Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-16


such ratification % the secretary Of
State Of the United states. Tho
Second section makes IL unlawful
for any State officer to certify
thereafter any repea. OF such rat
hcation unless an amendment for
the repeal shall have been first pro
posed BY Congress, and directs the
Secretary Of State not 70 make q
record thereo!
The third section prescTibes a
penalty for an attempted repeal of
such ratification by State authority,
as Imprisonment from one to ten
years, and a fine from two TO ten
thousand dollars.
The rules were suspended and
the bill passed, yeas l2j, noes d.
Bingham from the Judiciary
Committee reported a ioint resolu.
ton directing the Secretary Of the
Treasury to pay lawful owners the
net proceeds Of all cotton seized
after Both. 1865, such seizures hav,
ing been made in violation Of in
struction Of the Treasury Depart.
ment, and after the surrender of
the rebel armies and the proclama-
ton Of amnesty.
Butler, of Mass, made a point
of order that the bill be made an
appropriation, and must be refer
red to the COMMITTEES Of the Whole.
The Speaker sustained the point.
The bill was referred.
WASHINGTON, July S.-Of the
iifty-four millions Of additional
currency provided by the act just
passed, Virginia will receive as its
proportion, nearly five million
dollars; West Virginia, nearly halt
a million; Tennessee, four and q
third millions; Louisiana, five
million four hundred and twenty.
five thousand Mississippi, nearly
three millions; Georgia four mil.
lions six hundred eighty thousand
North Carolina, four millions
South Carolina, four millions
two hundred and sixteen thou.
sand; Alabama, four millions
Texas, two millions; Arkansas,
one million four hundred and fifty.
five thousand; Florida, five hun,
bred and forty-six thousand.
PARIS, July S.-The feeling re.
garding the Spanish question is
somewhat assuring this morning.
The Constitutional, Imperial or.
gan, announces this morning tina;
the Spanish Minister received in.
structions to give the French gov.
ernmeEt official notice of the can
didature OF Hohenzollen. The
Constitutional adds When
France becomes convinced Of the
persistence of Spain in this mat
ter, she will terminate diplomatic
relations with her
PARIS, July s.-No definite in.
telligence was received from Prus.
sia, but France will not be con.
tent with an evasive declaration Of
Count Won Bismarck, that Prus.
STA ought in interest Of the peace
Of Europe, to withhold her con
sent for Hohenzollern to sit upor
the throne of Spain. From semi
official journals this morning, ar,
gathered the following details
touching the candidature of Prince
Hohenzollern.
Gen. Prim meant hostility wheI
the Spanish government notified
the great powers of Europe 0
Hohenzollern candidature on tn,
Sd Of July. Gen. Prim advise,
Senior 0lazago, the Spanish Min
lister here, that he Gen. Prim, hal
chosen Prince Leopold, of Hohen
~zollern, and that the Spanish Mir
istry felt assured that the Frenc
government would object to II
but that he depended upon tn
higher sentiment of the Emperor
This proves that Gen. Prim mean
to act without the consent Of th
Emperor.
France has communicated wit
the other powers Of Europe, an
in all cases has received words {
sympathy, all she seeks at Berli
and Madrid, is to prevent the pc
litiCal complication.
Dispatches recently forwarde
to the Spanish government by tn
Duke Of Grammont, was made pull
lie to day.
: The Duke says France hope
} Spain will renounce the only car
: didate for the throne who is altc
gether disagreeable. He recall
: the services Of the French Cover
ment in Spanish affairs, by inteI
dieting plots and arresting the il
vading Carlist. He also urges tt
fact that France aided Spain in e
tablishing a provisional govern
ment.
No answer has yet been
ceived from Prussia since Ii
declaration of the Secretary (
Foreign Affairs in Corps Legisli
tiff, a few days ago. On the mo
ming of that day, however, a di
patch was read from Prussia to Il
effect that the government kne
nothing of the candidature