The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-06-23

Washington Specials.
NEW York, June 22,-The morning
papers contain the following special
dispatches from Washington:
The President will place no obstacle
in the transmission of the constitution
al amendment just passed by Congress
to the Governors of the several States
He will probably respond to the con-
gressional resolution requesting him to
do so by disayowing all agreement or
acquiesence in its provisions.
The Ways and Means Committee are
holding daily sessions, and hope to
complete the tariff bill by Saturday.
They are said to have agreed upon the
recommendation of an increase of fifty
per cent. on the duty on imported CT
gars, wines and liquors, and will prob
ably add eleven and a half cents per
pound to the present tax on imported
wool. An equal increase on all inn
ported goods would in this case be nee
essary.
Since the commencement of the war
all the provisions affecting our impor-
tations have taken effect from the day
of their passage, excepting that of July,
1862.
Mr.. washburne, from the Congress
sional Committee to investigate the
Memphis riots, in private conversation
reports that deplorably bad condition
OF things exists in Memphis. The tenn
per and feeling of the people is as bad,
if not worse, than at any previous pc
Rod since the outbreak of the rebellion.
He believes that nothing but strong
military government will preserve the
peace in that district for years to come.
The committee examined one hundred
and seventy witnesses, whose testimony
will probably cover 1000 pages OF man
uscript.
The committee hope to report within
n fortnight.
The Committee on Claims reported n
case to-day which establishes a prece-
dent in certain respects for the reissue
of lost coupon bonds. 1t appears that
gentleman of Maine lost $500 bond
but subsequently. recovered it in u mu-
tilated and damaged condition, together
with ID of the coupons. He asks Con-
gress to authorize the Secretary to re-
issue the bond and coupons. The
committee recommend that on the
assurance of the mutilation of bond
new bond be issued without coupons;
that the Is coupons attached to the old
bond be held valid, and that they can
not authorize the reissue of coupons
supposed to be lost, for there is no evil
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 destruction.
The Conkling-Fry investigating COM
mittee have closed the evidence, and
Mr.. Shellabarger, the chairman, is en-
gagged in writing the report. There has
been good deal of important informa-
ton elected in regard to the manner in
which the affairs of the provost mar
shal's Office were conducted, and also
in reference to the bounty jumping
business generally. Most of the evil
dence will be very damaging to the
head of that bureau. 1t is understood
that this report will be severe on Fry.
Quite number of nominations of
postmasters which have accumulated
before the Senate Postofffce Committee,
were to-day indefinitely postponed,
which is equivalent to defeat. A large
number of other nominations of vari-
Gus kinds Will remain Enacted upon.
The President has committed the
death sentence of a South Carolinian.
convicted of killing negro soldiers
while on duty. The evidence against
the parties was purely circumstantial.
The Star says the Republicans in
Congress are waiting to hear from Ten
nessee before fixing day for adjourn
ment; should the convention in that
State ratify the amendment, the Sena-
tors and Representatives will be admit
ted at once, and desire to do this
prompts the delay.
The Commissioner of Agriculture is
in receipt of several very superior sam
pies of cotton grown in California and
the Pacific Islands, which certainly
give evidence of n promising future for
those localities in the production of
this Indispensable staple. One pack
age contains n specimen from 10000
pounds of upland cotton, grown by
Messrs. LiverniCSe Il Chester, at Fort
TETON, Los Angeles county, California,
the WELD of ll5 acres, the seed ofwhich
having been put in so late that the early
frost destroyed Il majority of the balls.
About 400 acres in all were planted last
year, and the lot referred to above sold
for p cents per pound. in gold, as al
ready stated.
coed against delinquent and defaulting
postmasters in the lately rebellious
States. The total amount of this class
of Indebtedness is about $500, 600, of
which 500, 900 has been paid on demand,
and nearly the same amount put in
process of collection. The general de-
fence set up by such pOstmasterS is
that they should be credited with stamps
which they turned over to the Confed-
crate Government.
Mr.. Cohen, of Savannah, member
elect to the House of Representatives,
claims over s., 900, and Mr.. Galloway,
of Memphis, over 80, 600.
The postmaster Mt Mobile has paid
over S12, 900 under protest, intending to
institute suit for its recovery. 1t is
generally believed that nearly the
whole amount can be collected, as the
Government will have the advantage
of very stringent attachment law,
passed in view ofsuch Indebtedness.