The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-07-20
WASHINGTON.
WADE HAMPTON 11oN1zEp.

WASHINGTON.
WADE HAMPTON LIoNIZED.
WASHINGTON, July 19.-Wade Hampton il
here, and is receiving many attentions from
the Democrats, who want him to speak at theil
mass meeting tonight. He spoke in Balti
more Thursday night, and eulogized the Mary
land rebel soldiers as having "stood side BY
side with the sons of South Carolina in the
glorious army of Northern Virginia in the
great contest for liberty"
APPROPRIATIONS FOR PORTLAND BUILDINGS
The deficiency bill, as finally passed, appro.
PIRATES $4,000 for the Portland Custom House
and 100000 for the Portland Post Office.
CONSERVATIVE RADICALS.
The Senate will not consider the'bil giving
to married women in the District of Columbia
absolute control over the property acquired by
them previous to or subsequent to marriage, as
it meets with much opposition. Senator Nor
rlll is especially opposed to it, taking ground
that no man can deed away his real estate
without the consent of his wife, and that if her
interests are to be protected SO should the hus-
bands. -
BUTLER AT NEW ORLEANS
The Intelligencer of this morning contains
what purports to be part of the testimony
taken by Commissioners j. L. Brady and Gen.
VIM. Smith on the administration of Gen.
Butler at New Orleans 1t saws that the re-
port. which covers nearly 400 pages of FOOLS
cap, was suppressed by Secretary Stanton.
THE FUNDING BILL.
WASHINGTON, July 1S.-The first two sections
OF the funding bill as passed upon by the COM
mlttee of the whole is the same as that pub
lished in the Press of Friday, except the fol-
lowing modification of the first section, after
the words assessed upon other incomes, make
the clause read, sand the said bonds shall be
exclusively used for the redemption of or in
exchange of an equal amount"
Sect. 3. And be it further enacted, That from
and after the passage of this act, no percentage
deduction, commission or compensation of any
amount or kind shall be allowed to any person
for the sale, negotiation or exchange of any
bonds or securities of the United States, or of
any coin or bullion disposed of at the Treasury
Department or elsewhere on account of the
United States, and all acts and parts of acts au-
thorizing or permitting by construction or 9TH
erwise by the Secretary of the Treasury to APP
point any agent other than some proper officer
OF his Department to make such sale or neeo-
tation OF bonds or securities, are hereby repeal
cd. "a-. --tat
Sect 4. Be it further enacted, That after the
passage of this act all exchanges purchases or
sales of the bonds of the United States shall
be made by inviting the competition of the
public, by advertising for proposals for any
such exchanges, sales or purchases, which shall
be awarded to the best bidder or bidders, the
Secretary of the Treasury reserving the right
to reject any such bids should he deem it to
the public interest to do so. fl1
Sec. B. And be itfurther enacted, That here
after the tax on any income arising from the
bonds and other interest bearing securities OF
the United States other than those authorized
by the first section of this act, payably to any
person, State, municipality, body polite or
corporate, company or society whether corpo-
rate or not corporate, out of the Treasury of
the United States, shall be assessed and col
lected by the Treasurer other discussing Of
hcer OF the United States, charged with pay
ing any interest upon the debt OF the United
States, in the same currency in which said in
terest is paid, and such collection shall be
made by deduction of the amount of the tax
from the coupons or interest due at the time of
payment of such interest
Sec. 6. Aud be it further enacted, That on
and after the passage of this act all authority
under any existing law to issue bonds or inter
est bearing Treasury notes or obligations of
the United States shall cease and determine,
provided nothing herein shall prevent the con-
version OF treasury notes known as 1905 into
go bonds, nor the change. of registered bonds
for coupon bonds, nor the issue a subsidy to
railroad companies as provided by law.
DEMOCRATIC RATIFICATION MEETING
A Democratic meeting to ratify the nomna-
tiOns of Seymour and Blair was held to night
in front of the City Hall. There was a large
attendance Jenah ID. Hoover presided, as
sisted by number of Vice Presidents and
Secretaries. Dispatches were received from
Gov. English of Connecticut and ex- Gov. Par
ker of New Jersey endorsing the nominations.
Speeches were made by Senator Doolittle,
Gen. Ewing, Representative Trimble of Ken
lucky, and others. salute of one hundred
guns was fired, and. bands of music were in at
tendance.
CONTRIBUTIONS.
The Senate to-day confirmed the following
PostmasterS: j. l.. Sherman, Chicago; Henry
Little, Auburn, Me-; Samuel Kngman, Wake
field Mass; III. N. Barbour. ST. Adams, VT;
Geo. G. Henry, Bedford, Mass.
REJECTION.
The Senate rejected the nomination of HI. A.
Smythe, Minister to Austria. sittah 4
PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, July 19.-The following proc
lamation has been issued:
By the President of the United Statessa Procla-
nation:
Whereas, by an act of Congress, entitled an
act to admit the States of North Carolina
South Carolina. Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama
and Florida to representation in Congress,
passed the 18th day of June, 1868, it is made
the duty of the President, within ten days
after receiving official information of the rati
fication by the Legislature of either of SAID
States of proposed amendment to the Con
stitution known as Article 14th, to issue
proclamation announcing that fact; and
Whereas, on the 18th oil July, 1868, letter
was received by the President, which letter be-
ing addressed to the President, bears date of
July 15, 1868, and was transmitted by and I'M
der the name of r. K Scott, who therein
writes himself Governor of South Carolina, in
which letter was enclosed and received at the
same time by the President paper purport
ing to be a resolution of the Senate and House
of Representatives of the General Assembly
of the State of South Carolina, ratifying said
proposed amendment; also purporting to have
passed the said Houses respectively on the 9TH
and 9th of July, 1868, and 10 have been ap-
proved by the said r. X. Scott, as Governor of
said State on the 18th of July, 1868, which
circumstances are attested by the signatures
of ID. T. Corbine as President pro tenapore of
the Senate and OF +. T. Moses, Jr., as Speaker
of the House of Representatives of said State,
and of the said r. X. Scott, as Governor; now
Therefore, Be it known, that /, Andrew
johnson, President of the United States of
America IN compliance with and execution of
the act of Congress aforesaid, do issue this my
proclamation, of the ratification of said amend
ment by the Legislature of the State of South
Carolina in the manner herein before set forth.
In testimony whereof / have signed these
presents with my hand, and have caused the
seal of the United to be hereto affixed. Done
at the city of Washington this 18th day of
July, in the year of our Lord 1868, and of
the independence of the United States OF
America the 93d. ANDREW JOHNSON.
BY the President: WILLIAM HI. SEWARD. Sec
rotary of State. .-...a d
A similar proclamation is issued in regard
to the ratification of the amendment by the
State of Louisiana. q =
ENTERTAINMENT TO THE PRESS BY MIR. BUR-
LINGAME.
Last night Minister Burlngame literally en-
tertained the reporters of the press of this city
at the Metropolitan Hotel. 1t was intended
as mark of his appreciation of the terms in
which they have heretofore spoken of him in
connection with his great mission. Gen.
Banks occupied the lower end of the table OPP
posite to Mr.. Burlingame, and on his right and
left sat Chin and Sem who are next in rank
to Mr.. Burli lgame.
NEW YORK.
BOLD ROBBERY.
New YORK, July 18-John Waterhouse was
knocked down yesterday afternoon on 4th
street and robbed of $1,000 The robber fled to
butchers cart a few blocks off, in which were