Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-02-15

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to-day, viii easily pass that body, judg-
ing from the known views of senators.
An amendment viii probably be offered
| 20 change the rate of interest to four per
cent. The senate finance committee bill
express their views thaffin the passage
! of this bill they 70 as far as they intend
4 to against contraction, and will go
against a repeal of the law which allows
tile retirement of $4,000 900 legal tenders
per month.
THE TARIFF BILL.
Commissioner Wells was before the
WAYS and means committee to-day, on
the tariff bill. Several delegates were
also heard. The measur has but one
week on which to pass and reach the
president so as TO compel his signature
or veto. After Wednesday next, he can
pocket any bill.
RECONSTRUCTION IN NORTH CAROLINA.
A dispatch from Raleigh tonight,
says IL is very doubtful If the North
Carolina legislature adopts the new
plan of reconstruction, 20 be submitted
to il by the southern governors. The
debate has lasted five days, and the
tenor of it has been against the PROPOSE
ton.
PROTEST AGAINST THE TARIFF BILL.
The New York chamber of commerce
sent on to-day an deliberately got up me-
mortal against the passage OF the tariff
bill now before congress.
THE PERJURER CONOvEH-
A motion for a new trial has been
made in the ease of Sanford Conover,
convicted yesterday of perjury in swear
ing before the house judiciary committee
last session to detailed plan involving
I jefferson Davis, Clement Clay, George
Sanders and others in g plot TO assassi-
nate President Lincoln. Conover testi-
fed in a similar manner before the COM
mission which tried the cOnspiratOrs.
sHERNLAN's FUNDING BILL.
There were several important bills in
troduced in the senate to-day. Mr.. Sher-
man reported the compound interest
funding bill. 1t authorizes tine issue of
temporary bond certificates at not ex-
eeeding three per cent. Interest, for the
redemption of compound interest notes.
THE TARIFF.
Mr.. Chandler gave notice that he
should tomorrow introduce a bill to
repeal al the existing tariff laws, and
enact in their stead a tariff Of fifty per
cent. ad valorem on all imported goods.
1A4AlMc FOh cLA Ec-IAl OF The ARMY
Mr.. Wilson introduced a resolution
providing for the appointment of a COM
mittee to examine and report upon the
claims OF loyel citizens of rebel and Dor
der states for slaves furnished to the
quartermaster department Of the United
States army in the late war. Also q bill
temporarily increasing the pay of the
army. The latter gives 33} per cent. ad-
ditiOnal pay to all officers below the rank
of majOT-generaI, for two years from
July, 1867. Il allows combinations for
ratioDs 10 those who were prisoners, OF
to the heirs Of those who died prisoners
strikes the word whit" from all mill
tia laws requires army officers to pre-
vent whipping and other corporal pun
ishment, and abOlishes peonage in
Mexico.
BANKRUPT BILL PASSED.
The bankrupt bill came up at l O'Clock
on a motion 70 reconsider, and after an
irrelevant debate was passed by % yeas
to 2Onays.
SOUHERN LOYALIST REPORTS.
In the course of debate, Mr.. DOolittle
read IA letter from a resident of Lagrange,
Texas, on the subject of the reports about
the treatment of union men in the south,
but of eX-Gov. Hamilton, of Texas, in
particular. The writer was, during the
war, an officer of the army, whose home
was in Wisconsin, and is personally
known to MIR. DO0little, who gave his
name to the senate. He charges Ham
ilton with being a licentious sort of per-
son, whose morals are more Objectionable
than his politics, where both are well
known. He alleges that Hamilton, not
many years since, brought a free colored
woman from Alabama TO Texas, and
kept her as a slave and a mistress until
be was compelled by the courts to re-
lease her, and agrees to bring the neces-
sary court records to establish the fact.
MORE BARBARIsMn FROM SUMNER.
Mr.. Sumner made half a dozen
speeches to show, or rather 10 assert,
that union men, black and white, were
being prosecuted and killed throughout
the south. When asked for his authority
be felhbaek on a bundle of letters, and
when asked for the names of the writers,
he declined to give them.
SCENE on THE PASSAGE OF HI BANK
RUPT L
The passage of the bankrupt bill was
quite an interesting and exciting scene.
The vote was at first eighteen to seven
teen. The opponents Of this bill mus
tered a man, and this killed il with a tie.
The friends of the measure reeonnoitered
the Hobbies aud found Mr.. Dooiittle, who
voted sffirmatively. The opponents
then made another effort, and once more
strangled the bill. The friends tried it
again, and this time finally and success
fully, by getting Cattel and Freling-
huysen, who had been sitting silently in
their seats to add two to the affirmative.
Sherman was absent. Wade, Trumbull,
Yates, Henderson, Brown, Hendricks
and Lane voted in the negative.
RECONSTRUCTION.
The house resumed the consideration
OF the reconstruction question as applied
to louisiana, and passed the bill lust as
it came from the New Orleans riot
committee, and as heretofore publishers
The vote stood 1l3 to IS. The republi- 1
ans veting against it were Messrs.
Baker, Bingbamal poOell from Ohio, |
Latham, Thayer and Whaley. Messrs.
Dodge, Raymond and Schenek were
present but did not VOte-the latter de-
clining on the ground that a general
reconstruction bill should be passed.
The democrats occupied ali Of the day in
debating the bill. There was an i'm
mense attendance of spectators who
a%pplauded the result. The main features
of the bill is contained in the appoint
ment of provisional governors by the
president, together with a council Of nine
who are to inaugurate the new state
governments which will be based on
suffrage, excepting those who aided the
rebellion.