOn. He believes that nothing but
strong military government will preserva
the peace in that district for years to come
The committee examined ITO witnesses,
whose testimony will probably cover 1000
pages of manuscript. The committee hope
to report within q fortnight.
Lost Coupon Bonds.
The Committee on Claims to-day reported
a case which establishes a precedent in GER
tain respects for. the reissue of lost coupon
bonds. 1t appears that a gentleman in
Maine lost a $500 bond, but subsequently,
recovered it in Il mutilated and damaged
condition, together with thirteen of the cou-
pons. He asks Congress to reissue the bonds
and coupons. The committee recommended
that on the surrender of the mutilated bond
a new one be issued with coupons; that the
thirteen coupons attached to the old bond
be held as valid, and that they cannot au-
thorize the reissue Of the coupons supposed
to be lost, for there is no evidence that they
may not be in existence. The last point
settles great many applications for the re-
issue of lost coupon bonds where the appli-
cant cannot give satisfactory proof of their
total destruction. The House agreed to the
above report.
Presidential Nominations.
The President sent to the Senate for con-
firmatiOn the following nominations for
postmasters Hon. Roscoe CoNKLING, Dis
trict of New York A. SHELLY, Rome, and
MORRIS S. WOoD Clinton. No other NOM
nations were made.
The COnkIing-Fry Investigating Com
mittee
Have closed the evidence, and Mr.. SHELLA-
BARGER, the Chairman, is engaged in wri-
ting the report. There has been a good
deal ofimportant information elected in re-
gard to the manner in which Fry carried
on the Provost MarshaPs office, and also in
reference to the bounty jumping business
generally. Most of the evidence will be
very damaging to the head of the Bureau,
and it is understood the report will be Sc