Show s SAL e alta A the Deseret ei evening eting news fews ga 1 1 Igni iron ph 4 st 1 S fbi aci CON congressional SENATE washington sherman introduced a bill to promote commerce among the several states to cathe cheapen the transportation of the mails malls a and the munitions of war and naval stores it proposes the construction of several railroads in in different directions from washington referred to a select committee committe eo stewart called up the house bill to relieve the disabilities of certain citizens of north carolina doolittle moved to insert jos JOB W ferrill and jas kerron of webster co N C after some discussion the bill was rejected cole ferry sprague Sprague and henderson headerson voting with the ane democrats henderson moved to insert the name of george W jones of tennessee agreed to the name of efthos thos J mackey of south carolina was also inserted when the bill pasted HOUSE v robinson by unanimous consent offered a resolution requesting the president to take measures to secure the release from imprisonment of and castello sentenced bente need in great britain for words and acts spoken and done in the united states and to take measures to secure their return to the flag with such sueh ceremonies as may be appropriate to the occasion the resolution was adopted washington lawes called up the senate amendment to the house bill removing all disabilities from roderick S butler member of congress elect from tennessee and permitting the ordinary oath instead of the test oath concurred in by a two thirds vote shermans Sher mans roans bill provides for fora ii separate incorporation of washington and new york railroad and washington and cleveland railroad and the telegraph company from washington to cincinnati GEN aen EnAL washington 15 the award of the contract for carrying the overland mails malls to california was to carlton Sp aides of chicago the rate being one oile thousand dollars per day length of line 1095 miles senator doolittle did not attend the chase meeting at philadelphia being chairman of the executive committee and a democratic and conservative member of congress he did not feel at liberty to take active measures in advance of the convention relative to the i candidate to be nominated washington 16 prominent democrats assert that the president will not make any cabinet changes until the ath of july the convention has declared its principles if pendleton is nominated appointments will be given exclusively to democrats but if chase then many must be tendered to republicans who thereby could be induced to support him also many who profess to believe that johnson will be nominated claim that he will go into the convention with nearly all the southern votes and that many at the north who do not either like pendleton or chase could be induced to support him certain it is that such a movement is on foot and already has been canvassed here the heralds correspondent at richmond says lie he is authorized to state that chase will accept the democratic nomination on the platform of embodying embody i ng universal suffrage the chief justice is now in richmond he receives numerous letters daily from the republicans of the north offering to toco co operate with the democratic party in case he is the thanom nome inee and the platform is of th the kind hind set forth i it washington 17 it has been aseer ascertained from tho the army headquarters that gen oen Bu buchanan chanan convenes the thi louisiana louisana legislature at an early dayto day to choose senators and act on the pending amendment to the united states constitution but apt to go into federal legislation rho the rec recently enily elected state officials will n not ot be allowed to be inaugurated till the congressmen have been admitted 0 of course this action meets the approval oi ol the military authorities here san eau francisco IS 18 the last lastrap gap gnp in the railroad connection between california and ana nevada was closed last evening after 8 clock elock ot the laying the track for the space of six miles was delayed by snow but the central pacific railroad is now in operation from sacra mento to reno near virginia city one hundred and nifty fifty miles Ab about july the first the cars will run to the big bend of the truckee river nevada one hundred and find e eighty seven beven miles east of sacramento the grading la le rapidly progressing across the desert from the big bend to humboldt lake and the whole force of laborers will be at once moved on the line to salt lake this portion of the road can be built as rapidly as that east of the rocky bocky mountains and the company la is putting north forth every exertion bertion to reach salt lake before iho tho union pacific and they expect to be ba there by july ath 1869 f FOREIGN toronto 0 nto the volunteers and regu lawre laore actively preparing for an emer geisy getsy consequent upon the fenian rumors A brigade will be stationed in each of the cities toronto hamilton and London A force will be stationed at it lingwood collingwood col Gol and other exposed points andle andie add and serves reserves will be organized to take the field if necessary |