Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-07-16
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, July l5.-The bill in.
tTOduced ia the Senate to-day By Wilson,
provides for p reduction OF the number Of
enlisted men TO 26 600, 20 be contained in
thirty regiments Of infantry, eight Of cav
airy anu fCuV of artillery, and COntem'
plates the appointment by the Secretary
OF War, Of . Board OF competent officers
whose duty it shall be to propose a plan
for carrying into effect its provisions, and
this plan is to be submitted by the SsCre.
tary Of War, st the next session, and nc
sCtl0u viii DO taken upOa il Until Con-
gress has given its approval.
the Mississippi Radicals, including
Egg,estou, the defeated candidate fol
Governor, appeared before the Recon
sJrucJien Committee to-day, demanding
the exclusion from the count OF votes on
the Constitution, the counties Of Rankin
Chickaszw, Marshall, Carroll, DeS ITO
Lafayette and others. BY these mean;
they expect the Constitution to be carried
and also 10 elect the Radical State off.
GERS and Congressman. The reason thai
they allege is, that terror reiEued in these
counties, and therefore they as. thai
Congress declare Mississippi reconstruct.
Ell and entitled to re-GdmissiOn and re.
presentation IN Congress. Among the
fifteen are several Northern and Western
men.
The general understanding today is
that Congress Will adjourn next Monday
OF Tuesdsy.
Between new and the first OF Septem
temb r, over 200 male and female EN-.
ployees are TO be dismissed from the va.
TioUs bureaus Of the Treasury Depart
ment, as the appropriation for tenn
pOrary clerks bias been cut down from
S275. 600 10 SlGO, 900 Tor the present fisca
year. a majority Of those To lie dis
missed are females.
The THERMOMETERS in the Senate cham.
Der to-day was So.
The Senate has confirmed VIM. NJ
Evart5 as Attorney General.
A letter received here yesterday states
that Gen. Grant will probably leave St
Louis for tue plains during this week.
TIE following is the funding bill Us il
passed the Senate last evening:
Be IL enacted, ETC., That the Secretary
Of the Treasury is hereby authorized 70
issue coupons or registered bonds Of the
United States in such form and Of such
denominations as he may prescribe, re-
deemable in coin at the pleasure of the
Government after twenty, thirty and
forty years respectively, and besriDg the
following rates Of yearly interest, pay
able semi-snnuaily in coin; that is to
say: the issue Of bonds filling due IN
twenty years shall bear interest at five
per cent; the bonds failing due In thirty
years shall bear interest a. four per cent;
y n ch said bonds shall be exempt frou
taxstion in any form undeC any State,
municipal or local authority, and the
same, the interest thereon. and the in.
come thsrefrom, shall be exempt from
the payment of all taxes or duties to the
UciJed States other than such income
tax IS may be assessed upon other in
comes; and the said bonds and tue pro-
Casds thereof shall be exclusively used
for the redemption or payment, at the
option OF the holder CT purchaser, or ex-
change for an equal amount OF the pres
eut interest bearing debt sf the United
States, other than the existing per cent
bonds ami the per cent. certificates,
and may lie issued TO an amount in the
aggregate sufficient to cover the princi-
pal Of ell outstanding or existing obliga-
tons, rs limited herein, and no more,
bus not TO exceed S700, 900 900, shall Do Of
the issue redeemsoie in twenty years.
Ind be Il further enacted, That there
is hereby appropriated cut of the duties
derived from imported goods Sl35. coo, 600
annually, which sum during each ii css
year shall b applied to the payment OF
the interest and 10 the reduction Of the
principal OF the public debt, in such q
manner es may be determined by the
Secretary o. the Treasury, or as Congress
may hereafter direct and such reduction
shall be in lieu Of the Sinking Fund con-
tempiated by this 4th section of the act
entitled an act 10 authorize the issue Of
United States notes and for the redemp-
ton or funding thereof and for funding
the floating debt of the United States. y
Appr0ved February %, 1862.
and be Gt further enacted, ETC., That
any contract made hereafter payable
specifically ia coin, shall be legal and