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WASHINGTON, June 24-In the Senate,
Howard introduced a bill providing for tho
discOntinuance of the Freedmen's Bureau; re-
ferred.
Conness called up bill making eight hours
days work for labOrcrs and mechanics III
the Government employ.
Sherman moved prOvisO, that unless 9TH
erwise provided by law, the rate OF wages
paid by Government shall be the current rates
for the same labor at the place of employment
rejected-16 to 2l. The bill passed, 26 to IL.
The special Order-Legislative ApprOprla-~
ton bill--was taken up and discussed till time
of adjournment, which was ordered to be till
10 O'Clock tomorrow, On account of Senator
HendersOn's wedding.
In the House, SchOfied, from the Committee
on Elections reported that the credentials of
the Arkansas Representatives were in proper
form, with the resolution directing the admin
istration of the oath of Office.
Brooks presented a protest to SchOfeld's
resolution. The resolution was adopted, 100
against II. and the Arkansas members were
sworn in. The protest presented by Brooks
is signed by all the Democratic members. 1t
is quite lengthy and styles the Government of
Arkansas a military oligarchy. 1t protests
against going into new copartncrship with
military dictators and negroes in the admins
tration of this Government, and demands tho
restoration. not the reconstruction of the Fed
eral Constitution, which they declare Congress
is seeking to overthrow.
The House went into Committee of the
Whole on the tax bill. A number, of amend
ments were proposed and variOusly disposed
Of After considerable process had been made,
the Committee took recess.
CHICAGO, June 25.-The Republicans spe-
Ind ham iS
general enrolling bill to include names of one
or two thousand persons in the South who par
ticipated in the rebellion. Many protests arc
coming from loyal men in the South, against
the passage of bills so sweeping in character.
! The President, to-day, nominated Perry Full
| Ter, of Kansas, to be Commissioner of Internal
Revenue He will probably be rejected.
! Delegates to the New York Democratic
Convention are here seeking to effect a con-
ference with the friends of Senator Hendricks
| in the New York Convention, to see If his,
friends will support Hoffman for Vice Presl-
I dent
Estimates sent by General Schoftld to the
Committe on Military Affairs. show that by
the exprations, Of terms of service the army
will be reduced tc.29 ,667 men on the lst Ct
January next and on July lSt, 1859, to L. ,l39.
The Reconstruction Committee, to-day, con-
I sidered Stevens bill for the division of Texas.
Stevens proposition is to make two States OF
Texas, one OF which will contain majority OF
Germans and the other majority of negroes
thus securing, in Stevens opinion, two loyal
: States.
A terrible accident occurred in North Chi
cago yesterday while the workmen were en-
: gagged in putting a heavy cornice to new
building. The entire upper portion OF the
wall gave way, precipitating bricks, mortar
; and FIVE workmen to the ground q distance ct
50 feet One was killed and another badly
wounded.
Gen. Garfield was, to-day, unanimously NOM
mated for Congress from the Nineteenth Dis
trict of Ohio.
, The Republican Convention of the Eleventh
Indiana District, now represented by Schuyler
Colfax, to-day nominated Jasper Packard for
, Congress.
The Free MasOns in various parts of the
country celebrated st. Johns day with appro-
pirate ceremonies.
WASHINGTON, June 25.-The Senate and
D House both passed the Omnibus Reconstruc-
: ton bill over the veto. ...
f Sumner declares the Radical success Will be
Incomplete until a negro is chosen to either
> House of Congress.