New-York tribune., 1868-06-13

RfICSTON-SAlE
PRACHMENT INVESTIGATION - ,o.o
U,suScroN Friday, June II, 1868
T1o President sent TO the Senate TINS afternoon
,Ao,or,;rotionof the Hon. Reverdy johnson OF Mary
=, % l.. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plen-
ipstentiary to England in the pace oi MI Au'in'
rosic,ed II is customary to refer Executive nomi-
,,,,ors to their appropriate committees for examm-
.,o, with occasional exceptions of those relating
a. Members or ex-Members of the Senate in cases
,bero il is intended to show marks of Senatorial
respect by advising and consenting to the
Presidential appointments. The Senate on
this OCCASION dispensed with the fOrmality,
and Mr. Johnson's nomination was confirmed.
The President also nominated James COey TO be
Collector of Internal Revenue for the First District
of California, Alexander NJ MOhen to be United
States Attorney for the Territory of Montana, Is. D.
Dennison to he Associate Justice OF the Supreme
Court in Washington Territory. l.. Newton Robinson
TO be Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Southern
SupeTintendency.
The Senate spent - hours to-day on the bill sup
Elementary to the act to provide national currency
and for the circulation and redemption thereof Inc
Committees amendments were nearly all adopted.
When the fifth section, providing for an increase ol
the National circulation TO the amount
of s20OOOOOO was reached Mr. TTumbull opposed 1t
and thought il humiliating when we are APP
proachng specie payments, to borrow twenty NH
lions of dollars. Mr.. Drake and other Senators TOOK
an opposite view, not regarding it as borrowing
Then followed slight passage at arms between MI
Drake and Mr. Wilson. The former attacked
New-England on the ground that she made
more money than any other section OF the
country during the war. Mr.. Wilson SAID that the
direct opposite was the truth. The West made all
4 sria nd bad IA
banks as at the outbreak of the Rebellion Finally
amoton was made to go into Executive session, and
the bill went over to tomorrow. In the early part OF
the proceedings Mr. Morton introduced JOINT
resolution, which carried requesting the Presl-
dent of the United States to intercede with the
Queen of England to effect the release of the Rev.
James McMahon who is imprisoned for alleged fel-
ony in the invasion of Canada two years ago.
The House. with wonderful unanimity and rapidi-
ty, passed the Omnibus Reconstruction bill today
precisely as lit was passed by the Senate The bill
provides for the admission of North and South Caro-
lima. Georgia, Florida. Alabama and Louisiana. 1t
will 90 to the President tomorrow. An amendment
was offered to exclude Alabama and Florida,
but il was voted down. 1t required two
hours to dispose of this question Next taken mp
an appropriation for the Cherokee Indians, IN which
Senators Ross and Fowler seemed TO take a special
interest being on the floor during the entire discus
sion The remainder of the session until the recess
was occupied IN disposing of private bills The
night session was devoted entirely to the cOnsdera
ton of the Tax bill. The twO-cent tax receipts
was taken of. The increased tax on the circu-
lation of banks induced lively discus
sion, participated in by Messrs Price,
Hooper Allison Schenck, Blaine, and others.
MIR. Schenck explained the BILL proposing to tax the
privilege of furnishing money to the country. Mr..
Blaine advocated an increase of the tax deposits,
in order that the city banks might bear burden
proportionate to their enormous business, and fur
ther argued that the system presented by the Com
mittee of Ways and Means would bear unequally
upon the country as compared with the city banks.
At 1920 without reaching vote. the Committee
rose and the House afterward resolved to meet at II
a. M tomorrow, and remain in session until ., dis
pensing with an evening session.
The Seuate Committee Foreign Affairs in
structed Mr.. Sumner to-day to report adversely on
the. nomination of Gen. Mott as Minister TO Costa
Rica and they also directed him to report fayorably
on the nomination of Mr. Caldwell Minister to
Bolivia The case of Gen. Mcmahon was considered,
and Mr. Sumner said that, from information IN his
possession he deemed il inexpedient to send
a Minister to Paraguay at this time. The
suggestion adopted, and the con-
sideration of the nomination was postponed.
MI Seward was well aware that the Committee
would not recommend the confirmation of any man
as Minister to Paraguay, account of the war ex-
isting there Gen. Mcmahon was prominent candi-
date for the mission to Mexico; but he was not the
choice of certain friends Of the Secretary of State
who are deeply interested in railroads and other
terprises IN that Republic, and his nomination to
Paraguay was merely to get him out of the way.
Gen. McMahon would have received large majority
in the Senate if nominated to the latter mission
Secretary McCulloch having returned to Commits
sOner Rollins the latters letter of resignation pub
llshed this morning, considering it partial and in
correct IN ITS statements and unjust and disrespect
ful TO the President" the Commissioner again sent
the letter to the Secretary with the following in
dorsement: Unless the Honorable Secretary shall
point out wherein the inclosed communication is
either partial and incorrect in its statements
just and dsrespectful to the President must
slider It's return to as unjustifabe, and the rea-
sons therefoTtOtEer than those assigned"
The sale Of the iron -clads Oneta and Catawba at
New-Orleans to the Government of Peru. it is af-
fmed, was effected through the agency of the Min
lister from that Government to this country who i'm
mediately thereafter officially informed Secretary
Seward Of the transaction. 1t is denied that an at
tempt was made TO conceal the nature of the pur-
chase and 70 run the vessels out of the port of New
Orleans without clearance papers. They were orig
inally purchased from the Navy Department by
firm in Cincinnati who bought them at their
appraised value according TO law, after all the bids
for them which had been accepted by the Navy De
parment had been forfeited by the failure of bidders
10 make the required deposit. This firm had preyi-
Ousy arranged to sell them TO Peru but of this fact
the Navy Department knew nothing The Commit
zee which is investigating this subject will soon re-
port and it is said will excupate the purchasers as
well as the Department. II is understood. however,
that in other similar transactions. the Committee