The New York Herald Newspaper, February 26, 1867, Page 10

i : i , ‘ tax the ‘tne and 10 ——_ WASHINGTON. CONTINUED FROM THIRD PAGE. Detter way to prepare for war would be to husband the resources of the country and place its Huauces 0b & wound basis. Mr. Stevens opposed the motion to strike out the ‘enacting clause, and said that this bill followed the esti- Mates made by the Geueral-in-Cuief of the army for carrying out works were absolutely necessary. In ‘answer to the sugzestion that fortifications were of little ‘atility he referred to the immense trouvle and expense ‘which the goverument was put to in getting contro! of Southern ports after the rebels had setved the forts. did not precend to such knowledge of the subject as ‘Wat possessed by his collea (Mr, Seofield), or the tleman from Ol.o (Mr. Delano), or even by the ‘eraiin-Chief of the army; but the House would ever get through the business if every subject was to De discussed in this way, and he would there.ore move to ciose debate. Depate was closed, and the vote was taken on Mr. Ross’ motion to strike out the enacting clause. The motion was agreed to, 61 to 48, The committee then rose and reported its action to the House. Mr. Haus, (rep.) of N. ¥., trusted that the House would notitake so grave a step as to kill this bit! at this stage of the session. How would gentlemen reconciie their votes on this bill with their votes to maintain the military arm of the government and to maintain the mavy’ They should, to be consistent, disband the army aod navy and dismantle the forts, Mr. Evoripax, (dem.) of Wis. suggested that the theory in regard to the army and navy lvoked toa fight among ourselves, while fortifications were only regarded ta the y of a war with some foreign nation. Mr. Hay ined to take that view of the question, and did not believe that members generally had done so. The previous question was moved and and the House paegene > vere by yeas and pays on strik- ‘img ont the enacting clause, ‘he vote resuited:—Yeas 57, nays 69; so the enacting clause was not struck out, and the bill waa, under the rule, recommitted, CONFERENCE COMMITTER. On motion of Mr. Druano the request of the Senate for a conference committee on the for the relief of $ego-ciad contractors wus reciprocated, and Messrs. Sloan, Delano and McKee were ay AGRICU TURAL COLLRGRA, On motion of Mr Mayxagn, (rep.) of Tenn., the Sen- mie amendment to the House extending the benefits @f sbe Agricultural College bill to Tennessee, was con- curred in. THR PARIS EXPOSITION. The Srgaken presented a message from the President of the United Staves, transmitting a message of Governor Fairchild, «f Wisconsin, with the resolutions of the Wis- consi Legislature in reference to the Paris Exposition, Referred to the Committee on Foreien Affairs, At haif-past ten the House adjourned until‘eleven o'clock to-morrow. INTERNAL REVENUE FRAUDS. Report of the C resel; Committee. Wasninctox, Feb, 25, 1867. Representative Darling to-day made the following re- port :— The House of Representatives, on the 4th of Decem- Der.jast, adopted the following resoiution : Whereas it is publicly alleged that great trauds are daily practised in the payment and collection of the internal reve- ‘Bue on distilled spirits, tobucco and cigars, involving the in- Yegrity and fidelity of the revenue officers of the goveru- men!; therefore, Resolved, That a select committee of five be mted to Amvestigate and report to this House the facts as to any frauds or evasions in the payment of internal revenue Guties, and as to the terms of compromive of seulement in any case of underpayment or alleged fraud of any parties concerned in the manufacture of distilled spints, tobacco and cigars, and of any. In orother internal revenue Stiver woo may have had any eonnection, official or other- wise, therewith, with power to send for persons and papers, The Select Committee, raised under the above recited Fesolution, report:— committee waz appointed on the 10th of December ‘and entered upon their duties immediately. They pro- eeeded to New York city, commenced the examination of witnesses on the 17th of Deoember and continued their investigations in that city and Philadelphia until ‘abe 17th of January, with the exception of a brief inter- ‘mission during the holidays. They then returned to Washi and continued the examination of witnesses unl ‘Ist of February, when the testimony was ence of the limited duration of the present Session of gress they have confined their investiza- ns to the cites of New York, Philadelphia and Brook- and in these cities time woul id mot permit them to secpeegteiee serra aes ibe ing witnesses were to ‘atate- al Investigating Pr 0 hose ‘some instances were useful only ao far as they could aid in directing attention to more important sources imcompleteness of the investiga- eee ny sens eecee ‘that in the manufacture and sale of , cigars and the most frauds. are the meat in the collection of the revenue. it is believed that at least seven- Se pret bay api Sgt Your Ww ve our | Committee ‘warranted in the assertion that few, if eny, CT A in the United cn now in prices above named, they. iding the tax bas only Theat, swonthisds of the. i es fra arp eppaling, and they excite i Wel — 4 of ho Ne as in to their bearing ublic i , and ithe p present ‘conaltion of aflaits ‘sto be continued, that which bas been regarded as one of the principal sources of internal revenue may now be deemed substantially exhausted. ? evidence herewith reportcd, contai: I~ statements Shacacareereeas Seeds cot hs et i ak i : ‘ FS i et 6 eee a eee ie mone its payment. The impost is now as least five bund per cent. ad valorem. Too many of our people do not regard it asa crime to avoid taxa- tion, and hence the to defraud the govern- ment in view of large pos Beananty eapemes Sve gistibic. Whatever view we may the-wisdom ot ‘the step by which the tax was raised to its present i i i bs x then’ ee io OF it has se. i suffer bat little by a lawe been brought into contempt because ace SS ea ‘ladelphia and i i | i Hi 55 : i H i : ii i lis tH ; F if #2 : i £ : d i : z ae : | i i : i H Ere FE q H if de Hf a 5 HE ft i [; ; d . it g ie a ag ge if a3 i i Fy gs i He fist a5 i abtbee Pa hnises Hi ite pit Y & 8 R H 53 i i H ; si Ht filet if $3 ze 3 g Zz NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1867.—TRIPLE SHEET. | coufm tied through this medium Suppose « dletiter in the West desires to send 4.@%) barrels of whiskey to this (New ¥ he has only to give the collector of his district a wueportation bond. say for 1 08) baxcela. Upon this a per- 10 ship 1,000 barrels is granted. Now under this permit he wil! ship four lots of 100. barels exch, each lot corres- Bopdine in marks. numbers de ne lot he will ship vie dont Ceutral by these means kept o ure of either tot (ie producto of tive permit will at nsure its release, unless the several correspouding lots could be traced, whieh would be purely accidental, they being hundreds of wiles apart. This, however, is but one | way to perpetrate fraud through this medium. After whis- key en placed in boud it may be withdrawn for re- cation, tor change of package, for export 2t, and, under these varibus pretences, thou- ‘are covered up and lost sight of, | Similar practices spring up under permuts for exporte- | tion. From informatiou derived from the Treasury De- | partment, it appears that of the fourteen millions forty- { | Tour thousand and ninety galions of spirits ‘on hand and removed on bond” there were on the 3lst of December, 1566, five millions two bundrett and uinety-four gallons unaccounted for, which should pay into the Ireasury over ten millions five hundred thousand dollars. It is not alleged that the entire amouct unaccounted for bas been fraudulently disposed of; bat tt is fair to presume that a cousiderable portion of it bas been on the market, and has contributed in uo email degree to the reduction of the price of whiskey to the rate of one dollar and ifty cents per gallon. Wore we to adopt the suggestion heretofore made, viz: to assess the lax upon the capacity of the still, of course we shouid be relieved of ali the ‘tions and diffieuities that spring out of the vonded wareiouse system, and the ‘swarms of officers made necessary by that system; but if that system is to be continued, ought it not to be so modified as to dispense with all warehouses counected with distilleries, and to retain only general bonded warehouses, to be placed under the immediate control of the Collector? It has occurred to your committee that perhaps no whiskey Should be taken (rom the distillery or from bond for re- distillation or rectification, without prepayment of the tax, and it way weil be doubted whether in auy case it should be removed from the distillery before the gov- ernment bas received 1s revenue. A reference to statistics will show that the policy of encouraging the manulacture of the article under con- Ssideration for exportation is entitied to small consMera- tion. We bave not the means of knowing precisely the extent of the manofacture of tiquor last year, In 1860 the quanuiy manufactured was estimated at about 92,000,000 gallons. During the iiscal year ending June 3 , the total amount of exports of distilled spirits made from grain, molasses and all other materials was 2,606,079 gailons, less than two and a haif percent ef the eniire production, assuming the amount to be the same as that produced in 1860, This statement of course gives the apparent ainount of exportation, but how many of the burrels purporting to contain whiskey had | been relieved of their contents and replenished with water before they were put on shipboard does not appear. oer committee cannot too forcibly condemn that part of the 1aw which authorizes the appointment of 1nspec- tors of distilleries to be paid by the distiner. It prac- tically makes the inspector tbe servant of the distiller. It would be safer for the government to rely entirely upon the conscience of tie munfacturer for a return of the amount of his production. In that case he might feel that confidence was reposed in hie integrity, and that his honor was involved. But when tue goveru- ment appoints an agent to look after its interests, though the agent is in the pay of the distilier, the manu- facturer naturaliy comes to the conclusion that the yov- ernment relies upon its own servant, and nat each purty must look after his own ioterest. From the evidence touching this feature of the revenue system, from per- observation by coming in contact with many such inspectors, your committee bave come to the cun- clusion that it is not an extravagant expres- sion to say that the plan of appointing in- tors of distileries, to be paid by di e institution o a farce. In many instances the entire value of the whiskey return clusive of the tax, does not equal the pay of the inspector; and in some cages the whiskey so returned with the paid is not sufficient to discharge the ciaim of the inspector for h’s services, Inspectors are not generally a suyerior class of men, nor are they always distivgitished for mtelli- gence, characier or social position. ‘they are, some of them, appointed at the instance of the distiller, and not frequently they regard themselves as employes of the rather than of the government. some facts may that frauds must have been perpe- extent with the connivance of inspec- tors. The capacity of oue hundred and seventy-one dis- tlleries licensed since Se mber 1, 1866, tn tho First, , Third, Fourth, Filth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Thitty-second districts of the oN York, as returned to the commiltes by the several districts, amounts to 48,060 i capacity is understood the quantity with which the still illers, is simply may be atasingle time. Sixteen charges be Hig] of in ree, sd bours, Were these sults constant age 4 for three months, estimating Pere oe to the month, Fa Pei] pening a ue amount Sit 47 00 I rit be Shared. that, thls statement includes no pag} of the manutactures of the nume’ a ‘ing in the same districts without .. Yet the amount of tax paid by those distilieries in three months ending November 1 66, was $204,601 69. Now, it is not pretended that those dist! have been ran up to their full capacity,~ though there has been lately considerabie activity io that Drapeh of manufactures, It is known that there were in 8.798, and 6.206.905 gallons, mate i ave been “remov Serene’ same “agusin = Satocaniedy tes. eae facts are stated without an attempt to give an approx. imate amount of the spints manufactured in the dis- tricts geferred to, but the above figu! suMicient to sbow but a small amount of whiskey manufac. tured in Now York bas been accounted for, and they impress.us.with the conviction that the revenues of the country are in a di condition when they are con- fided to the keeping and guardianship of inxpectors of in the pay of the manufacturers i is also, a8 a question worthy of serious yn, whether the practice of pay ng moleties :o the informers is conducive to good morals, the public interest and the due execution of the law. Wo are aware of the arzument that the hope of reward stimu- lates watchtulness and the detection of illicit transac. tions, While the force of this argument is admitted, it is proper subject of inquiry whether the pract'co is not attended by evils suificient to countervai: ali its benefit, It creates a system of interested, hostile mage seriously annoying to the business mau. It holds out to the worthless informer an induce- It becomes the means of levying blackmail; and fo numerous cases of detection of actual viojations of the law the spy deems it more for his interest to settle with the manufacturer than to take him into court or t him over to the department. And this objection applies as well tothe officer of thi revenue as to the private individual. It is a temptation to the officer in moro ways thun one, here is an in- dacement to look to hig own interest rather shan to that of the government, The noutacrarer. 19 ot untis: quently a bettef paymaster can Hi hardly be doubted, in view of the testimony, that some instances your revenue ve decoy the mangfacturer Into a breach of the law, with a view seizures Your committee submit that il E Hl ie EF a esdt i i HL ge i Ha Reiley ty sre d i Hy i i i i i i g z 3 5 i 22 I | docs tempting to embody their ‘sonciesionn, in the form of a Dill, nor would it be of practical use £0 to do, as it is quite too late to hope for such radical legislation in reference to the revenue system as ; but it is oped i fe beloved that the laws will never be efficient cuted until there shalt have been reerpaniantion a te has Officers have also nce, Your committee refer to the testimony touching such cases without comment or But, waiving all charges agal aricta nail, ‘manifest that frauds cannot be practised so generally and so 0; without camber of tis tonenes oleae.” oo "he pare medi — Wit, A. DARLING. F, ©. BEAMAN. LEONAND MYERS, B. EGGLESTON, Minority Report of the Congressional Com. mittee to Investigate the Murder of Union Soldiers in South Carolina. Wasmworon, Feb. 25, 1867. Hon. Edward Cooper, of the Select Committes to in- quire into the murder of Union soldiers in South Carolina, submits the following minority report:— =” 1 do not concur with the commitvee in ite and submit briefly the reasons for my dimmeat. the pre tI Com A, battalion of Maine Voluntesra wire wilfnliv and deliberately murdered at Brown's Ez on the Savannah river, in the State of Caroliva, on the night of October 8, 1865; but it does not, in wy mind, prove @ reason- able doubl’’ tho gullt of the Teiendants, 1 ¢ Keys, F. G. Stouers, Robert Keya and Elisha Bey- ram. They were arrested by order of the military au- thorities, arraigned before a military commission, tried, convicted and sentenced to be executed, whether upon sufficient evidence to justify the finding is immaterial, as the legelity of the sentence does not depend in the shgntest degree upon the weight of testimony, but upon the legality of the tribunal before which they were a3s- raigned to try them and to inflict such punishment. Afver the verdict was rendered and before the sentence was executed the punishment of two of the defendants was commuted by Major General Sickles, commanding the department, from the penalty of death to imprison- ment for hie, and a6 t@ the others, by the President, under the advice and recommendation § * of the Secretary of War, After the sentence of death was thus commuted asto all the defendants they were removed from the Dry Tortugas to Fort Delaware for the order to be carried owt, While the accused were thus imprisoned in Fort Delaware a writ of habeas corpus was sued out, and on the hearing of the writ betore the Hon. Willard Hail, United States District Judge for the district of Delaware, they were released. Now, was the action of the President in commuting the sentence of death to imprisonment for life, under the circumstances of the case, right and proper? I have no hesitation im saying that it was; and in this opinion 1am fully sustained by the Secretary of War, aud will be by every unprejudiced mind desirous of arriving at the truth. The evidence of Secretary Stanton shows that the ‘record of the tral and the conviction of the accused” was by him carefully eamined a ter it bad been reviewed by the Judge Advocate General, and that “in view of what was understood to be the opinion of the Supreme Court in reference to triais by military commissions,” he President to commute the sentence from the deatir penalty to imprixonment for life,” because, as he justly und correctly stated, “it seemed to be improper to recommend the execution of the capital seatence when there was aug doubt as to the juriadiction of the tr:bunal ta inflict such panishmens, "’ How couclusive and satisfactory! The commuting of the sentence was not because of letters written by dis- tingcished Souttern leaiers, or because Hon. 0. 5. Browning, now ‘Of the Interior, then a lawver, argued the case, as intuuated by the committee in ther report, bnt because the Secretgry of War as to the juriediction of the com- mission Lo ty the accused Again, were the prisoners removed from the Dry Tortagas to Fort Deiaware with any design that they should be brout.gt within the jurisdiction oi a court com- petent to try the legality of their sentence? The testi- mony is equaliy true and couclusive that they were not. The evidence of Mr, Stanton shows, in answer to a direct question propounded to him, that “the order for the removal of the prisoners from the ty Tor- tusas was made by me in the exerc se of iny a ment and on my ollicial responsibiity, and that I bad no intention, in bringing the prisoners to Fort Delaware, to bring them within the jurisdiction of a court so that the writ of habeas corpus might apply.” How once more the action of the President 1 vindi- cated by ‘he integrity of the Secrevary of War ! But again: Was the ruling of bis Honor Willard Hall, in releasing the pr-soners, legal and founded upon a proper construction of the law? Thave no doubt that 1 was. The decision of the Supreme Court of the United ‘tales in the Milligan caso clearly sustains jt, and to my mind the country will look to the decisions of that learned tribuual for prece- dent and authority in regard to the Jegaliy of muiary commissions with muca more confidences and respect than the opinions of ths commitiee, bows Ligant and capable 1t may be. no dondt, He says, jn the conclusion of his ab! cese:—"My convictions are clear, and iny se constrains me to adjudge tha: viding to the law of the land, the prisoners ougit not aud >i be beid under the sentence of the military commission, aud that they be discharged.”” Here I might well close. so of inquiry subx but us ihe committee have gone further testimony of Generais Thomas, Buirl, and Scbuiield a the proper subjects clusively established that the best u the country, as well as ihe bi humauity, cai! for the interventior the general government in the only pr which it can be exeried, and tl $ forees,”’ it breomes my duly to br timony, and to show that this co: It is tras that General Thomas, Geaeral Sickles, Gen> eral Wood avd Genera! Baled tn tusir testimony express the opinio that the civil tribunals in the departments unlef their command do not administer“full and im. partial justice in cases where Union men, soldiers and freedmen are parties litigant; bet they farnish bat one single case, although the direct question im asked then and that was a case in the Stato of Tennessee, mention tions of thoviiy of ‘y w that tes is not correct, “recommended and advised the | of the doubt raised in the mind of | S| KINGDOM OF CANADA. The Confederatian Pregramme—The United Provinces te be Called the Kingdom of Ca- nada—Local Legislatures, &c. ‘Torowto, Feb. 25, 1867. An advance copy of the Confederation bil! to be intro- duced into the Imperial Parliament has been received. ‘The name of the united provinces is to be “The King- dom of Canada.” The federal Legislature will be styled “The Parliament of Canada.’ The upper house will be styled “The Senate,” the lower house ‘The House of Commons,” The local Legislatures are to be known as ‘- The Pro- Vincial Legislature of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick,’ respectively. Ontario, formerly Upper Canada, is to have but one chamber, to be known as the ‘Legislative Assembly of Ontario.” The other pro- vinces each havea Legislative Council and a House of Assembly. The Speaker of the Senate is to be appointed by the crown, and is to have power to create six addi- tonal Senators beyond the stipulated seventy-two, in the event of necessity. The House of Commons iz to con- sist of one huodred and eighty-one members—eighty- two from Ontario, sixty-five from Quebec, nincieen from Nova Scotia and fifteen from New Brunswick. The Queen’s representative, presiding over the new kingdom, is to retain the old title of Governor General, with a salary of $50,000. Each province is to have a Lieutenant Governor, appointed by the Governor General in council, The seat of government is to be (Ottawa, sub- ject to royal prorogative. Toronto, Quebec, Halitax and Fredericton are to be the seats of the local iegilatures, A railroad from St. Lawrence to Halifax, Nova Scotia, to be commenced in six months after the union and completed within three years: Provision is made for the | admiasion hereafter into the anion of Newfoundiand, Prince Edward Island, Rupert’s wand, the Northwest ‘Territory and British Columbia, on such terms as the Partiament of Canade shail deem equitable, and as shail receive the assent given. Details of the Confederation Scheme. The following details of the progress made in England in the measure of British North American confederation are interesting in view of the importance which the Canadian question is likely to assume:— [From the Toronto Leager, Feb, 22 j ‘We receiver iast evening from Mr. J. Gordon Brown, who i at preseut m England, a synopsis of the changes mad) in the confederat ot scheme by the delevates from. Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brouswick. Mr Brown had not seem Lord Carnarvon’s bill woen his despatch was mad? up, but we have gp doubt that the m asure will be found (0 be in harmony with his information. me of the new confederation 1s to bo Canada, da is to be styled the Province of Oatar'o; 2 is to be called Quebe:, and the other théir pregent designations, We @ selection as could have been provi fancy this is as go made, The general features of the scheme o° the Quebro conference are maintained, bat we deeply regret to learn that there have been several very important moditica- | tons wade in matters of A a from the federal chest for the support ot ernmonis. Under the Qu b-e scheme it Was provided that each province embraced in the vaion :doral treasury neal grant dlisted by Lhe cepsus of 1861—such aid ont of ail fature demands upon the fede t for iveal p ‘The annual burden thus imposed on the federal chest was as foliows:— Pe puta'von, Amount Upper C: 1,396 09: $1,116 873 1 $80 263 264,096 ¢ Brauewie 201,638, To'al ami.ual grant..s.csseeceseseeeeeees ee $2,472,450 These annual grants were no to increase in future years with the iu reaso of popniauon, but te remain per- Ianently at these bgares. But-chis princ.ple, it now ap- pears, has been overtirown by the delega’es so far as ro- gards New Bronswick. {hat province ix to receive an creased subsidy from time to time as her popniation creased uptit she bas 400;000 people, and her grant amount to $820,900 ‘Then the increase is to stop, and her grant, like that of the other provinces, 16 to re- monty atationary—b.t at $320,000. Tt wilt be regojlected that under the Quebee scheme general terma that Uoion mon, federal esldi-rsand freed- | New D.nuswick had a special advantage over the other Mon are not safe in their departments: Dut when asked to specify the number of casos and the localities where they have occnrred, and the names uf tho pajties injured within the last twelve months, dey could only mention one case in tho State of Tonneisee, at Nashville, one iu the State of Missiasppi, at Grenada, one m the State of Louisiana on the reat betweomAlex- andria aad Monroe, and nota single case in Virgit except the Watson case, aud no case in North Caruliva, Geoxgia, Florida or Alabama, General ‘thomas pro: es arrested aud held for wrial. General Wood states that in the case of the murder at Grenada “the civil authorities did exert themsclves to Lave the murderer arrested, that it was not their fault (hat he was not arrested. General Baird says, in recard to the marder of the of the Freeamen’s Bureau on the road betwoen Alexandria and Monroe, “that we never suggeeded in finding out the parties who did it”) Generai Scweltett teeudes:—I have not seen any disposition manifested to iterfere with soldiers of the | pied States; so far as committing assaults on th nd T Know of no instance where there bas been anything like an urprovoked attack up-n them.” And as to the frecdmen, he says:—When negrovs are arrested under any erminal accusation I think they ure deatt with rather lenientiv than severely. 1 do not think there is a dispori- them or to be unnecessarily harsh with them. Indeed, the general feeling of the respectab e wa ts that of pity toward the freedmen ”’ ey all testify in the most explicit manner that they «to tind with the Governors of the respec- lave States or the hich jals, Or (he >apreme Court, er the jatelligent and well in} ed citizens, and that they have aiways manifested an earmest desire to asaist them whenever called upon to do £0, cannot agree with the committee that be- cause of these few and isolated cases of individual wrong d cruelty, ocevrring at long Interesis in tar distant localities, without any concert of action, the Congress of the United Staies is jstiGcd in enacting laws by which | Nova :cotia, provinces, The sixty-iifth resolution declared that “the position cf New Brunswick being such a8 to entail large Imucediate charges upon her local revenuer, it is agreed that for the period of ten years, from the time when the ynion takes effect, au additional ailowante of £63,000 por anuum shall bemade to that province.” Our des patch does not eay that this special grant is to remain a nia, | part of the scheme iv udditiop to the new boon con- ferred on New Brunswick. but we infer that it is. and, if'so, ver: great injastice has been done to the other But this is not the worst, It appears that” the dele. gates have agreed to increase the grants to all tho local governments; aud that, not ou the just principle of pop- wintion adomed at Qu but manner totally irrd- Honal and must unjust te 4 spear pod To addition to the eighty cents per head, distributed as already shown, the delegates have agreed that the foliowing annual orused in the case at Nashville was promptly |. provincea, grants shall be paid permanently trom Wwe federal ches To Upper Canada 000 To Lower Canada, 70,000 To Nova Seotia, 000 To New Brunswi 50,000 ‘Total additional grants. Had this sum of $260,000 been distributed according jauion, a8 dovermoed by the census of 1861, the distribution would have been as foliows:— Upper Cauada.. Lower Canada Nova Scotia... New Brunswick Total...... The whole grant for local purposes under the scheme ‘as amended wil now be as follows:— Upper Canada... $2,196,873 ‘New Brunswick. 314,638 Lower Canada. 959,253 > Total $2,795,450 the State sovernments are set aside end military govern- These gfunis, at the estimated populations of the seve- m hited teat at? “ye nd ral provinces on 1-t January, 1867, give the fullowing a my opinion the war has coused, the rebellion Hea rates of grant per head:— deen suppressed, peace and obedience to law prevail Popwatom. “Per head. everywhere, the xuihority of the United States govern. | Upper Canada.. 60 cents. ment fs alone recognized and acknowledged, and hence T | Lower Canada. 74 cenis, Bee no necessity for the evactment of laws of such “doobtful expediency” and ‘dangerous tendency,” even for the limited period We gre by the committee They over one- third martial law; they cae w and. the'decisions of the jury the dndings of a drumbeed court martial or a military commission; they ingtead of the proveases of a court executed by the the order of military satraps, enforced by soldiers at the paint of the bay: Buch Jezis- Sal ex. if i t i i ¥ R i q 5 i i se i i i : i me—an autocrat, omni I do not believe, with the committee, cannot be relied on for the punishmen: when the Union man, soldier or freedman is concerned, CITY INTELLIGENCE. ‘Tue SaLarmms or Cvstom House Orricens.—About five Awndred merchants of this city have signed a petition to Congress in favor of increasing the salaries of the deputy collectors of customs, deputy naval officers, depaty sur- vVeyors and assistant appraigers at this port. The mer- chants, who are made familiar in the course of their business with the matters of which they speak, say that sibs thal the goropensation abst $3,000 Per ant) sible; e ion (about ie inadeqnate, chueidering the character aud extent of their duties, and they therefore ask that the salaries of the officers be made to correspond with the enhanced value of all articles of necessity and with the increase of compensation now given in all departments of commerce and manufacture. ABuIAL Burvce,—The inclemency of the weather re- tarded the progress of the work on the Broadway bridge on Saturday night, rendering it unpracticable to advance it as far towards completion as was anticipated. Last night the workmen were again employed in its construc- tion, all travel between Ano aod John streets being shut off from Broadway late in the evening. The girders intended to connect the two arches already erected and spanning the street werg on the ground as early as five o'ciock in the ready for elevation as soon as the travel should cease. Securing these in their puer Places occupied the Jaborers engaged during the a! Tae Prorosen New Revenve Orrice.—it is expected that if the negotiations for the proposed new barge office at the,Battery for the revenue oificers go on satis- factorily that operations for the construction will begin by the first of April next, Youre Men’s Conismay Associamion,—A meeting of the Young Men’s Christian Association was held last night at their rooms, No. 161 Fifth avenue, at which, after appropriate devotional exercises and the transac- tion of ordinary business, an cesay was read by Mr. Thomas Coch Jr, whose sabject was “The Young Man of To day; his Wants and big Work.’” To-day, said ‘the ersay st. was ours for life aud work, for joy and sor- Tow; therefore it was wise to consider the wants ard in- fluences of the present The young men of to-day had a threefold work to do—inthe healing of the wounds Jeft by the late war, in the reformation of society and jm the advancement of Christian: ‘thie work was readily to be seen by those who wished to labor For it the young man needed that true manliness which was mseparable from godliness. By this only could he be fitted for his work, and, when to-day should have been | merged into the e:ernal morrow, b> found where no ‘Want would ever binder bim in wor nd stand forever perfect in Ch» ist Jesus, Chancelior ris, of the Uni- versity of New York, was present and took part in the addresses which followed the essay, as well as iu t preceding exercises. . Merc or Tue East Sipe AsvociaTion.—This a:soci- ation met last ovening at Weiss Ho:e!, corner of Eighty- seventh street and Fourth avenue, for the purpose of completing the organization of the society, which had been commenced ata previous moeting. was presided over by Air. Hagh Crombie, The Committce on Organization presented a roport, which was adopusd, in whien they sia! that the objet of the association Wad the promption of the general wetfare of that portion of the cicy ipidg east of Central Park aud north of Fifty- ninti street, Tne byiaws of fe associailon provik for the appvintment of an executive committee of twenty-five persons, who will have in charge the subject of 4g) appropriate to the om of the streets, such as grading, look ter the sewers, pavements, &c., and will also see the subject of taxation ts not over. looked. Tue initianon fe+ is $10, Ait other subscripuions will be voluntary. A ing the offer of the Ha at the foot of Ninety of thos? residing iu t ty, WU tion would guarantee a sutt ner of passengers to make it proiitabte, ing sone ditlcuity in the way of securing a dock, Mr. Crombie has generously donated one of bis own to tie use of the company, of charge. The mecting then adjourued until next Sat- urday evening. a! Bertevee doerrrat Meotcat Contecer.—The third annual reunton of ths 0. .E. Society, Bellevae Hospital Medical College, took place Inst evening in the lecture room of ‘the institution The auditorium was filied oy a large assemblage of students and triends, male aud female. Dr. George R. Keut presided, wno, in a neat address, in- augorated 1 anniversary exercitus, wh ch included ap esray, ‘The Heahug Ant,” ov J, W. Read, of New York; a Poem, by J. Russ Evaus, of Obio; an Address two the students and graduates, by Prat George T. MD., ‘and rerponses to the ioliowing regular toast: ;—Betlevue Hispitai Med cal College, the Faculty, alamui-end Mem- bera of the O. £ Society, and the Ladtes, De James R. Wood, Dr. Frank H. wion, De Cl A. Leale and Dr. Louis sayre The totenectual was agreeably in- Spetey, hich pleasingly varied tue prvccedingn. As the operas, w jeasingly v ry tt sonal election of the society the following were.chosen ax officers for the ensuing year:— Cc ‘ermont, President; Wiliam Spra; or Harwa of New York, Vi'e-President; CG Siedman, of Ohin, Seo- retary, and J. W. Bowden, of Now York, rer. Tus Sovurnexy Rewer Couxisiox.—Mr, James M. Brown, Treasurer of the Southern Rei'ef Commission, acknowledges the receipt of $35,000, subscribed for the —— ihe suffering women aué children of the 7chuM oF Natorat History.—The annual meoting of this society was held last evening at 1ts rooms, Clin- ton Hall, Professor Joy io tie shatr, The reports of the officers for the past year were read, approved and ordered on file, and the following gentlemen were chosen as officers for the Spialing yun arian doy, President; P. J. 8 Newberry, First Vice President; General L. Sateriee, Second Vice resident; Robert H. Browne, Recording 8 cretary; R. Denwicdie, Corresponding Seo. retary; ee Prime, Corresponding Secretary; Pro- fessur 0. W. Morris, Librarian. The comm:tieo on the procurement of funds were empowered to enguge the sorvic’s of a collector on a basis of ten per cent on all moneys actually received by bim for te benefit of the Lyceum. a Prorsction vor Workina Womex.—To-morrow even- ing the fourth anniversary meeting of the Working ‘Women’s Protective Union will be held at Cooper In- stitute. Among the gentlemen whu have promised to be pregent and address the moor | are Mayor Hoffman, General Jobn Cochraue, James W. Gerard, Luther R. Marsh, Rev, 0. B. Frothingham, Rev. Henry Bianchard and others. Smizvrr. or Sraxwm Wises.—The recent seizures of Spanish wines in @uston and New York are exciting determined opposition op the part of the importers They have formed a combination, and employed able couuscl to present the facts in the case to the Secreiary of the Treasury. Av agent from Cadiz has arrived with ample evidence that the action of the United States Congu! at Cadiz and the Vustom House is without excuse, and subjecting importers to great inconveuienes and in- Picxep Ur. at Sma.—The Coast Wrocking Company’> istribution of seats, and rema‘n so until the census of 1871, when Upper Canada will get a number of additional i tranafereuce This is ¥ =_ ht more tee, bok, very far trom the comes seheel eentties, Ava ber,‘ the Soe dee Bot 80 werd of our despatch :— reference to the school clauses oduced, Ure, stating that asly privileges granted to sere: PP oy eee about shail be subject to an appeat to the. As to the first of these provisi it seems harm- less, There is not much Manager of an Upper Cauadan- we beg pardon—Ontario unfortunately not cl reao- passed by a local legislature shall be subject to low. ‘ance by the Governor within one year after the thereof ;"” and if nothing more is done im the ion than to confirm this of disal- lowance, and ode of objec- tions to any fe, ly under Rotice of the Federal itive, with aview to its disallow. ‘ance, there can be no Um nd to that, So Jong as the power of interference of the federal authori- hy ve little barm can result, ape feared prageone to clothe foderal Parliament Tht to legislate 1m schoo! matters in direct defiance Jocal legislature. ‘These we wi whole of the departure rrr are quite unressovabie exceedingly unjust; and we can bardly uoderstand Tepresentativewol Upper A.C. Master; F. P. B. Shand, Acting Assistant | Catiada now in London assented to them. There Paymaster; jut Sibley. ool be yet an eee, of amending some ‘AMIONATION“ REVOR: When wo bave the bill at full length we will be Acting Assistant Surgeon Oscar H. Rives, and he is | in a better position to su the whole question. RESIG Midshipman Charies F. torr, ORDER REVOKED, Sailmaker Wm. EF. Mone) ey A ool to the Monongahola, He js meantime, we have no tse oka Sage oy a Gee ae ecar ee Gelves the roval sanction. ie z eBFe i + iB i i A ! | ss z Be: 5 +3 z i i ie : i a! 2507 cia j = : 2 i he hil fi 2 : af i i ry Fi 'y without injury save the logs of hi of her snemeictung. ” i? i ity i i 3 E e g & fl Fi a ; have it ly secured. Fatab Accipent To 4 Ciinp.—On Saturday afternoon Emma F. Richmond, an infant twelve months old, whose mother, Sarah Ann Richmond, ives at No 182 Cliaton atreet, accide The meeting~ teen stairs, and was so badly injured that concussion of the brain and death subsequently ensued. Mrs, Rich- Occurrence, of an older child. Coroner Schirmer yesterday held an inquest. on the body of the child. NEW YORK LEGISLATURE. te. Aupayy, Feb. 25, 1867. The Senate reconvened this evening, but there was not @ quorum in attendance, Sundry petitions were: presented for more canal boat piers in New York and for a metropolitan railway. Mr. Low introduced a bill to facilitate the construction of Montgomery and Erie Railway. The Christopher Street Railroad bill was gone throngh witb 1m the Comniittee of the Whole, and on the question. of ordering 1 to the third reading, Mr. Gibson moved to amend by providing that passengers who cannot be ac- commodated with seats shall be charged only four cents fare. The vote stood yeas 2, nays 12. The question was raised that no quorum was present, and the Senate adjourned. Assembly. ALBANY, Feb. 25, 1867, A large number of petitions and remonstrances were presented and referred. The bill providing for the construction of a swing brige over Buffalo Creek was recommitted, Several local bilis were referred to Sub-Committee of the Whole to report complete. BULLS INTRODUCED, pay Mr. Dixon—To incorporate the Williamsburg Bridge- m pany. By Wr Oaxer—To exiend the time for the construc- tion of certain docks and basins in Brooklyn. By ‘Mr. Waastarr—To improve avenue, >" By Mr. Bicksetr—To amend an act relative to Surro- gatos’ courts. 5 xe Mr. Hort—To provide fer a Board of Commissioners of Public Charities. “ae LotLgsonys—To amend the Metropolitan Ex- ise jaw. By Mr. D. P. Woop—To legalize: certain Onondaga. county bends. By Mr, H. Swrrx—To remove county. buildings from Schoharie to Coblesk1i!, Schobarie county ; also wo amend the Capital Police Disirict act. By Mr. Hinspace—To enable the city of Brooklyn to- Taise money by tax. By Mr. Rovexss—To amend an act relative to the Re- corder’s court of the city of Utica, By Mr. Wexpover—To amend an act relative to the cutting of ice in the Hudson river. ‘THE SOLDI“ES OF THE WAR OF 1812. Mr. Wacsrarr called up a resolution requesting Con- gress to grant a rea-vnuble pension to soidiers of the war of 1812, which was adopted, and the Assembly ad- Jjourne a. EXPLOSION OF A LOGOMOTIVE AT ALBANY. Awsaxy, Feb. 25, 1867. At a quarter after eight this morning the Cenirat Rail- Toad locomotive No, 229, while standing on the track be- Jow Broadway crossing, exploded her bfiler with territic eflects, The locomotive was torn to pieces, and frag- ments went through buildings three blocks. distant. About one-third of the boiler passed through the roof of Jolin Tracy's distillery, on Colonie street, All the aur- rounding buildings on Broadway are more'wr less in- jured, the Third district station house being most in- jured’ No person was killed, but the following were- injured:—Heury Ford, engineer, nose oroken and other- wise injured; he will probably recover. Michael Quinn, fireman, arm broken, scaided and badly cut about the head, id. Conrad Julius, foreman of a tins Was injured, but not 40 badly. Captain Carroll and Gficers Kreachler, White and Bi “ger, of the police force, were slightly hurt. Alexander Carvin, scalded and 1 The locomotive w of the largest on the road an@ was damaged to the the cause of the el age ig supposed to be insufficiency of water in the oiler, LIQUOR SEIZURES IN MASSACHUSETTS. Bostox, Feb. 25, 1867. the State constabulary seized the stocks of twenty- one liquor dealers in ‘his county last week, and prose- cuted thirty-two. Died. Prutos.—At Franklin, Pa, on Saturday, February 23, Kate Ai wife of Wiliam Tilden Peiton, of New Lebanon. » and daughter of Rey. James Abell, of Chittenango, N. Y. : {For Other Deaths See Kighth Page } MISCHLLAN KOU! erereare se eee ers A GBEAT ADVANTAGE 70. EXHAUSTRD AXD WEAK PERSONS HOFF'S MALT EXTKACT BEVERAGE OF HBALT! ~ THE ONLY 4 ad SLIGHTLY STIMCLA’ CONTAINING BUT 4 TINGE OF ALCOHOL, AS Has BEEN STATED BY THE REPORT PRESENTED BY THE COMMITTEE OF THREE TO THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE, HOFP'S MALT EXTRACT BEVERAGE IS ALSO ADAPTED TO PERSONS SUF- FERING WITH DYSPEPSIA, LOSS OF APPETITE, WEAKNESS OF THE STOMACH, AND, ABOVE ALL. THE LUNGS AND THE WHOLE SYSTEM. PRICK PER DOZEN DELIVERED FREB OF CHARGE TU ANY PART OF THE CITY AND SUBURBS. HOFF'S MALT EXTRACT DEPOT, 543 BROADWAY. SOLD BY DRUGGISTS AND FAMILY GROCERS. 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