The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-16
The President Complains Of the Non
support Of Democrats.
THE MISSISSIPPI RADICALS BEFORE THE RECON-
STRUCTION COMMITTEE.

WASHINGTON, July 15.-The Senate last night
passed the funding bill and bills apprOpriating
500 GOO 10 Mrs. l.. T. Potter of Charleston, g. c.,
for relieving Union prisoners, and disseminating
the fTeedman's bureau in January.
A fire occurred last night, the telegraph failed,
and group OF displaced iiremen in the neighbor-
hood subdued the fire.
Sendte-The bill amending various bills relating
to the navy and marine corps passed without
amendment.
A bill reducing the military to peace establish
ment was referred 10 the committee on military
affairs.
The bill Substituting mail line between New York
and Europe was laid over.
The appropriation bill was resumed.
The conference committees report on the tax
bill was adopted.
Executive session. Adjourned.
HouSe-A committee of five was appointed to
investigate how the House contingent fund Of 1867
was expended.
Heaton, representative from North Carolina,
was seated.
The bill removing disabilities from certain par
ties, as amended by the Senate, passed.
The conference committees report on the tax
bill was adopted. The Senate having previously
adopted it, it goes to the president. Inc commit
tee struck out all relating to banks. Store-keep
ers are to be paid by the United States. Special
agents are limited to Is. Mineral oils are on the
same footing with other manufactures. Spirits
must be removed from bond within nine months.
Wholesale liquor dealers pay one per cent. In
other respects the bill remains as passed by the
House. Recess.
The House thermometer reached 81 degrees
when the House met, and "a degrees at recess.
Schenck estimates the loss by removing the tax
on mineral oils at 81 600. Provisions in the
tax bill will dispense with about 100 inspectors.
Collector Smyth, of New York, is here, engineer
ing his confirmation TO Austria with feeble pros
poets.
Internal revenue receipts to-day S558 0O0
VIM. NJ. Evarts has been confirmed as attorney
general.
George W. Summers has been nominated as
postmaster at Augusta, Ca.
Secretary Seward reports that twentythree
votes have ratified the fourteenth article, from
which Ohio and New Jersey have receded. He
Florida have given notice of ratification by
alleged Legislatures of those States.
The third party movement Is assuming small
proportions, eleven persons only are actively H.
teresting themselves in the matter, none OF whom
were delegates. 1t is stated that the president
was approached by a small delegation who de-
manded whether the president would support
Seymour. The president quietly asked whether
Seymour would support the administration.
The president complains to personal friends
that had the Democratic party given him cordial
support he was prepared at any time to drive the
| radicals TO the wall most effectuany, but he Is
| now and has heretofore been left to work COM
paratively alone. There is no doubt in well IN.
formed circles that the president dscourages the
| third party phantom, and will cordially support
| Seymour and Blair, in his own way, however.
Fifteen radical Mississippians appeared before
| the reconstruction committee to-day, demanding
| the exclusion of Rankin, Chickassw, Marshall
| Carroll and DeSotO counties from the count
| thereby carrying the Constitution and elecung q
| radical State ticket and congressman.
Heat increasing.