Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-04

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WASHINGTON, Nay 3l.-HOUsR
Voting on the bill FeViving Ameri
can commerce. Yeas and nay
called on nearly every proposition
sENATL--CoBs!dering Pacific ca.
bic.
No quorum Of the ReeODstruc'
ton Committed.
The President has signed the bill
enforcing the 18th Amendment.
WAsHIRGToH, May 3l.-HoUsE,
The bill to review the navigation
and commercial interests OF the
United States wss taken up and
the previous question ordered. The
various amendments were voted on
and the House refused to order the
bill TO be engrossed for q third read.
ing. Yeas 60, nays 100. Finally
the bill was r~ecommitted TO the Sc
lect committee.
The bill TO reduce internal taxes
was taken up and considered to tue
sixteenth section without adopting
any Of Importance. Adjourned.
WASHINGTON, May 3l.-Chiei
Red Clond arrives tomorrow.
The Senate went into executive
session at ! o'clock for the consid.
Grafton Of the reciprocity treaty
with the Sandwich Islands.
The President leaves for q weeks
recreation in Pennsylvania.
The President nominated VIM
N. Douglass for Assessor Of frs
Virginia district, and j. j. BossieI
Receiver Of public money.
WASHINGTON, May 3l.-The Pres
ident to-day transmitted 10 the Sen
ate q brief message on the San Do
mingo treaty, enclosing an add
tiOnal article 10 the treaty, extend
ing lime for ratification TO July lst
BE suggests certain amendment
which be deems it desirable tina
the Senate should Incorporate int
the treaty. In these amendment
II Is proposed that the paragraph
giving the United States a lien upOI
the public lands Of the Republic a
security for its underlined debt shall
be stricken out, and that the sun
proposed to be paid for the island
Sl,5O0,0O, shall be Absolutely tn
entire amount 10 be paid by thi
Government. 1t Is also propose,
that two Commissioners shall be ap
pointed, one by the Domican Gov
eminent, and one by the UniteO
States, 10 receive this money and I,
apply II to the extiDguishment o
the Dominican debt in the follow
ing order
lst. To the payment of foreign
governments who may have claim
against the Republic.
I'd. To the payment ofindividua
creditors who may not be citizen
Of the Republic.
Sd. To the extinguishment Of tn.
domestic debt.
Beyond this payment Of one mil
lion and a half dollars, this Gov,
eminent will not to DE liable in ans
manner. This would leave the
Dominicans at liberty TO do as they
please with their domestic debt.
Repudiate or not but. they express
great confidence that this sum will
not only enable them to liquidatt
all their indebtedness, but will
leave them a balance of two or three
hundred thousand dollars for thu
expenses Of a territorial govern.
ment.
Owners of large Mexican grants
In Northern California, in order to
encourage emigration, have thrown
$4,000 acres Of land in Chasta Val.
ley, on the line Of the California
Railroad into the market at three
dollars per acre.
LOUISVILLE, May 3l-The As.
sembly adopted q pastoral letter
declaring that the distractions pre-
venting fellowship with the North,
ern Church were not created by The
Southern Church, and they could
not allow the Southern Church Il
be placed in a false position.
The Assembly adjourned Il
Huntsville, Ala.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, May 3l.-Tht
proceedings Of the General Assem-,
bly, yesterday, were mainly confn
ed to receiving reports Of Com
mittees
The Committee on bills and over
lures, In response 10 an enquiry
whether members Of the Campbell.
Ito Church wishing to becomt
members Of our church and who
had been baptized In the name o.
the Holy Trinity, should be invari
ably re-baptized, recommended re,
baptism. The recommendation o.
the Committee was adopted.
PHILADELPHIA, May 3l.-ThC
General Assembly adopted a reporI
strongly cOndemnatory of the ex.
clusiOn Of religious instruction Of
books from the Public Schools.
Boston, May 3I.-A. A. Wallace
q well known journalist, and fol
some years connected with the as.
ISOLATED press, is dead.
BOSrON, May 3l.-Geo. Siddons
light weight prize fighter, was SEN
fenced to-day TO six months impris.
Onmen In the House Of Correction
for fighting Tom Kelly at the Isle
Of Shoals.
COLUMBIA, Pa, May 3l.-A boiler
explosion sCalded several. One is
dead.
DAYToA, o.. May 3l.--Three men
we're seriously hurt by the explo.
sion Of Q cannon at the decoration
festival here.
RALEIGH, n. C., May 3l.--Ou
wednesday morning three men
went 10 the house OF Daniel and