The Portland daily press., 1868-07-27
! WASHINGTON.
HORRIBLE ATTEMPTED AT MURDER.


suicide, but on examination of the premise
there were evidences OF a scuf1e on the era.
and among the young trees A number of pa
pers and letters were found lying near him
also knife and razor, both bloody. The paper
showed that the wounded man was formerly
cashier in the Office of Col. Ludington, Chic
Quartermaster of the Department of Wast
ington. His throat was gashed in horribl
manner and when found he was thought to b
in dying condition. He has since been rt
stored to consciousness and will probably re
cover from the effects of the wounds. He re
iates that he was attacked by two white me
and Two colored men. One colored man he'll
him while the other with razor and a whit
man with knife disabled him by gashing hi
throat. They then dragged him to hollow
IN pine grove where he was found and rihe(
nlsipockets, robbng him OF his money, abou
two hundred dollars, some papers and goI,
watch.
GRAND RECEPTION BY THE CHINESE EMBASSY.
WAsnNeToN July 25.-Minister Burlin.
game and the two Chinese Mandarins have
issued cards for grand reception tonight il
Washington, in honor of the ratification of the
treaty between the United States and China
The President, heads of Departments, foreign
have been invited, together with the lady mem
bers of their families H.IIo
VETO MESSAGE ON THE FREEDMENs BUREAU
BILL. ..i-
The following is the Presidents veto of th,
Heedmen's bureau bill ~
To the Senate of the United States: Beliey
ing that bill entitled An act relating to the
freedmen's bureau" and providing for its dis
continuance, .interferes with the appointing
power conferred by the Constitution upon the
Executive, and for other reasons which at this
late period of the session time will not permit
me to state, herewith return it to the Senate
IN which House it originated, without nv ap-
provaI. ANDREW JOHNSON
TREATY WITH CHINA. tUl-.s
1t is expected that the ratification of the treaty
between the United States and China will be
exchanged tomorrow. ..r.,...st
CONTRIBUTIONS. 81
The Senate in executive session unanimous
ly confirmed Lieut.. Gov. G. c.. Cox of Mary
land as Commissioner of Patents; also Judge
Elisha Foote OF New York as Commissioner
of Patents; Samuel Milligan of Tenn, Judge
OF Court of Claims; Henry M. Watts of Penn.,
Minister to Austria; Benz Gerrish. Jr.. of N
H., Consul at Inulua; Francis A. Perkins OF
Conn.,, Agent at Tahiti; A. ID. Paddock OF
Nebraska, Governor of Wyoming; Omar f
Roberts of Ind, Secretary of the Territory of
Wyoming; Headly B. Ives, Collector of In
ternal Revenue for the Second District of
Connecticut; j. B. Blair of West Virginia,
Minister to Costa Rica; j. b. Ashton, Assist
ant Attorney General. b
it REFLECTIONS.
The Senate tonight rejected the nomination
OF Noah l.. Jeffries, Commissioner of Internal
Revenue; John L. Dawson, Minister to Rus
STA; John A McClernand, Minister to Mexico
and e. o. Perrin, Chief Justice of Utah.
MIR. BURLINGAMEs RECEPTION. ,s,
Mr.. and Mrs. Burlingame, with Chit Kang
and Sem CHA, associated Minister'S of the
Chinese legation, tonight received q large
company at the Metropolitan House. The re-
ception was in celebration of the treaty
between the United States AMI China, and as
an expression of the grateful feeling of the
Chinese empire manifested through her repre-
sention for the uniform curtesy and friendly
spirit with which they have been received in
Washington. .-..- .-....
They were received in Washington by all
classes of society without distinction of party.
There were present heads of Departments,
members of the Diplomatic Corps, with the
attaches and officers of the army and navy,
judges of several Courts, members of Congress
and Of both Houses, and distinguished guests
from different parts of the Union, together
with several hundreds of others, including
many ladies. The entertainment was more
than ordinarily brilliant. Refreshments were
provided in the dining room of the hotel
American and Chinese flags were turned at
the head of the table where Mr.. Burlngame
and his associate Ministers were seated in
company with General Banks. Chairman OF
the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
The President tonight nominated Luther
b. Wilson, to be Second Auditor of the Treas
ury, in place of e. b. French, to be removed.
Alexander Cummings, of Penn. Commission
er Internal Revenue; Simeon w. johnson,
Assistant Secretary Treasury; Hon. William
s. Rose Cransman, Minister to Mexico; with
number of other appointments of inferior
note.
THE FUNDING BILL.
The committee of conference on the funding
bill have agreed upon report. The bill as
agreed upon by the Committee authorizes the
issue by the Secretary of the Treasury of reg
istered or coupon bonds of the denomination
of 500 or any multiple of that sum, redeema-
BILE in coin at the pleasure of the United
States after 80 or 40 years respectively, bearing
interest in coin, payable semi-annually, the
30 years bonds at the rate of 4 IL per cent. and
the 40 ear bonds at per cent. and exempt from
all taxes either under the United States, State
or municipal authority, said bonds to be ex-
clusively used for the redemption of or in ex-
change for an equal amount of outstanding
bonds of the United States known as $50
bonds. and may be issued to an amoun4
sufficient TO cover the principal of all such
bonds. pt
. Sect. I'd appropriates ont of theIdutics on i'm
ports, one hundred and thirty five millions an
nually to be applied to the payment of inter-
est, and the reduction of the principal of the
public debt, and such reductions shall be in
lieu of sinking fund contemplated by 9TH
section OF the act approved February 25
Sect. prohibits the payment of any COM
mission or compensation for the sale, negotia-
ton, redemption or exchange of any bonds or
securities of the United States, or of any coin
or bullion disposed of on account of the United
States. All acts or parts of acts authorizing
the appointment or employment by the Secre-
tary of any agent for this purpose other than
some officer of his department are repealed.
RECEIPTS OF INTERNAL REVENUE.
The internal revenue receipts amount to-day
to $3e9996, and for the fiscal year to date So,
A3,O45. .Ir5 5
THE DEFICIENCY BILL. se.f
The President to-day informed the House
that he had signed the deficiency appropria-
ton bill, which appropriates over half mil
lion of dollars for reconstruction purposes.
sENTAE PROCEEDINGS.
In the United States Senate the doors were
closed at q late hour ON Saturday night The
bill relating to peonage in Central America
and the House amendments to the bill donat.
ing portion of the military reservation at Fort
Leayenworth were concurred in. -F
@ CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PRESIDENT
NEW YORK, July 25-The Times Washing
ton despatch says that Mr.. johnson, in con-
versation with an Office hunter to-day remark
ed that a number of commercial and Indian
treaties as we'll as important nominations pend
ing in the Senate which required immediate ac
ton, is SO large that an extra session Of the
Senate for executive business will be absolute
ly necessary. rtg<a-.r.....-se
In conversation with another party regard
ing Southern affairs, he remarked that he
could not consistently recognize the officers OF
the recognized States as legal officers, and
consequently will be obliged either to withhold
intercourse with them, or address himself to
the officers, who, in his opinion, are legally en-
titled to recognition ; then he added, " or the
officers elected" He predicted that the with
drawal of the troops from the Southern States
would result in the destruction of the carpet
bag government, and added a hope that this
result would be accomplished without blood
shed. Ht
He further states that the radicals have run
theft race in all the States but Virginia. Mis-
sissippi aud Texas, for the reason that with
the return of civil government, the people, no
longer tormented by the military power. will
reinstate the constitutional government. Ii. he
added, Congress would hold military contro
over them until the next election for State off
GERS, matters might take another turn
but peace or civil law means constitutions
rule and consequen tly the restoration of tn,
Southern States on the basis OF my policy,
is not altogether thing of hope.
DEMOCRATIC RATIFICATION MEETING AT GIN
NATI-sPEECHEs BY PENDLEToN AND PUGH
NEW YORK July 25th-Ten thousand ner