The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-02-14
BY TELEGRAPH.
washington News and Gossip.

WASHINGTON, February 13.EThe bill OF
the House to make the Government printer
elective by Congress, instead Of appointive
by the President, was reported, so amend
ed as to place the election with the Senate
alone. This Is done to make the office per-
petual, as all offices fthe Senate are.
The Senate Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions will report againsC the confirmation
of Hugh Ewing, ofOhio, as Minister to the
Hague, and tavOrably on JnO. Geys as Min
ister to Liberia, and S. 5. Sanford as Minis
ter to Brussels.
The Ways and Means Committee are
raising nearly all items in the Senate tariff
bill. This morning they struck out the
clause permitting the Pacific Railway Com
pany to use foreign iron.
Hon. George Bancroft has declined the
nomination of Collector of CustomAat Bos-
ton, and his name was withdrawn from the
Senate to-day. Hon. ID. w. Gooch. a mem
Der from Massachusetts,, in the Thirtieth
Congress, and Mr.. Clifford. Boston lawyer,
are strongly urged for the Collectorship.
SOUTHERN suBJUeAT1oN.
The House, to-day. after long struggle,
finally passed the bill to provide for the
more efficient government of the insurrec-
tionary States by military force, virtually
in the shape in which it was reported from
the Joint Committee on Resolutions on
February 5.
Ten amendments were pending to the
bill, but the House, to-day, acted on only
one of them. This one was prepared by
Mr.. Blaine, of Maine, and provided that
when the South should ratify the pending
constitutional amendment, and then pass
State laws for universal suffrage, the said
States should be entitled to representation.
The discussion was exciting and the
scene boisterous. Thad. Stevens closed the
debate, urging the bill as it stood, and de-
nouncing all of the proposed amendments.
There was quite scene while he was
speaking; nearly all of the members left
their seats and gathered around him. He
was quite severe on Mr.. Banks speech made
the other day. When he finished, the vote
was taken, and the bill passed by 109 TO 90.
Mr.. Bingham voted for the bill. The Re-
publicans who voted against it were
Messrs. Banks, Baker, Davis, Detrees,
Dodge, Kelso, Latham, Loan, Raymond,
Stillwell, John Thomas and Frank Thomas,
of Maryland.
The Finance Committee of the Senate to-
day agreed to report the bill to pay the re-
wards offered for the capture of Jefferson
Davis.
In the executive session of the Senate
to-day, the Committee on Foreign Relations
reported adversely on the nomination of
Senator Cowam as Minister to Vienna.
This is equivalent to a rejection.
The deputation of Sioux Chiefs, now here
from Fort Wadsworth propose to guaran-
tee, by treaty, the safety OF travel and the
| transportation of mails and supplies
through the country claimed by them, and
also the safety of the frontier settlements
of Minnesota from the hostile Sioux or other
Indians, provided the Government will au-
thorize the organization Of not less than
$50 belonging to their bands, under an Off
Ger satisfactory to the Indians, to be ap-
pointed by the President, for the purpose.
The compensation they require for their
tions for themselves and families, and grain
rations for theirhorses, the Indians furnish
ing their own arms, ammunition, horses
transportation and equipments of every
kind.