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oo a yw WASHINGTON 222===== ‘ports will continue to be open as before as ports of entry. 4iTERESTING PROCEEDINGS IN CONE’RESS, "The above decree of October 19 has been already partly repealed by another royal order dated January 27, as far as the port of Aguadilla was concerned. INDIAN APPAIRS. Colonel Maynadeer, commander of Fort Loraine, Da- kota Territory, who is also one of the commiesioners appointed by the government to treat with the Indians in that locality, reports the recent arrival of a number of the different tribes in the section of Fort Loraine, whither they were forced to come through destitution and hunger. Provisions were issued to them, for which they were very grateful. No signs of a hostile disposi tion were observed on the part of any of them. Commiseioner Cooley, of the Indian Bureau, haviog left Washington for a few days’ absence, Charles E. Mix, Esq., Chief Clerk of that department, és, by appomtment of the President, Acting Commissioner during the in- term. PROPOSED. SERENADE TO THE PRESIDENT AND CABINET. ‘The National Union Club have decided to serenade the President and Cabinet officers to-morrow evening at eight o’cleck. Much interest is felt concerning the responses likely to be made by Secretaries Stanton and Dennison and Attorney General Speed. THE HERALD’S REPORT OP THE PROCERDINGS OF ‘THE VIRGINIA UNION CONVENTION. Much indignation is expressed by members of the re- cent radical Upion Republican Convention held in Alex- andria, that they should as usual be compelted to look at the columns of the New York Hrranp for the only cor- rect report of their proceedings, while they are positively, The Bankrupt Bill Passed in the House. A Bill Reported in the Senate for the Equalization of Bounti mounl, Necessary for the Speech of Sentlo'r Sherman in Favor of the Proposition “to Fand the National Debt. Further, Consideration of the Tax i" misrepresented both in. the Timer and Tribune - The) Bill reports in these papers state that. Rotts’ plan.of recon- || = ae. ae. struction was recommended, when, as matter of fact, —_—— just the opposite thing was done, The radical resolu- Wasmmaton, May 22, 1866. “TQE BANKRUPT BILE ‘was taken up im the House this morning and passed “under the opawatian of the previous question. Its oppo- nents tought it vigorously, heaced by Thad Stevens, and resorted to all known Parliamentary dodges to delay or @ofeat its ‘passage. The yeas and nays on its final pas- ‘nage were sixty-c ght to fifty-nine, The bill is very long, add varies but litte from the former one reported by Mr. Jeucker. tious having been adopted, they have looked in vain.to see'a correction in these papers.of the erroneous state- ment made, THE BOARD OF VISITORS TO WEST POINT. ‘The President has appointed the following named persons to be Visitors at the approuching examination at the United States Military Academy at West Point, com- mencing on the first Monday in June, or the State of Vermont—Rev. John Newman. Rhode Island—Thos. C. Turner, of Providence. New Jersey—Gen. 1. Perrine, of Trenton. Pennsylvania—Wm. F. Johnson, of Pittsburg. Delaware—Wm. §. Macauley, Jr., of Wil- mington. Virginia—B. J. Barbour. Florida— ‘Wm. Marion. Mississippi and Arkansas—Josiah Snow. Texas—Major Anson 1. Mills, of Washiagton, Missouri—General J. Stevenson. Tennessee—Judge SJ. W. Luckey. Kentucky—Judge Embree. Indiana—J. L, Campbell. MWinois—Dr. Jos. M. Ralston, of Quincy. Wisconsin—John G, McMyon. Kansas— Col. Johh P. Martin, of Atchison. Oregon—Hon. J. W. Neemith. The persons appointed will report themselves to Brevet Major General Cullum on their arrival at West Point. THE TAX BILL. ‘The consideration of the Internal Tax bill was re- “gamed this afternoon in the House, and continued anti) ‘mear four o’clook, without bringing out much additional Qnformation or provoking spirited debate. The evening ‘feeesion was devoted to the same subject, and the taxa tion of goverament bonds and the different kinds of United States securities was reached when the House ‘adjourned. This portion of the bill is likely to produce @ great deal of discussion. Members differ widely in ‘pinion as to the policy the government ought to pursue, nd each hopes to win the other to his own pecuhar views, The Committee on Ways and Means meet daily and agree upon such portions of the Tax bill as the House fs likely to reach for that day. The Committee are @ome nothing, and will do nothing on other subjects until this is disposed of. The Tariff bill will then be taken up. THE PROPORED FUNDING OF THE NATIONAL DEBT. The proposed bill authorizing the Secretary of the Freasury to replace United States securities falling due ‘woth five per cent gold bearing bonds was considered in the Senate to-day. Mr. Sherman, of Ohio, made ap able and exhaustive speech of nearly two hours in CADETS APPOINTED. ‘The President, it is stated, has made the following appointments at large to the United States Military Academy at West Point:—William Wier, of New York; Jacob Bell, Jr., of New York; 0. L. Hein, District of Columbia; ‘Thomas Townsend, Distmct of Columbia; Douglass Grant, son of General Grant. REDEMPTION OF CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS. OMicial notice is given to the holders of certificates of indebtedness issued under the acts of Congress approved March 1 and 17,,1862, that the Secretary of the Treasury, NEW YORK HERALD, WEDN’«¢sp in accordance with said acts and the tenor of said cer- tificates, is prepared to redeem, before maturity, all cer- Uificates of indebtedness falling due in June, July or August, 1866, with accrued interest thereon, if presented for redemption on or before May 31; and that thereafter sach certificates will cease to bear interest, and will be paid on presentation at this department, with interest only to the said 31st inst. THE CENTENARY OF METHODISM. Prominent at the centennial Methodist celebration last night were Secretary Harlan and Bishops Simpson and favor of the measure. He said he regarded it as a re- Proach upon American institutions that United States ‘Securities should bear nearly double the interest payable pon the public debts of the least stable of European Peoplen At the close of Senator Sherman’s speech the farther cousideration of the bill was postponed till to ‘morrow. THE POST OFFICE APPROPRIATION BILL. ‘The President has approved the bill making appropria- | Uons for the service of the Post Office Department for the next fiscal year, The aggregate amount for inland and foreign service is $18,379,500. In addition to | Ames. Rev. Dr. De Hass announced that he had re- this $150,000 is appropriated for the United | ceived $5,000 from a friend in Baltimore, given in the Fiates and Brazil mail service, $250,000 for the | mame of General Grant, towards the erection of the mail service between San Francisco, Japan and | Metropolitan church in Washington. » Contributions were then made for this church to the amount of $24,300, for the Dickinson Coliege $2,050, and for the general fund $1,200—the latter being for the purpose of aiding tue educational institutes and theological seminaries through- oui the country. THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS China for six months, and $900,000 for the over- land mail transportation between Atchison and Folsom, ‘and for marine mail transportation between New York end California, The Postinaster General is authorized to employ entiing vessels for the transportation of the mails between the ports of the United States and any Yoreign ports where the service may be facilitated ‘thereby, allowing and paying therefor a compensation not exceeding the sea postage accruing on the mails 80 conveyed. The bill alee provides for the advertising of ail the excentive departments in two daily papers in the chy of Washinglon having the largest circulation, and in 0 ethers. Heretofore the law was for publication in the two papers having the largest circulation, and a third to be selected by the President, This latter, therefore, ix Bow precluded, PHY HUSINESS BEFORE THE COMMITTER ON CLAIMS. The Senate some time since passed a bill for the First Session. fENATE. Wastuncrox, May 22, 1866. BILL TO EQUALIZE THE BOUNTIES OF SOLDIERS AND SAILORS, Mr. Witsox (rep.) of Mass, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to which was referred Senate bill No. 207, to provide for the equalization of bounties to the soldiers in the late war of the rebellion, relief of certain naval contractors and sent it | prevented a bill and a written report. ‘The report to the House. That body referred it to the | says:— Committee on Claims This committee has decided It has ever been the policy of the governfvent of the Unites States to keep a amail sanding army in time of pence. to postpone its consideration until the 20th of June neat. | fy ive upon the patriotism zens to fll the ranks of The House Committee on Claims have had four houdrod | tt unitary forces in time of war. The expe of three and thirty cases submitted to them this sossion, aud | {his policy. “Eve Piss tokio te ae have ported adverselyou three hundred and fifty of ye yc thee we hg them. The claim amounted in the aggregate to over life. While the services, bi citizen Owes matlite vi yy tie twemty million dollars, and the claims allowed have | Cie ee ee ere te a Tegoniae aud . f.Men below one hundred and fifty thousand reward the miitary services rendered by the efuven ‘ At the outbreak” of the rebellion and at var.ous WAR DEPARTMENT EMPLOYS. tunes during, none wanes the government The ss ‘al . the ranks of its ‘Wer Department reports that of its employes six two a ualt mille c espondert to the call of thelr hunéred and eighty-five were in the Union army, and | country. They relina Pursuits oF peace, the ao forts of home, er that, the’ rebellion But one in the rebel army. The latter was appointed to ght be suppressed and the country saved. The sums paid B place by Mr. Lincoln because he was a deserter and | oF agreed to be paid (0 soldiers, sailors and marines, as pay. bounty and other allowances durt nda half sation ad During Shall, owing to the iamense drain upon population, it became necessary to olfer Felain those in the service who, nce iu the eld, had become reteruas, as ¢ eulistments to fitl the depleted r ‘wan obliged to have some occupation that would mot subject him to recapture. THE PUBLIC LaNDS IN THE SOUTHERN STATES ‘The bill relating to the sale of the public lands in ‘the Aouthern States, which was brought gp this morn- id to the large navy created during the war ng in the Benete, gave rise to @ somewhat animated | Ther addiioual boustice provited ty ia amounted one bundred dollars p @imcuntion. As originally reported by the commi'tee for volunteers ior one, tw ‘the mica, were limited to eighty acres, in order that | dollars ye : highest bounties pall. by ‘an many freedmen ae’ possible might We accommodated oad wine entered the service during tne f° with farms It was reprosented with great force that | two years of ihe war. and who bore the, hewey burdens of the coatict may be placed upon an equal foot each a restriction would have a «trong tendency to | wi Givert white emigration into States where more liberal forms were offered, and it was finally dechied to make the Hinit the mame ae in the other parts of the country, « Bundred and sixty acres, ‘ny Je sthvice ate later day, the biti Provides that exch and every soldier. sailor and matine shall Peeeive aethird dollars, for excl month sums paid and to be paid. in he Wdedtunted tt those whe entered t required have beer A DELEGATION OF MISSOURIANS, credited throughout the woron all calls wae 2,658,062, Beaded by George A. MeGuire, Daniel G. Taylor and Ae ee eagerness an See Sent aeieas Bart. Able are iv the city, ostensibiy to look after the othe most not of t Abi and my e-third Miewiasipp: bridge case, but in reality to further the taterests of their Staty and national politics. They rep Femnt the conservative republicanism of Missouri. PBR EKNATE’S ACTION IX THE CASE OF FRANK BLAIR'® NOMINATION. eight and without years troops, ‘The refusal af the Senate to confirm General Frank i Le Mair ax Collector of Internal Revenue at St. Louis was 7 iy received $i , All who aed “ : term will be enutied to $UWh A large muta: feconsiered by that body in executive session on Fri- | FOr Tigtni re-culmed a “veterans ard wm ieduetion of tay, and the whele #itject reopened: mM each mugt be made for t i also (or deserters, enlistments ffom reel prisons, kale of discharges, APPOINTMENTS. own request. Ae. Tie total number of " " ing the war was w, of thes J. B Smith and Major Cheeny are reported to have Hiberies taeuiteclly, The Saleer eon appointed Collector and Assessor for the First Con. o hundred thousand, being nd one: half per cent, to whieh add two ant one-ualt per cent for @rewional District of Wiseousit, Vice Emerson and Bronson removed. Colonel Starr te also spoken of nw the other causes en then be as follow: tuerated The amount necessary will witbo t deduction —$262, 44.575, loss ove, 4sT; leon for. veterans, almost certain 10 receive the Poxtmastership of Mil #7 Tose hott. SO SBLRTS Net amount, ‘9191.58.00 wanker. rein witch deduct $25,040), 00 f ‘diecharges prior to AMORTEYOR GENERAL OF DAKOTA. ‘The Senate to-day in executive session confirmed the womination of Wiiliem Tripp to be Surveyor General amount necessary adding ten per cent on account, ‘The provisions of the bill reanecting m will be in for fall paym inc barged se of transfer of vice @ Jin: harges believed to have bern pra sin ospee fer the Teerhery of Dakota, vice George 5D. Hill, re- | tition of s ball of this bature are conside . no deduction ta estim A GRBEL GENERAL FARDONED, 7m ‘The President yesterday gmoted « pardon to B. Pal. ‘ayinast be the pe Orne’ ron) any par: mes [eeaaig Sormerty 0 trignsier gee Uetps wi asine provegution or eetiieeatot cmiins tor ro.diers eral in the revel; j, On Phe strongest recommenda- | now living. This whl protect the interests of the soldiers, Gite ; hod not add to the Iabors of the accounting and disbursin t 8 offeers more than i actually necessary ins work of suc Ld TO CRIMINALS. magnitude The deauetion of twenty. ere Is made The pant because Inrge numbers of mea were discharged in the early President lons to the following | pirt of the war for disability and other causes after a few persone, held for offences :—Charies E, Mould, | ‘months’ service. Soldiers dissharged on account of w are eptitied to bounty for th (erm, crippled and betpless. aud ble to return io. the pursuits Whey abandoned without a murmar at the call of their coun- try, for which they have fought with such self-seerifel ng dee The committer not been unmindful of the any of the of Minox, now under arrest for stealing letters from the Port Office at Chicago; George Coates, of New York, con- victed of smuggling and sentenced to thirty days confine mont and to pay a tine of one bundréd dollars, and James W. Bowling, of New York, also convicted of smuggling and sentenced to pay a-fine of one hundred dollars and ‘be impritoned for sixty days, Contos and Bowling hay. Ang werved out their periods of confinement, and being wnable to pay the fines imposed upon them, they were the American ps the nation’s defenders, and on snineral resources of the conntey. and believe thy of the nation will not be Impaired by the pusmage of thin ineasure, which will remain for ail time an enduring example of the faith, honor and ratitude of the nation ‘The bill to equalize the bounties of soldiers and sailors it the rapid development provides — pardoned on the recommendation of many respectable ene 8 brarides that every soldier who Citizens of New York. don discharged. hail be one-third dollars per month for tor sacopts Home (uardn and other troops for local serie, from bone! e War Depart- aid Seanties. PORTS OF BNTRY IX PORTO RICO. The United States Consul at San Juan, Porto Rio, ment, Histments fender dato of April 26, 1408, reports that the royal de. | MSNitn tien provides form deduction of al betnty pb or Gree of Octobe? 19, 1865, shutthhg to general trade of agreed 10 be paid aenereres ou F soldiers Smporie of nasional aud foreign producte the ports of | Frerulted from rebel prisons Berane ‘Aber guarthene, oF Agneta, Arecibo and Noqvaty thin this consular aig. J ou fhe around of minority, exept Merharsed for erometion, wides that soldiers she widows and heirs wball have the same enlistment had been mn oath Silt the application “ett Ras been made of ’ ne ats harge, ad prohibits uecounting. 0° disbursing oilice from eniertaiving any claim fer bounty unless accompa" aied with the discharge and raid oath. makes it the duty of un anaswer Gent under direc? ion of the Moeretaty of War nthe Semel oF every colder who makes pplicatien fer said ‘amount due, and endome it vpon the ditch gage, to be returned to the claimant wits a. warrant for the amount due, the v'arrant to be drawn upan an autio- witaryor disbursing officer, but not to Le negotiable OF Payable und the claiumaut is identitied by the sil 0 wits of twa reputable witnesses, residents of the sam@ county or Yustrict, and attested by the clerk of a court, shall also Tequire the discharge to be presented to bim ‘ang shall com- Pare it with the Warrant to seo Chat it agrees therewil ‘Section five exchudes entirely all agents and attorney: any participation in the Prosecution, eollection, remittance ‘claims for aid bounty to soldiers now iiving, 8 from, or payment of and provides that no sale, transfer or axsigninent of any bounty sball be recognized or tertained by any aceounti or disbursing ‘nine unist be presente within twelve months froga the passage of the or the Alaimunts will be forever excluded, Section six provides that claims of widows andorphans of deceased soidiers shall bewcttled Uy the proper eccounting oilicers of the borne fi when presented by agents or re heys they are required to make-outh that they have no in- terent in the claim beyond thelr legal fees, whick are. xed at ven doliars aud teu per cont upon all’ sums under one hundred dollars, for all sums over one hundred said feds to include all eapenses excopt aill- Tt inflicts a panalty of not davity and acknowledgments, than one thousan lars, and exclusion from further collection of poverument elaime, upon aay sent who accepts, directly or indirectly, more than the above fees in any case, s tion seven directs that fhe adcounting officers'of the Treasury shall be governed by the same rosiricigons in the tem ribe for the Paymaster General, ‘the warrant may be transinit- ted to the agent, but cannot be negotiated nor paid unless lorsed, witnessed nud atiessed in the same er As gndormedt, witnessed wud atiesced in th ereinbefore provided: ection eight gives the same bounty and fproyides for its payment by the proper accounting oliloars, of the Treaanry, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secre” tary of the Navy to sulors wud Barings, and iq thelr: widows Hh bot nd prize enor 5 ; id, i to'be deducted in'ike thuoner”. Glatins of sais and ima wer Fines now living are to be prevented within, four those of their widows and heits n one year from of this act, + ckection ‘nine provides that, ie bounty due widews and heir of deceased suldiers, sailor and marines shall be paid \firat te the widow; if there be gow widow, then to the chil dren; if there be uo widow or children, then to the next of kin; but no bounty shall be paid to any person not a resident of the United states The bill and report were ordered to be printed, LAND ASKUD TO AID IN CONSTRUCTION OF A RATLROAD, Mr. Wirsiams, (rep.) of Oregon, offered a bill granting land to aid in the constructiom of a railroad from Salt Lake City to the Columbia river; which was referred to the Committee oa Public Lands, NATIONAL LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY. A bill to incorporate the National Life and Accident Insurance Company of Washington, D. C., was taken up as the unfinished business of yesterday, and after a bref discussion was postponed unti) to-morrow. ‘ME PUBLIC LANDS IN CERTAIN SOUTHERN STATES, Mr. Kinkwoop, (rep.) of Towa, called up_a bill im rela- tion to the ' public lands’ in Alabama, Missi sippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and Fiona, which provides that the public lands in these States shall be disposed of according to the provisions of the Homestead law of May, 1862, and that n@ entry shall be made of more than oighty acres, the price of the patent for which shall be five dollars, and there shall be no discrimination on account of race or color in the persons to whom the land shall be sold. It repeals the provision of the old Jaw which prevents any man who took part in the re- dellion from scouring public fands, and substitutes for it a requirement that the settler shall swear future alle- giance and fidelity to the government. Mr. Hexpricks, (dem.) of Iud., moved to so amend the bill as to allow the settler to secure one handred and sixty inatead of eighty acres; which was Cae Mr. Kirxwoon, in response to 2 question, said there were forty-six millions of acger of public lands in the States named. ‘The bill was passed. THE CONSOLIDATION OF 1 PUBLIC DEBT, At one o’clock Mr, Serma® called up the bill to con- solidate the public debt and reduce the rate of interest on the same to tive per cent, The amendment of the Finance Committee striking ont the provision making the cost of preparing, issuing, printing and disposing of the loan not to exceed two per cent, and inserting in lieu thereof a provision that the cost of disposing of it shall not exceed one per cont, was a to, Mr. SuERMAN, (rep.) of Obfo, said this bill came in the ordinary way from the Secretary of the Treasury, with a view to facilitate the negotiation of a five per cent loan. It had been with him (Mr. Sherman) an earnest desire during the present session of Congrese to see the interest on the public debt reduced to uot exces cent. But the Secretary of the Treasury what whether he could negotiate a Jou rate, After full consideration, however, the Se: presented this tall_as containing the terms upon which, in his judgment, this loan ould be negotiated. It came to the Finance Commities, and by general consent was reported to the Senate and printed, for the purpose of attract boaring that bon it. It was subse. trom the Committee. Mr. Sherman suid it ¢ briefly the condition quently considered and reporte Before considering the subje: would be necessary for him to of the public debt. By the statoment of the first of May, it appeared that the public debt at that time was three billions eight huadred and twenty-seven miilions six hundred and seventy-stx thousand eight f and xoventy-one dol anit from that is properly deducted the amount of curren ‘nd coin on hand in the Treasury, To this must be added site a large nomber of items, some of which ha been acted upon during the present session of Congress, id some of which will be acted upon before the adjournment; the mere statement of whieh will show the Seaaie the probatie condition of th debt within the next year, The largest sum now in any bill before us is in the bill from the Com- Military Affairs for the equ: Downe will take, if passed, from on millions of dollars. “The bill Railroud will require, in the course of the vn: year, something like’ fifty millions of dotlar a the various branches (uliil their contracts Im vara oot a certain amount of read each. For the settlement wicu the States for expenses in the mifitary services, we have already appropriated about ten millions of doli Mis- souri, Kansas, Pennsylvania and West Virgina, and’ perhaps ’ other States, have made ctaims, and there are other claims’ still to be presented; Indiana, Kentucky and Oboe will have each. The probabliity is that this class of ¢ adjusted, will take at least twenty millions of dollars. The largest claim was that of Missouri, which amonnted to nearly seven millions. ‘Then there is a question pre- sented by a prominent member of the Hause of Repre- sentatives which I hope will not pass. It is # proposi- tion tg assume ® portion of the expenses of the States im raising Men" proposition generaily koown @s Mr, Biaine’s bill—which would take $16,000,000. As I see but little effort to pase this bill T presume its #ucress ia not likely. ‘Then there is # class of private claims which will take millions, A bill passed the other day for the relief of certain iron-clad contractors, Then there are claims on the border States for damages in various forms amounting to hundreds of millions. But T take it from what bas already occurred that for the most part they will de rejected. It is therefore very cevtala that in ihe most favorable aspect of affairs the public debt might be stated at three thousand millhons of dotlars, It will be observed that this debt is of & most diverse ebaracter. It consists not only of unliquidated claime, but is covered by twenty-seven diferent laws, and I think some thirty or forty different forms of securities—perhaps even more, The table of the public debt contains a list of those various loans cover- Ing a space of six oF seven pages. There are at least thirty different laws under which loans are now ot. standing. Under some ot these laws there are a great varlety of iseues, Vor tustance, there are three difier- ent erie: of seven-thirty notes, and there are five differ. ent series of five-twenty notes, With different provietons. He (sherman) merely referred to this to show the neces sity of consolidating all these ioans and putting them in some tangible form. It is difficult now for the people to understand amy more than two or three of these loans. None but a skilful @nancigr can teil the difference in value betweon these loans, "There is another noceasity growing out of the condition of our public debt, which is that we must fund it. It is not a question of poli but of necessity A large portion of it matures very soon, and it inust be either excluded as to time or paid off, ‘It ean only be paid of by borrowing other money. A table in the report of the Secrotary of the Treasury shows when this debt matures. One hundred and seventy-eight millions of various kinds of indebtedness accrues within this year. During the next year there will be within ‘the of the “secretary the Treasury $25,607,801 Mr. Crank, (rep.) of N. HL, inquired if there would be that amount falling due, or whether it would not simply be within the option of the Secretary to redeem. Mr. Suenwan said {t would be within the power of tho Secretary to redeem that much. A large part of this is the first series of five-twenties; a portion of itis the seven-thirty notes, two hundred and thirty-four millions of which would either be hyo im money or con- vertible into five-twenties. It is plain, then, t is a necessity of providing some way of fundi ‘various classes of securities into one loan of form. Bat there is another argument on this subject, derived also from the table before me, It is that al modera daced it tangible form, i ons who bave now a public debt have re- a matter of policy to some simple aud so that in every country there is & specific dent Known to the peuple of that conntry, with a fixed rato of interest prescribed by law, and the whole of the public debt is put in that form as soon as le. In England both fore and after the war of Napoleon she had the same diversity of debt which we have, and it bas been the policy of her statesmen, from William Pitt down to her present leaders of public opinion, to reduce this into some specific form, and the resalt’ has been to reduce the debt with the exception of a million of pounds to athree per cent debt. In France the debt has been consolidated in the same way, In Russia it has all been funded into three, four and a balf and five por cent stocks; 80 that every nation in Europe, where a pablic debt has existed in some cases for centuries, they have adopted it as a principle to reduce the debt to as simp a form as possible, 80 that that interest on the loan should bo chargeable to ‘he Treasury and a sinking fund should pay off the principal as far as policy wonld allow. The only question, Mr. Sherman said, wax whethor this was the time to fund the public debt, He thought it certainiy was, He believed a better timo would have bern the com- meneement of the sessom. Congress had wasted five months in bie opinion, and it would have been easier to have done it at the commencement of the sesrion than now. It could not be done at all unless it was done be- fore the return to ie ee. The present rate of and this high rate of imtercst was AY, MAY 23, ined the detatls of the bill, dw%@\ng at lengt?, apom that portion exemapeiPg the bonds of thé PrGyosed joan {rom taxation, “At the conclusion of Mr, Shermaa’s speech Mr, CLARK rose and gaid he desired to speak in eapotinn Be bill, but was not pre;ared to do so now. =H moved its further considers'.on be postponed unt) to-morrow. ‘Mr. Pascenpes, (re, ) of Me., eaid the special order for to-morrow was the reconstruction resolations. R Mr. Snerawan said be would not antagonize his bill ‘against the reconstruction pro} ‘Mr. Clark’s motion prevailed, 1 ‘THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. ‘Mr, Cmanpuer, (rep.) 4 Mich. fntrodneed, 0 lene lemontary to the several acts relating \- omy of the apy Danese ent, which was refersed to the Cominittee on Commerce. It provides, first, for the appointment by the President of a Commissioner of Customs, who shall have the direc- tion and superintendence of the execution of the laws regulating foreign and coasting trade, fisheries, and me collection of duties on imports and tonnage, who shal have the frauking privilege and a salary equal to that of Commissioner of Internal Revenue; second, for the pointment of a Deputy Commissioner of Customs, at same salary as that of Deputy Cé r of the, Excise; and two assistant deputies, one.to have super- vision of cases arising under the laws for the issue of marine papers, the regulation of fore'gn trade and fish- eries, &c., the other to have supervision of the collection of duties) warehousing, drawbacks, &. ‘Third. For the appointment of a Solicitor, at tho same salary as that of the Solicitor of Internal Revenue. Fourth, ‘That the Secretary of the Treasury may transfer such ad¢itional clerks or messengers a3 may be required into the Bureau of Customs, Fifth, That the present office of Commis- tmisioner ot Customs, under the act of March 8, 1849, shall be called Third’ Comptroller of the Treasury, aut in edition to bis present duties as accounting officer, he ehait examine and adjust the internal revenue accounts; and shall have transferred to his office the clerks em- loyed in the office of the First Comptroller of Internal Re. enge accounts, Sixth, For tho organization of a Burean of Accounts comprising the ofltces of the fve Andi‘ors, the Reg'ster aud the three Comptroliers of the ‘Treasury, whoze salary shall be six thousand dollars, Seventh. ‘Defining the duties of the Chiof Comptroller. Eighth. That the Chief Comptroller may order the imme- dinte settlement ofany account where delay,may be injuri ongto thé United States or any party inintereat. | Ninth. ‘Tuat heshall a cee —. aoe Phe alot Statos, growing out of the mnt of public A shall havo cutoly of bonds for the security of the United States hy public officers, and possess tho same authority as the Secretary of the ‘Treasury for certifying copies from records, accounts and documents. Other ions prescribe further the duties and powers of the Chief Comptrotler; authorize an appeal to him from the decisions of the First, Second and Third Comp- troller and giving him’ the franking privilege. PENALTY AGAINST SEAMEN WEARING SHEATH KNIVES, Mr, Cuanpixn, from the Committee on Commerce, re- portad a bill to prevent the wearing of sbeath knives by Anvrican seamen, It provides that the same probibi- tion against wearing knives on shipboard shall be ex- vended and made applicable to all seamen in the mer- chant service, Every master of a ship, registered under the laws of the United States, is required to inform every person e.gazed as seaman of this provision, and to require his compliance under a penalty of fifty dollars, the fine to go one-half to the informer and one-half to the fund for the relief of sick and disabled seamen. AN ARMORY AT ROCK ISLAND. Mr. Witsox called up a bill making further provisions for the establishment of an armory and military depot at Rock Island, Tlinois ; which was passed. ‘The Houze bill to amend the postal laws was taken up. One section provides that prepaid letters shall .be re- tured free of chargo to the writers when not called for; another that money orders shall be good for but ono year; another prescribes punishment for damaging or disfiguring letter boxes in the public strects at a fine of five hundred dollars or three years’ imprisonment. Mr. Rameay, (rep.) of Minn., offered an amendment that whenever the Postmaster General shall employ special agents to collect money he shall require bond and security of such agents; which was agreed to. ‘The bill, as amended, was then passed. EXKCUTIVE SESSION At four o'clock the Senate went into executive session, ‘on motion of Mr. Dooxrrrie, and soon after adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Wasmrxcrox, May 22, 1866. DISLOVAL PENSIONERS, Mr. Semexcr, (rep.) of Obio, offered a resolution, which was adopted, calling on the Secretary of the Interior for information in reference to the pensions stopped on ac- | count of participation in the rebellion, the amount of arrears paid or claimed, and the amount estimated to be necessary to pay arrears, &c. IVIL. APPROPRIATION BILL. (dem.) of Md., introduced a bill to amend the Civil Appropriation bill for the year 1859, so as to make the proviso to the seventeenth section read that “where thero 15 no collector at the place of loca- tion of any public work therein speaitied, the Secretary of the ‘Treasury shall have power to appoint a disbursing agent for the payment of all moneys appropriated for the construction of such public work with such compensation as he may deem equitable and just. ‘The bill was read three times and passed. ASASIANTSSECRETARY OF THR NAVY. ‘The House then proceeded to the considerafon of the Senate bill to ant! the appointment of an Assistant Se the Navy, on which the main question had yesterday Mr. Rose, (dem.) of tab! IL, moved to lay the bill on the | | j Mr. BRaNDRGRR, (rep.) of Conn., wanted to know whether it would be in order to move to amend the bill 80 as to let the Secretary of the Navy go to Europe, A Menner added—And to stay there. Mr, Braxvecex repeated the words “and to stay there. ”? (Langhter.) The S)" Aker thoaght that such an amendment would yoo My be an order, was passed by a vote of 69 yeas to 41 nays, THY BANKRUPT BILL PASSED. Lhe ifonse then proceeded, during the morning honr, to the: sideration of the Bankrupt bill, to which some jivterial amendments were, on motion of Mr, Jm>ooces (rep.) of RL, made. Mr KES—Mr. Speaker, in closing this debate I wish sto and to reply to some general objections thi have t aised to legislation upon this subject. The first objection is that no law should be passed which authorizes tie discharge of a debt without payment in full or wit cancels the obligation of a contract. All bankrupt ws on this principle would be pronounced inexpedien! oid unjust. My reply is, that in the pro- gress of (i vation it bas become Tepugnant to the con- sciences of enlightened nations that there should be any longer servitude for debt. ‘There are two parties to every contract, and there are uncertainties with regard to the performance of it by each. All commercial na- tious have discovered that it is as necessary for the prompt transaction ef business, the preservation of mercantile honor and the | encouragement tradg and enterprise, to provide a remedy for the honest, unfottunate debtor against the persecution of some grasping creditor as to provide a remedy for the credffor against a fraudulent debtor, The security, even the life of trade, requircs that the relief provided by A well system of bankrupt law pro- vittes the desired remedy; and while it strengthens rather than weakens the creditor's rights and powers, it rewards unfortunate houesty with emancipation. Here- after, if this bill becomes a law, imprisonment for debt, that rahe of barbarous ages which still lingers in some of the States, will cease to exist, and can never be re- stored. by oT of thevrafortunate debtor will no longer be lost to bis family and his country. The with its retrospect of embarrassment and misfortune, wil no longer cast its bane:ul shadow over his mind, his future will no longer be unchsered by hope. The pursuit of happiness, the road to honor, a career of i enterprise, with its rewards, will again be tohim, and he will enter anew, a « redeemed man, into the life objection and prosperity of the State. 2 Another " that although the power to pass a system of laws on the subject of bankruptcy is clearly granted to Congress by the Constitution, yet it is inexpedient for Con- grees to exercise it. Such am argument might have ‘weight if this bill were bronght forward as @ party meas- ure, or if it were partial and unequal in its opera. tion, and did not tend to produce the beneficial results it aims at. Bot tho most ingenious and suspicious mind has failed to discover any partisan Sonrecter in it, and the closest criticism, in and out Cor State legislation can al adequate relief, for ite power over the subject is limited, and over the per. sons ceases entirely at the States’ boundaries. At the time of the adoption of the federal constitution Rhode Island bad a perfect bankrupt law, discharging the debt aswell asthe person of the debtor; but the Supreme Court deciared it to be unconstitutional and null, New York once passed a ilar law, which met the same fate before the same tribunal. The power resides solely bere; and being sole and exclusive it implies a corre ding duty, which is the exercise of that power for the benefit of the The republic hax a right to the free and unfettered services of all its citizens, and ‘every interest of the State demands that should have bs Son of Edge in all the pur. surts of life, contrary policy to permit one clase to hold where be incarceration only With ruined fortunes, biasted how can those the welfare of the war, after ’ state of war, they have discovered that their true interest requires that the law should be so framed ne to bring about the most prompt seitlements, and give each the quickest and most thorough relief, I had the ‘ure of submitting to this House the most weighty testimony ever offered on this subject to any legisiative body in the world. These Chambers of Commerce and Boards of Trade and their constituencies do not fear that any rogue or wilful rebel who threw bis property into the scales of rebellion with bimself will escape through the meshes of this bill while creditors are vigilant and courts are honest. They wish to meet their debtors, North and South, wnder the common protection of na- tional inw. Their enlightened self-interest has risen to the degree of wise woven an a Cannot this Con- just interest was too bigh, | gress be as @agnanimous, os and as wise’ @ source of continued ovi! to the country, It was the Others object to the system because they say cause of high rents; because it made the United States | it is retroactive, and avow their willingness com| with owners of houses. Great Britain | to accede to it were it wholly prospective and | $! 000 of her consoli- | applicable only to contracts made after the bill shall A ue ays $199,000,000 of Ine | have » vecome ala. If this be arged on constitutional terest on intarest ing Hotes, of more | grow meets with a perfect answer 1 the decisions than double rates, and yet ish conrole at 86 in | Of the Supreme Cow Nothing can be clearer. than the rt. Landon, while Amerean five-twenties are only 66 by last ) langr.ge of Chief Justice qnotations In Prance the rate of Interest # xoanetrves | clanse in the constitution wi +. # Mitte more thea four ver cont. Mr Shermanthen exam. ' framed, and that wi explaining the der which thie bill is sontains =the probibi- 1866.—TRIPLE SHEET. “40h upon more cogent, aito- | participated in by Messrs. Schenck, Morrill, Payne, Law. aa oot is the Fasvational St ot aguinet rence +f Coe Ban Sloan, Boutwell, Washburn of 10 take eftect only on fature contracts, Some | Mace, and Hu jaoved to amend the amendment by strike. date must bo fixed in such a stabute before Which 29R- f sas. saa se> to str. tract mist Yemaia blading, and beyond which they tay | ing-out all of the frst paragraph and inserung i ea of be annulled. ‘The business of the country must go om, | It ms ae en senate tee with or without such a statute, and debts must be con- and thety pee aph O0 Ntt od valovemn daty the tracted on the usual credits. A man fails a month tax; provided thas in aaseeaing sali, Of Seed the day desi From the obligations contracted fire (en dollaea valuation shell ot be cmenament Within that month be may be discharged; DY he tort | Without coming toa vote the Bouse, at balf-past four, all h they Tun back through a | took a recess till BOVE, ETP rm ve AIS life; one half some may be bond, the other free. spirit of the terrible Roman statute which gave the living 18 creditors— body of the debtor to bo cut in by bi would @ horrid dividend. It as unjust to the cre- ditor as to the debtor; all be alike, and stand equal before the law. It would discriminate against some and favor others; some would take the dividend, and the balance of thelr claims would still be valid; others would be compelled to their whole debt for the same dividend. Such a statute could not be uniform in its 0; ion, and would there- fore be unconstitutional, yr, 48 1 have maintained in this debate, the constitutional requirement in a bank- rupt law is, that it should be uniform in its effect upon fine relations ra ne creditor, Rj <n relation. ‘heir rights are personal rights; con- traci are personal contracts; their remedies are by re sonal actions, and the relief granted by a bankrupt law is a discharge from these personal actions. The effect should be uniform wpon all, or the constitutional re- wirement is violated. But this statute cannot properly called retroactive even in the sense that all remedial statutes are retroactive. It is not within the prohibition of ex post facto laws. It takes effect upon the business of the country as it is, in she game manner that the two. Brevious statutes took e a their respective dat Tho warrant to enact it is ‘found in the clear aré@ explicit language of the constitu- tion, and to a bill like this; with"less. propriety than perhaps toany other, can the term retroactive or retro- spective be applied im the offensive sense that it changes existing mghts and liabilities without notice; for every contract that has been made since the ratification of the constitution has been entered into with full knowledge of ite contents, and subject to the power of Congress to pass at any time a law by which that contract might be annulled. About the details of the bill, as originally reported, the committee have never been tena- cious. I merely carried out their instructions in contending for what they had carefully coi sidered and prepared, and insisting upon the provi- sions of the bill as they were, until something better was offered. Since the last reference of the bill, friends of the measure, not upon the committee, have submitted amendments which the committee have become sutistled were improvements on the original plan, These have in ‘avery instance been incorporated into the bill as now eported. None of them were matured while the bill was under disenssion im the House. they had been they would have been promptly accepted then. I was instructed to sustain and defend the bill in the spirit of tho teaching of the Roman poet, which forms a maxim in his art: ———Si quid novinti rectius istis, Candidus impert!; si non his utere mecurn. And whenever the better have been imparted they have been gladly accepted. Mr. Jencks concluded by moving the previous question. Mr. Par, (rep.) of Wis., asked bim to permit an amendment to be offered, striking out the involuntary bankraptey features of the bill as contained in sections 39, 40, 41 and 42. ‘Mr. Jencks declined to withdraw the motion for the previous question, Mr. Stevens, (rep.) of Pa.. wished to move to postpone action on the bill till December next, adding that he hoped the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Jenekes) would aflow that time to clapse before calling on them tocommit hari-kari. (Langhter.) Mr. Jexcyss still declined, to withdraw the previous question, ald the House seconded it. tr, STEVENS moved to lay the bill on the table. ‘The motion was negatived by a vote of 49 yens to 98 nays. The bill was then passed by a vote of 68 yeas to 59 mays. The following is a summary of the Bankrupt Law as it oa passed :— ‘The first section constitutes the district courts of the Unit- ed States court of bankruptcy. ‘The second section gives the United States cireuit courts general superintendence and jurtediction of all cases and questions arising under Sections three to seven Inclusive, relate to the administra- tion of the law in courts of bankruptey. Sections eight, nine and ten refer to appeals and practice, ‘The eleventh section provides that if any person residing within the jnrisdiciion of the United States, owing debts over, “three nundred dollars, | shall “apply by ‘petition to the judge of his judicial ‘distriet, “wetting” out hin inability’ to” pay his’ debts in full, and) his wil- Iingness to surrender his estate for the — ben of his creditors, the filing of such petition shall be actof bankruptey, and suid warrant shall thy y the ting the Massbul of the forrcnsion ‘ot d'keep the same until the appointment of an . is then to be given to the creditors to hold 4 meeting and choose one or more assignees, on 12 to 18, inclusive, define in great detail the duties of assignees, Sections 19 to 25, inclusive, relate to debts and the proof of an d 1¢ Of perishable properly. : id fo examfeneten ot bankrupts be- fore the court, and exempis them from Mability to arrest during the pendency of the proceedings in bankraptey in civil ections, Xection twenty-seven relates to the distribution of the bank. rupt’s estate, All creditors whose debts are duly proved and allowed are 4g be entitled to share in the bankrupt properiy pro rata, without any priority or preference whatever, ex- Cept thai wages due from himn to any operative, clerk or house servant (oan amount not exceeding fifty dollars for labor erformed within wix months preceding the adjudication of ankruptey shall be entitled to priority and shall be first patd in full, In the order for a dividend the following elaims are to be entitled epee of preference and to be first paid in full in the following ox er: First, the foes, coats and expenses og suits and for the custod: ty? feoond all debts, due. to the. United tatem and all taxes and assessments under the laws thereof; third, alldebix due to the State in which the pro: ecedings In Urge gd a coving and all tas and assessments mader yude under the laws of such States; fourth, wages due to any operative, clerk or house servant to an amount not exceeding fifty dollars for labor perform Within six months next preceeding the, rst lication of the notice of proceedin, uptey due to any persons who by the laws oF the or may be enutled to ® priority or preferenc nor as if this act had not been passed; always provided that nothing contained in the act shall interfere with the Asceasment and and collection of taxes by the United States or any State. section twenty-nine and the five following sections relate to the bankruptcy discharge and ite effect. If it shall appear to the Court that the it hun in all things conformed to his, duty under this ect, and that he fs entitled under the provisions thereof to receive ® discharge, the Court 81 him a discharge from all his debts except as therein. ed, and shall give him a certificate thereof under court. Section thirty. declares preferences and fraudulent copveyanees i, Sections thirty-six, thirty-seven and thirty-eight relate to dates bankruptoy of partierships and corporations, and to and depositions. - Section thi cane of involuntary ban! State, avoiding the service of process, re cealnient of property, fraudulent assignment of prope: for a period Srrest and govmation fet Seve 6 fod of woven days, coafession of judgment or st nsion o} it com. ‘mercial paper for fourteen days, shall be Secmed em act of bankruptcy. Section forty-three for th Proceedings arrangement, perseding of the rr nallfen against bankruy for concealment. af . talitying books oF papers, fraudulent assignment or conveyance of 7. 4n gaming, permitting # fleti‘ions debt to be proved him, obt goods on credit fraudulently within three months of the commencement of the in bank: picy. ‘These areto be deemed m .and pun i with or without bard labor, for s ished by im} term not byes: three Sections forty-fve and Forty-six provide penalties agatost officers in administering the law. Section forty-seven regulates fees and costs. Section forty. a ip duties on petitions, Section» forty. ai acrelious forty-nine and Afty define the meaning of terms computation of time, Section fifty-one aud last enacts that this act shall com. Eitecbaves ats ecgtioesrehs ot soot orders (rom and after the date of {ts approval: provided that ‘no petition or other ig Under this act shall be filed, recelved or commenced before the first day of November. ‘TNR FREEDMEN'S WORRAU. Mr. Eusor, (rep.) of Mass., from the Select Committee on Freedmen, reported back the bill to continue in force for three years and to amend the act establi the Freedmen’s Burera. While the Dill was being the Morning hour expired, and the bill went over till to- morrow. PUNIRHMENT OF Mr. ~~ ps ky Mich, unish attorneys others for withholding moneys collected for pom soldiers and sailors, which was read twice and rete to the Commitwe on Military Affairs. NEW EXECUTIVE MANSION. Mr. ape hs Maine, asked leave to offer a con- current lution constituting the standing committees of both honses on Public Butidings and Grounds asa joint committec to examine the several sites that nay be for a new Executive mansion and residence, and to inquiro into the necosity and expediency of such accommodations for the Pretident. Mr. Farseworrn, (rep.) of Ill., objected. TU TAK BiLt, ‘The Ruuse went into Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, Mr. Dawes in the chair, and resumed consideration of the Tax bill, commencing at the para- graph imposing atax of two conts a pound on cotton, ee no ty has been levied. imposing stax of five cent on all manufactures not Otherwise ded for waa, on motion of Mr. Sratmnc, amended addin “Provided further, that brown eat 1 ad and eft. ver was, on motion of Mr. KEuuxy, (rep.) of Pa, amend- ed, Lee! the proviso that the stamping should net apply to the reworking of old gold or silver not in pS or bar. The Tolating te tobacco were. amended by ew paragraph 0: tobacco, sweet- adding as My. Mywi in liew of the somew! the 10h of Mag. The amendment gave rire to mach debete, which waa g WORK ON THE TAX RESOMED. The House immediately went into Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union—Mr. Dawes in the chair—on the Tax bill. The discussion in reference to cigars and tobacco was continued by Messra, Hubbard of Conn, Deming, Banges, Mert, Stevens, Griswold, Washburn of Mass, an Finally the debate was closed, and the vote was taken on an amendment offered by Mr. to the amend- ment offered by Mr. Schenck, which ‘been accepted by the last named . The endment was agreed to, the vote by tellers being 57 to 46. It strikes out the pa yh in the bill imposing a tax on cigar- ettos or and substitutes for it the following : made of tobacco, inclosed tn. mall RR eet erigets Jer th tw ‘and on cl tated cath em near era the tart * value of which is not over eight dollars per thousand, a tax of two dollars ;, on all other cigarettes and wo per tho! value of which ts over eight dol Cie Te ne moive dollars, per iousaud, a. tax of four dollars cs 9 ttes and cigars a tax of four Hejaete cuauatheg Batti Gan cos Table of te be asse the = beyond ‘dollars per tho to be assessed on twelve doltars per thousand, Mr. Morris obtamed leave to-offer at another time, when perfected, a provision that the taxes assessed and aid on cigars, cheroots and cigarettes of domestic manu- facture, under this act, shall also be assessed and paid on all imported cigars, in’addition to any dutivs imposed on the eame-under the tariff. Amendments were offered by Messrs, Paine and Scnexck, which look, to tho same purport, providing that the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe regulations for the. inspection and valuation of cigars, &c., an¢ that it shall be the duty of the inspector or assessor to examine the manufacturer thereof or his agent under oath, to ascertain whether he has any interest ip any pod the concealment of which he geeks to obtain a ‘ine, julent or deceptive appraisement. ‘The paragraph relating to brokers, banks and bankers had several verbal and immaterial amendments tn it. Mr. Cooke moved to add to it the following proviso:— Provided. That in estimated sales of goods, wares or mer~ Seana fo Ra broker pon which «tax bas been, Paid anpther brol on whi 0 sani She be eatimated and incladed as sold by the broker for whom the sale was made. After some discussion the amendment was agreed to. Mr. Grrsworp moved to amend the paragraph relating: to carriages, &c., by striking out “gold watches and gold’ or silver plate.” Rejected. Mr. Morritt moved to strike out the paragraph amend ing section 103 of the present law, under schedule A, and to substitute for fta [pes which imposes a tax of two and a half per cent on railroads, canals, steamboats, barges, canal boats, mail coaches, &c., carrying pasken gers within the United States, where the receipts exceed $1,000 per annum, the tax to be calculated on gross re- ceipts from passengers and mails. After some discussion the paragraph was passed over informally until the amen@ment could be printed. ‘To the raph relating to telearaph companies a proviso was added that no returns shall be required of receipts not subject to tax. ‘The committee, after disposing of ton pages of the: bill, down to the paragraph on banks, rose, and the House, at ten o’clock, adjourned. Obituary. THE LAST REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER. We announced a week or so ago the death of William ‘Hutchings, one of the last survivors of the war of Ameri- can independence. This announcement resusrected haif a dozen almost forgotten antediluyians who claimed to- have ‘fit inter the Revolution;”? but most of them como: forward without proper and good certificates for their distinction. The last of the officially recognized Revo- lutionary soldiers is dead. The United States Pension. Office is in full mourning. Relics and heroes of the second war of independence are now in order. Briga. dier General Abrabam Dally and bis veterans of 1812: will now take precedence; and in order that their memo- ries may be rightly preserved and honored they will at once send in to the Heraup office full accounts of their eventful lives, ‘The last survivor of Debora pala was Lemuel Cook, and he died on Sunday night last in Clarendon, New York, aged one hundred and two years, He was born in Plymouth, Vermont. At the age of seventeen he enter- ed the army of the Revolution, first in the dragoons, and then in the infantry, under Colonel Shelden, Mr, Cook was three years in the army, was present at the surron- der of Cornwallis at Yorktown, and took an honorable discharge at the close of the war, signed by General Washington. Mr. Cook removed to Westurn New York ! toreside more than thirty years ago. Ho bas be n in feoble health for a year or two past, but up to 1594 quite active. endon with military and Masonic as) His faneral will take place to-day in Clare honors. The Pennsylvania Battle Flag Presen- tation. Haxsisuera, May 22, 1866, Governor Curtin received a despatch towtay from See rotary Stanton avnouncing that an order has beon issued! by the Adjutant General granting, as far ab may be con- sistent with the mterests of the ‘service, permission to- all the regular army officers who commanded in Penn~ sylvania regiments to be present at the flag presentation in Philadelphia on the Fourth of July. _ MISCELLANEOUS. IRST CLASS ENGLISH AND FRENCH Thina and Glase Ware, imported direct. Jast the Place for uew (and old) housekeepers to bity cheaper than any other houwe in the city. All sented. ED . BASS! Cooper Institite, corner store. N ELEGANT SKIN 18 THI; FOUNDATION OF BEAU. ty For a clear, soft and transparent skin, th fined Indies now uve “L’ EMAIL DE PARIS,” solves freckles, tan, morp i grt ttc ant from exposure io the sup And air. aud rem worm specks, small pox marke, an id all ness of the skin, rendering it fresh, smooth and ted, Ui hed Ivory. 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