The Portland daily press., 1867-07-22

WASHINGTON, July 70
a 1 The President re i to-day nominated Horace
ton having been made to consideration Of the
subject 1t vent over under the rules. .--e
The Senate took no definite action on the
nomination of Col Capron as Commissioner of
Agriculture John Netherland, of Texas, was
confirmed as Minister to Bolivia. Also, the
following Consuls: BENZ. Trip, Jr., Of Mass,
at Santiago, Cape Verde Islands; stephen
Higginson, of Mass, at Batavia; Mcleod
Murphy, at TObascoi Rufus Mead, OF VT, at
Guayaauil A. Lacombe, at Porto Cabello; j.
Gonzales, at Martinique
Minister and Marcus Otterburg as Secretary of
Legation to Mexico. Also, Z. c. LOOMS as
fore the President could receive information OF
those and other reflections. ngH s.il't y
The following nominations were confirmed !:
Postmaster, Sam! B. Morgan, at West Meri-
den, Conn; David Tallmadge, Commissioner
on the part of the United States under the
treaty with Venezuela. John B. Pennington
was rejected as U. s. Marshal OF Delaware.
and L. Scott Stewart as Consul to Osaca, lap,
an Also, the following Inspector Generals OF
the Army with the rank of Lieut.. CoioneI'
Major Nelson III. Davis Major Totem ana ma
jor Roger Jones. Surgeon J. II. Baxter, U. s.
N, late Chief Medical Officer OF the PROVOST
Marshal Generals Bureau, was confirmed as
Medical Purveyor of the Army with rank OF
Lieut.. COlOuel. -A
The Presidents message to the House to-
day. stated that the publication of the Cabinet
proceedings on the Interpretation of the re-
construction acts made in June, was by proper
authority. Other questions arising from these
acts have been under consideration, upon
which, however, no final conclusion was
reached M publication in reference to them
has been authorized by him, but should it at
any time be deemed proper and advantageous
to the interests of the country to make public
thQcQ nt 1arn Is,anc nf <1aN
public, authority for their publication will be
given by the President He encloses copy of
the instructions based on the Executive de-
cision.
The House to-day directed the Judiciary
Committee to report forthwith the testimony
in the impeachment case. The chairman Of
the committee Immediately collected the man
uscripts and had them filed on his desk, in or
der at the proper time to respond to the call.
but the resolution of Mr. Covode, requiring
the reports of the minority to be printed in the
testimony, interviewed, and the House, pending
its consideration, adjourned, SO the report was
not submitted Several copies of the printed
testimony had found their way into the hands
were, as far as possible recalled. The Judic-
larry Committee held a meeting and declared
that, in view Uf the facts which transpired in
the House, the injunction of secrecy is still
continued regarding the evidence. NJ
The census OF the Cherokee nation amounts
w Ohy Ao,hoo, iduiuS Ou IA ZOtUUV
Chief Justice Chase has decided that the
right of the United States to collect internal
revenue taxes on lotteries does not authorize
the carrying on of such affairs when the laws
of States declare them illegal. pauly
The U. s. steamers Iraquous, Unadilla and
Aroostook were at Simon's Bay, South Africe,
May 18th. Capt English, of the former, re-
ports that the deaths from yellow fever at Maui
ritius, according to news received at SmOn's
Bay, had reached 1000. iu b5l.l sl. 4
A dispatch to the State Department reports
volcanic eruption on the Island of Terceira
one of the Azores. Several villages had suf-
fered from earthquakes, but no lives were lost
The volcano was in action on the 9th Of June.
The receipts from internal revenue for the
week were 1920, 367. nGl45. sapsIs1a .sl.i,.
Speaker Colfax, Senators Wade and Sumner
and Thaddeus Stevens were serenaded to-
night: The latter is i'll and was unable to re-
spOnd. - sf 49,
III WASHINGTON, July 81.
The latest official accounts from Crete give
terrible reports of the cruelties of the Turks
Omar Pasha, in retaliation for the severe pun-
ishment of one of his spies, crucifed Greek
Priest. He besieged a cavern, in which the
Greek women and children had taken refuge,
and closing it with stones, left them to die OF
starvation. he boasts that he will extermfnate
the Cretans. There is, however, no probabili-
ty of the success of Omar Pasha. 49,