The New York Herald Newspaper, March 10, 1868, Page 3

WASHINGTON Proposed Abolition of the Taxes on Manufactures, New Financial Measures Before | the Senate. Retrenchment inthe Naval Expenditures. WASHINGTON, March 9, 1808, Prepesed Abolition of the Tax on Manufac- tures, ‘The following is the bill reported to-day in the House of Representatives by Mr. Schenck to exempt ‘certain manufactures from internal tax:— | Be it enacted, &c., That sections ninety-four and five of an act entitled “An act to provide in- ape rt the government, pay inter- oy public and for other merponee. a] June 30, 1 @nd all acts and parts of acts sepaiol Sen ann ain rt ee b sections and amend- Beate thesete 98 Telate to taxes imposed thereby’ . oe made of coal, wholly or in part of material, or illuminating, lubricating or mineral 01 or article Products of the ion, redii tion or refining of crude petro- Jeum, or of a singie distillation of coal, shale, peat jum or other bituminous substances or and on snuff and all other of tobacco, including cigarettes, cigars in-this act contained shall be construed interfere with any law, regulation or the assessment or collection of any tax under existing laws may have been assessed hereafter or which. accrue or be and before tha tet day of May, &. D403, act shall take effect and be in force the first day of May, A. D. 1863. Nominations by the President. ‘he President to-day sent to the Senate the follow- ing nominations:— = Munger, of Ohto, to be Consul at Turks ‘Cushman K, to be Attorney for the United States for serio of Sdinnesors. (This nomina- ‘tion was sul tly confirmed.) : gee Latta, of Pennsylvania, Assistant Sur- \dsey, Postmaster at Boise City, fdaho. Postmaster at Whitewater, Wis. Sale of Five-Twenty Bonds. ‘The Secretary of the Treasury to-day sent a reply to Mr. Logan’s resolution recently adopted in the House, tn which he states that the total receipts from the sale of five-twenty bonds from October 6, 1867, to Janwary-20, 1868, is $7,753,600; of which there was sold at the Stock Exchange $2,909,500. The remain- der was sold by Jay Cooke & Company at rates vary- ing'from one-eighth to one-quarter of one per cent higher than thé sales made at the Stock Exchange. Vay Oaoke & Company, in a letter to the Secretary, Gated New York, says:—‘‘We have always been governed in selling by advices from our Washington house.” ‘Suppression of Mlicit Distilleries in Tennessee. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue reccived a ‘etter to-day from Collector Abernethy, of the Sec- ‘on@ collection district of Tennessee, dated at Knox- ‘ville the 6th instant, reporting the arrival of the cav- <alry intended to co-operate with him in the suppres- “sion of illicit distilleries. The Collector also states that the desperadoes in Claiborne county, on hear- ing of the determination on the part of the oMicers ‘to bring them to justice, are reported to have formed ethemgelves into companies for resistance. Thirty- one men’and one commissioned officer were to leave ‘for the field of operations on the afternoon of the 6th of March. -Impertant Financial Measures Before the Senate. A Washington despatch to the Evening Telegram #ays that the Senate Finance Committee has decided ‘to report Mr. Henderson’s bill extending the issue ol national bank notes to four hundred millions, ‘with a view of equalizing the circulation among the ~neveral States, ‘ Senator Sherman intends to push his funding bill, nd thinks he has strength to carfy it, as it meets with some favor both with Eastern and Western “members. + Senator Wilson introduced an important financial “bill to-day, providing for the conversion and funding ‘of the interest-bearing debt, and to.amend the Bank- dng laws. The first section authorizes the Secretary -of. the Treasury to issue coupon and registered bonds ‘eumMcient to redeem the entire interest-bearing debt, except the ten-forties. The second section provides ‘that the bonds shall be payable in fifty years, and shall ‘bear six per cent interest for twenty years, and five per cent after twenty years, principal and interest payable in coin. The third section provides that the bonds shall be issued solely for the redemption and exchange of existing bonds, and said exchange may ‘be made antil January 1, 1870. The fourth section Jays a tax of one per cent on said bonds per annum, and directs the Secretary to withhold the same from ‘the interest as it accrues. The fifth section relates to the amount of taxes paid - in each State on government bonds, The seventh section authorizes the incrcase of the national currency to five hundred millions, to be dis- tributed among the States which are not enjoying to their Ynil extent banking facilities. The eighth section provides that when the currency exceeds seven hundrii millions the Secretary of the Trea- ‘sury may retiie all in excess of thatamount. The ninth section a\irects the banking associations to hold their coin interest recelyed on the bonds as a reserve ‘until able to recleem their currency and not to use it for any other purpose. Astounding Siateméent in the House—Re- ported Ingwevse Freud in the Treasury Department. ‘The startling rvmarks made to-day by Representa- tive Logan in connection with Treasury bonds, in- duced Representa\ ives Van Wyck and Laflin, of New York, to wait on General Spinner, United States ‘Treasurer, in order.to get information from him upon this subject. Other gentlemen, equally solicttous, made similar inquiries. General Spinner emphati- cally said to Messrs, Van Wyck and Laflin that the government has not losé a dollar's worth of bonds by the transaction to which Mr. Logan referred, that there is. nc foundation for the report that frand has been committed in this rticuler, and that it has doubtless arisen from a misunderstanding of the Manner in which business is conducted in the Print- ing Bureau, He explained that when a specified amount of bonds is directed to be printed the exact number of white or blank sheets necessary for that purpose are issued, for which a correct return is given by the person responsible for the caatody of the sheets, and when they are spoiled or for any reason are tot printed they are destroyed or macerated, and titat fact is certified on the account book and entered wader the head of “Statistical” as an oyset to account for the sheets ifsued. This is General Spinner’s explanation. The Committee on Retrencitinent will investigate the subject to-morrow and make an early report, Retrenchment in Navx! Expenditures, Two sweeping retrenchment h,!i8 were introduced in the House to-day—one by Mr. Feters, relative to the reduction of naval officers, and o.1¢ by Mr. Van Wyck, of New York, relative to abolis:.(ne certain civil offices, The first section of Mr. Pets.’ bill provides for the retirement of all line offices -of the navy upon reaching the age of sit," years. The second section forbids promotions in or into any new grade created since 1860, The third section provides that whenever any grades in the navy, from admiral to ensign, shall become ‘vacant they shall be abolished. The fourth section suspends operations at the Naval Academy at An- napolis after the close of the present academic year, to continue until the necessities of the naval service shall again require it. The first section of Mr. Van ‘Wyck’s bill abolishes the office of Naval Officer; the socond section authorizes the Secretary of the Trea- sury to appoint an Auditor of Accounts at the ports of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New Orleans and Ban Francisco; the third section pro- vides that all fees received by all oMcera of the Dinted States shail pe pall into the Treasury ; the fourth seetion abolishea the Bureau of Education ; the fifth section aboltines the Board of Coast Survey, and provides th? the duties of that department shall be perfor7.ed by officers and seamen of the navy. ‘The of Alabama. ‘The Reconstruction Committee held a meeting this morning, but there was scarcely a quorum present. ‘The subject of the restoration of Alabama was con- sidered, and it was agreed that, before any action way taken, an answer to a resolution of inquiry shou" be received in the House calling upon General Grant to furnish official returns of all the late electiong in Alabama, 7, “ Tiness of Mr. Stevens, Thad Stevens has not been able to leave his house for several days, This rhorning it is reported he is very low, and the little strength he has is fast leaving him, Ole Bulls Concert. Ole Bull gave his first concert to-night to a dense auditory. od Arrest of a Ginger Brandy Dealer. Itis known that immense frauds have been per- petrated in the export of trashy preparations under the name of ginger brandy by certain parties in New York. Several months ago a writ was issued for the arrest of the principal, but on hearing of this he escaped to Canada, where he temporarily took up his residence. Colonel Wood, of the detective bureau of the Treasury Department was on his trail. A few days ago, learning that he was at a private residence near this city, he immediately arrested him and took him to New York to answer in court for the frauds which, it is believed, he committed on the gov- ernment. Other similar frauds are being discovered in that city. Colonel Wood has been placed on de- tective duty at the instance of the United States Dis- | trict Attarney at New York, Land Office Business. ‘The Commissioner of the General Land Office is in | receipt of returns, showing a disposal of 16,921 acres of the public lands. during the month of February last, at the local office at Humboldt, Kansas, The | greater portion of the land was sold for cash, and the remainder was taken under the Homestead act and located with agricultural scrip, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Impeachment—Precedent—Reasons Why Sena- tor Morgan Should Vote Against Convic- tion—Indifference of the Democracy as to Impeachment—Confusion All Around in Consequence—The Precise Office Now Held by Mr. Johnson—Mr. Stanton’s Title—Quo Warrante—The Legal Tender Question and the Supreme Court. vi WASHINGTON, March 9, 1808, ‘The mere impeachment and removal of President Johnson is of comparatively little importance tothe country, when considered in connection with the Precedent to be established by the consummation. | There is nothing more dangerous than precedent under any system of government, but in a republie frequent encroachment on established customs should be studiously avoided. It is conceded | that the duration of government nee upon its stability, and nothing is more cer- tain than that constant changes in the construc- tion and theory of goverment, as administered, tend to overthrow and destroy all its sources of strength. It is plain, then, that where there exists a written constitution, which has organized, established and | successfully maintained a great and good govern- ment for a long series of years, under a certain rule of construction and form of administration—espe- cially if that government is of the pe. ple—it should { not be changed until an exigency arises that it will | not meet, As in the case of the United States, a coun- try which threw off bondage and has become the NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, MARCH -10, 1968~—TRIPLE sbeence of the Chine Justice on the impeachment \OLTED STATES SUPREME COURT. ‘ The M»Cardle and Geergia Injunction Casce— Important Insurance Salt Decided. ‘WasHINGTON, March 9, 1868, Mr. Field closed the argument to-day in the MoCrdle case, ‘The motion in the Georgia injunction case will bé argued on the regular motion day, next Friday. 3adge Nelson delivered the opinion in the case of Maurow against the Alliance Insu! Company. The company had ‘insured the ship Marshall for $8,000, not only against the perils of the sea, but, as was stated in the margin, against all seizures or effect of seizures, The ving started on her voyage, was | ¥ fs by a ‘of rebels, ie ‘@ few miles of New Orleans. The court held that there was atthat time a de facto goyernment in the South, which was defined to be a wecataans in poaseasion of the sovereignty of a particular section of the country, exercising some of the its of an inde- pendent nation, such as bI @ taking and exchange of prisoners and the Supers of armies, ‘There was no more necessity that there should be a ed legal government to justify seizures than a necessity to recognize the seiaure it as lawful. The efforts to draw off eleven States from their alle- glance to this government and the setting up of the So-Called Confederate States government were i those States being still constitutionally in the Union. The court affirmed the judgment of the Cir- cuit Court of Massachusetts in favor of the ROpelant, Chief Justice Chase and Associate Justice Swayne dissented from the opinio! Judge Nelson remarked that the principles announced and the de- cision applied to several other insurance cases. It was ordered that no arguments heard after March 31, except in cases in which argument had been previously commenced. The following decisions were rendered:—No, 30— Stearns vs. United States.—Judgment affirmed. No. 332—McClure vs. Brown.—Writ of error dismissed. No. 131—Pierce vs, -The United States.—Motion granted. No, 263—Vose vs. Soutter and Knapp, and Nos 414 to 415,—Afirmed. GENERAL NANCOCK—HON. THOMAS EWING. (Washington (March 8) correspondence of the Boston Advertiser—republican. General Hancock has asked to be relieved from the command of the Fifth District.. He does this because the order removing certain members of the New Orleans Ojty Council was revoked by General Grant; and the more recent revocation of his order removing the Street Commissioner of that city is doubtless a new wation to his sensitive mind. The request to be relieved is made in a formal menner, after the military custom, through the aeey headquarters. It was communicated to the Pres dent yesterday, and to-day he called on Gene! Grant for copies of all correspondence relating to the dtsappproval of General Hancock’s orders. What course he will take relative to the application for change of station is not known. The Senate Military,Commtttee has resolved not to take any action at present on the nomination of Mr. Thomas Ewing to be Sec! of War, and it is pro- bable that the matter will lie undisturbed on the table until the end of the impeachment proceedings. The committee will, at the proper time, report against confirming the brevet rank offered by the President to Generals Sherman and Thomas, and in doing go will ask the Senate to pass a resolution very | complimentary to these officers. IMPEACHMENT—STANTON. (Washington (March 8) correspondence of the Boston Post—democrat.) The friends of President Johnson are less sanguine of his acquittal this evening than they have been be- foe. The impression is be i, aged upon the minds of the radicals that unless they convict him their perp, is hopelessly lost, and fears are entertained hat this impression will insure the conviction of the President beyond peradventure. If the issue be the conviction of Andrew Johnson or the destruction of the radical party the democrats feel satisfied that conviction will follow. Such is the talk to-night in Political circles. People “have wondered why Stanton continues to lodge every night in the War Department after all danger of his bemg displaced seems over. It has just transpired that there are no less than three prom- inent officlais of the department who have declared that they would feel bound to recognize General greatest of nations under her constitution as hereto- fore understood and applied, there being no present occasion for a new interprétation of that instrument, | none should be given it,if there is a desire on the part | of the people to secure the future by adhering to the | H teachings of the past. And none will doubt that the heart of the people is averse to any innovation of the time-honored acceptation of that great bulwark of free institutions in America, the constitution of the United States, , And here I shall venture a prediction as to the course on the impeachment question of Senator Mor- gan, of New York, although I have no knowledge of his intentions, There is not a member of the Senate who has greater reason to resist the tide of revolution now threatening the | eae age of the government by attacking its base than he. le is wealthy, comes from a@ great commercial city, and has a posterity to be injured or benefited by his vote on this question. That he will vote against it I have no doubt, notwith- standing the fact that I have seen no other mention of his name on the side of conservatism in the mat- ter. ‘The course of the democracy touching the impeach- ment question {8 much discussed, and the general impresston 1s that there is to be no strenuous objec- tion in that quarter to the success of the scheme. It is claimed that, impeachment a success, the repubil- can pariy will be repudiated by the country, and this result is considered more desirable than the defeat Thomas as~Secretary should Mr. Stanton walk out and he walk in, even for a mome: In view of this | fact Mr. Stanton has concluded, “by and with the advice of the Senate,” not to go out of ear shot‘of his onice until matters are once more placed statu quo ante bellum, ‘ THE FORTIETH CONGRESS. Second Session. SENATE. WASHINGTON, March ®, 1868, TRE NEW SENATOR FROM MARYLAND. The credentials were read and Mr. Johnson was Mr. Jounsox, (dem.) of Md., presented the creden- | tials of Mr. George Vickers, nator elect from Mary- land, about escorting Mr. Vickers forward to take the requisite oath,"when Mr. SUMNER, (rep.) of Mass., offered the following resolution :— Resolved, That the credentials of the Hon. George Vickers, Senator elect from Mary the Committee on the Judiciary, to consider ifn te State of Maryland, with its existing constitution, has a republican form of government, 80 as to be able at this time to select and comiission a Senator of the United States. Mr. SUMNER read the first section of the constitu- of its course. But this certainly is a very narrow and unstatesmaniike view to be taken of the subject. Can it be possible that the country will be benelited in the end by the annihilation of an unwise and short-sighted party when the very means taken to destroy that pare is itself the mischief to be avoided? ere is no states- manship in tearing down the temple, Sampson- like, with the purpose of crushing the enemy, when their destruction ts alike the ruin of all. But if there is no inspiration of patriotism to stimulate the democracy to oppose the fatal scheme of impeach- ment, there is surely an adequate self-interest to en- ergize them, to.wit, the federal offices, which in pos- session during a Presidential campaign has hitherto been considered a great desideratum. Verily their Ways and motives ged finding out. To be sure, the forty-six democratic members of the House sign @ protest against the parliamentary snubbing they have had to submit to, and incident- ally they protest against .the main question. But where is the party? Where are the red Indians of Tammany Hall, and where are the other democratic organizations througout the coun- try? They could have made their influence felt if they had spoken; but they have kept closed their ustially boisterous mouths and their hands are folded, while on their faces gleams an ambiguous but sinis- ter radiance. The conduct of the democratic party “leaves the ong od all in doubt” as to their purposes, and politicians here are undecided how to act in con- sequence. Even the people from abroad whe jour- ney to Washington seem to be wholly in doubt as to the sentiment of the great enn in their several localities. This seeming indifference of the democ- racy .algo has its effect on the radicals, who started out so briskly on the “road to ruin.” They evidently are at a loss to understand the mean- ing of what they see, and the still greater sig- nificance of what they do not see. There is great perturbation among the radicals, although they ap- pear to stand firmly up to the scratch. Were it not that they meet frequently in cabal and caucus to screw up their courage it is more than likely there would be faltering and even soi 1) the wayside. There is something in numbers, Sttll, although a strong body, and well drilled by their old Governor of Warsaw, there is @ wholesame dread of the people in the radical heart, that, had they not passed the Rubicon, would cause @ general stampede, Aa it is, however, there is no retreat. To advance is mad- ness, to retreat is death. lt is said that the Senate will disregard the point made by the President that Mr. Stanton is really without a commission in his present position, and, therefore, only Secretary of War by sufferance, taking the ground that as Mr. Stanton was ap- pointed by Mr. Lincoln he is still serving out his term under that appointment, and is entitied to do so, a8 Mr. Johnson is not in fact President, but merely acting a8 such, It is nok possible, how- ever, that so dignified and learned a body as the Senate would undertake to stand upon such trifin, and untenable ground; besides, such a view would necessitate a new line of impeachment inst Andrew Jolinson in some other capacity than’ that of President. Such a course of reasoning would result fataliy to the present indictment. There is, there- fore, no probability of such a stand on the ‘part of the Senate, It is generally believed that proceedings in the nature of a quo tearranto Will be commenced to try the title to the ofilce of Secretary of War; but such & proceeding would accomplish nothing in aia of a speedy adjudication of the questions involved, be- cause an appeal to the Supreme Court from a judg- juent of the Supreme Court of the District wouid not | be determined for two or three years at least. Such | a@ proceeding is a sult involving pleading and a trial, and appeal in the ordinary course of the law; and those who know anything of the arse of ~ appeals need not be informed that another administration must neces- sarily have nearly expired before’ a final decision Gould be had in the matter. It wonid only result in & (ray determination of the validity or invalidity of the senure of Office bili, and nothing further, ‘Ther’ 18 some uneasiness felt in certain circles— but poss.dly without cause—in consequence of the apparent Jndeterminate view of the Supreme Court of the nt! of the Legal Tender act, manife by the further bey nement or con- ation of ue gold cases over to the next term court, ,tlorney General Stanbery asked to wed to be he i'd in these ne before decision, in cake the court were {2 donbt as to the questions invol¥ed, and the fact 1. ¢# fhe continuance js made and the Attor General @ to be heard has given ion that there is wom for doubt as to the fof the decision ultin.Vely to comé, It is le, however, that the At Qrney General is to as er of right, as thé JNterests of the ent are 80 ay a! involves and that te ce is made in cousequenc# of the near Of the present terms and ple nevepay be tion of Maryland, providing for voting by white male citizens, claiming that it was founded on the prin- ciple of exclusion, and was anti-republican ana | contrary to the pringples on which our government was formed, according to the solemn declaration of our fathers. All the States but South Carolina, when the constitution was formed, recognized the prin- om that all citizens were entitled to suffrage, and when the articles of confederation were framed an attempt at exclusion on account of color was voted down. He read from the writings of Alexander Hamilton in the Federalist an impression or opin- fon that the laws were to restore the rights that have been taken. The negroes could no longer be refused an Ce sharge of represeutation, and he claimed that the necessary consequence of the freedom the negroes was thelr restoration to all the rights of citizenship. Some two hundred thousand citizens of Maryland, therefore, being denied their right of representation, he submitted that the constitution of the State could not be republican in form. He then pointed out that fourteen counties tn Mary- land, with @ total population of one hundred and | eighteen thousand tive hundred and seventy-one,, | elected fourteen Senators out of the twenty-four, a majority ont of the body, This system of rotten boroughs was also anti. ublican in form, and the Legislature thus com) having furnished a com- Mnission to the genUeman now presenting himseif, he (Mr. Sumner) thought a committee of this body should consider the question of that constitution. He might be alone in this, as he had been more than once reminded of being in other days; but he did not regard it now more than he did then, and he insisted that it was the duty of the Senate to declare its opinion on this question. Mr. NESS, (rep.) of Cal., sald that ander the goer pay forth by the Senator none but five New ingiand States and the State of Wisconsin were republican in form. He supposed that when his col- league came here from California with his credentials he would be sent back, because that State did not possess a government republican in form, and hi presumed the Senator offered the resolution to in cate how far he was in the advance of his ~ friends. If that was so, as his object was attained, x “yn peepee would move to lay the resolution on the table. { Mr. CoNNEsS withdrew the motion at the instance | of Mr. NYB, (rep.) of Nev , Who called attention to the fact that the present Governor of Maryland was elected under the constitution of 1864, by which those who had been engaed in the rebellion had been dis- franchised, Subsequently, under an arrangement with the Governor, ie ne were appoloted through whom even those who had been generais in the rebel army were allowed to vote without pardon. By this fraudulent transaction the State had been piaced in the hands of rebels. Mr. Nye read from a letter written by Mr. Carmichael in confirmation of hia statement, and said if it was true the present constitution of Maryland rested on the basis of a ——_ political combination, and it?was confirmed thus by one of their number, Gov- ernor Swann having, in violation of the existing constitution, directed his sters to thwart the wishes of the loyal people of Maryland. He for one would not be a party to a crime that would forever be a stench in the nostrils of the citizens of this a Mr. Jomweaon said that when the State of Maryland had any fault to find with the constitution her repre- sentatives on that Noor wuld be ready to do it. Mr, Conness then renewed. the motion to lay the resolution on the table, but Mr. Sumner withdrew the j resolution, saying he had accomplished his purpose, Mr, VICKERS then came forward and was sworn, PRTITIONS, ETC. Mr. CONRLING, (rep.) of N. Y., presented concurrent resojutions from the New York Legisiature, ois H appropriations for the improvement of Buffalo har- bor, in accordance witir the plan proposed by the ; Board of United States Engineers, which were referred to the Committee. on Commerce, Also a petition of one itindred and fifty destitute colored citizens of Georgia and Alabama, setting forth that although able to work, and Willing to do so for fifty or sixty dollars a year, they cannot obtain work be- cause of persecutions and injustice, and praying an i of $160 each to enable tom to emigrate to Liberia, Mr. Nowann, (rep.) of Mich., presented petitions | from Various paris of Michican, praying for a redac- tion of the army and navy, Ac. in the intereat of retrenchinent and for the purpose of reducing taxes, Mr. WU8ON, (rep.) of dass, presented a petition of Joseph Segar, a cilizen of Virgmila, setting forth that the United States government seized his pro- rty during the war, and that he had dways been @ joyal ettizen, praying that his proyerty be re- farned to tain. Keferred to Committee on Csaims,* ie, Moucas, (rep) of Ne Y, presented rewon: § ind, be referred to | | demagoguism. ; of A} Oo., Brothers | of vessels for sacrificed to save eee ard are teres | East ecceren ae cte ‘ork, ‘the been actually and expenses law. Referred to on the le red at sea in to save human life Mr. (rep.) of IL, presented @ petition to | ers of property so may have leave abolish office of of the United States. | libel in the district courts of the United States pb ify said, without any sympathy with its | forth the facts; that the courts shall have was laid on the table. decree payment of such losses, and that on presenta- eighteen ig veral were presented for the removal of font cortincate of decree to the Secretary of the were still Spe marks eee oes Sera political ities, may ordered. wasa m alarme RAILBOAD AND TELEGRAPH. By Mr, Parens, rep.) of Me.—To reduce the ex- than anything he had heard of lat ve 5 Ir, CONELING introduced a bill to authorize t! penses of the navy. bill vides that all line LOGAN repeated substantti statement, / cotincetion @ railroad and t yh line oMtcers of the navy on thé age of sixty Mr. Raum, (rep.) of Illy, ing of bith what bad New Orleans, La. to Mobile, Ala., secure years shall and that ng further promo! become of the bonds. ~ ¢ to the United Sidied government as a military an. C "nee Mr Logan said he did not know, and did not tit of January, 8 les of stated ‘hal ne, new st road, and for other pi Referred to 18660; that whenever the able to explain it, He also the Committee on Post Ofices and Post Roads, rear admiral, commodore, Leute! on that rebel officers have been aj ‘THE RESTORATION OF ALABAMA, mmander or shall become vacint hey 3) ointed in the State of Georgia, in connection wil Mr. WILSON, (rep.) of Mass, ul pe joint | bo a hy ¥ the close of the present | the internal revenue, and were Srawing, pay, resolution for'the restoration bf repre- | academic year the operations of the Naval Academy | whose official oaths the material part bad sentation tn Congress, Mr. Wilson said he had re- | stall be led until Congress shall provide for | soratched out with a pen. ry ceived a number of letters from well known | their resum) Mr. rye Lerreny 2 again to the statement ve persons ce! ing that many citizens had been threat- By Mr. MILLER, (rep.) of Pa.—Doclaring that all | tion to the fictitious destruction of bonds {n t ened with dismissal from employment and were dis- | the national ‘debt should not be paid off by the sury, said that in common with other me! after they had voted, and that professional men had been deterred from voting by representa- tions that they would otherwise be injured in their business, ° = Ler oe coro nena ie tzpal formerly @ Senator of the U: Stal who had threatened to dismiss men birgeaes ment if they participated in the election, and after- wards did Had there been @ fair vote Co ig would have been bound to recognize the election as valid, but as that had not been the case, and as no doubt an overwhelming majority would otherwise have voted for the constitution, he understood that General Meade was now inves- tigating the matter and would soon make a report, and that it was proposed to hold a new election in the counties where violence had been used to deter the voters and where there had been no election. He moved to refer to the Committee on Judiciary, hoping they would report it at an early day. A NEW FINANCIAL BILL, Mr. WILSON introduced a bill to provide for the conversion and funding of the interest ieee: debt and to amend the Banking laws of the United Stat which, on his motion, was ordered to be printed and | laid on the table. It authorizes and requires the Secretary of the Treasury to issue coupon or regis- tered bonds suiticient to redeem the entire interest | bearing debt, except the five per centum and forty years bonds, and provides that said bonds shall be payable in ears, — bearin; x per cent — interest “eS ‘wenty yearee ana ve per cent after twenty years, interest payable semi-annually, principal and interest payable in coin. ‘The third sect: rovides that said bonds shall be issued solely Yor the redemption and exchange of existing bopds, and such exchange may be made | until January 1, 1870, under tions to be pre- scribed by the Secretary of the ry. The fourth section a tax of one per cent per annum on the new bonds, and directs the Secretary of the Treasur’ to withhoki the same from payment of interest as it accrues, The fifth section directs the Secretary of the Treasury to ascertain as nearly as possible the mount of tax paid by each State through its citt- zens and corporations, and toypay annually to each State the amount of tax received from its citizens and eorporations, said taxes to be in lieu of State, municipal and local taxation on the bonds. Section six provides for the gradual reduction and final extinction of said debt as follows:—First, by applying annually to the payment of the principal 1 taxes paid on bonds held or owned out of the United States; second, by directing the Secretary of the Treasury, for the first decade hereafter, to re- deem annually by purchase in coin ten mil- lions ef said debt, for the second decade twenty mil- } lions annually, forthe third decade forty millions ‘ annually, for the fourth decade sixty millions an- nually, and for tie fifth decade eighty millions an- nually, or until the whole debt is redeemed. ‘The ‘seventh section authorizes the increase of the national currency to $500,000,000, and directs prefer- ence of issue thereof to sections of country not ade- quately supplied with banking facilities. The eighth section directs the Secretary of the Treasury, when the whole oon exceeds $700,000,000, to retire and cancel as rapidly as possible until the outstand- ing United States notes are reduced to $200,000,000, ‘The last section direct; banking association to hold it in interest ed on bonds as a specie reserve until able to redeem its currency and not to use satd coin reserve for any other purpose. Accom- anying the bill, and ordered to be printed with tt, | is a table showing that under the provisions of the sixth section the interest b iz debt, now amount- ing to $2,000,000,000, would be reduced in 1878 to nineteen hundred millions, and the interest to one hundred and fourteen millions, while the national Wealth, a rding to the ratio of its increase from 1840 to 1860, will have increased from twenty-two thousand iillions to thirty-seven thousand millions, In 1888 the debe would be seventeen hundred mil- | lions, with interest one hundred and one millions, and the national wealth sixty-five thousand millions, In 1895 the debt would be thirteen hundred millions, with an interest of sixty-tlve millions, and the public Wealth @ne hundred and fourteen thousand millions, In 1908 the debt would be seven} hundred millions, the interest. thirty-five mil- | lions, and the’ public wealth two hundred ng others the case of General | of the United bays Car Heating completion of a harbor of commerce and refuge Michigan City; also refundi test on the im) for the use of St. Mary’s Institute and Notre Dame University, Indiana, the Illinois river from the formation oi and Western Michigan Canal to its mouth, Perera: ae ae sissippl river, By i the Wisconsin be | title to unsurveyed lands in the Wisconsin river; also declaring it to be the duty tates, By Mr. NicHoLson, (dem.) of Del.—To encourage f a. itiernal trade by facilitating direct (rep. of Ohio—To incorporate the and Ventilating Company. the SPEAKER—Making appropriations for be duties paid under pro- ‘rance on a bell donated sy Mr. WELKER, y rtation from By Mr. .) of Ill.—For the improvement of ‘ilnola ven froin the Ilinois By Mr. NEWOOMB, (rep.) of Mo.—To incofporate the i Levee Rallway and Steamship grge in the construction of levees on the Mi (rep.) of Wis.—Memorials of ature for contirmation o! oe for the removal of restrictions to the*further entry of public lands with Agricultural College scrip and for ie improvement of the St. Croix river bordering the states of Wisconsin and Minnesota, and asking appropriations therefor, (r. SAWYER, (Fep.) of Wis.—Joint resolutions ture as to the rights of na- of the Wisconsin turalized citizens. By Mr. Higby, (rep.) of Cal.—To amend the Addi- tional Bonny act so as to make it to apply to Call- fornia and Nevada volunteers, By Mr. Hooper, of Utah—Memorial of the Utah Legislature for for Indian depredations and ex- perses incu in suppressing Indian hostilities. By Mr . PILB, (rep.) of Mo.—! lutions of the Mis- sourl Legislature in reference to bounty, and also in reference to repairing the levees. Mr. PILg stated that he was necessarily absent from the House when the vote was taken on the im~ popchment, articles, If present he would have voted ‘or all but the last two, By Mr. LA¥FLIN, (rep.) of N. Y.—Memorilals from the New York Legislature in reference to the improve- ment of Builalo harbor, By Mr. Hoscmmeaes (fen) of Conn.—To make the duties on felt carpeting, felt druggets, and baizes, white, colored or printed, and composed of wool, fax, jute, cotton or other material, the same as on druggets and brockings. By Mr. LINCOLN, (rep.) of N. Y.—Concerning invalid pensions‘and the time of the commencement of the same, providing that they shall commence on the day of disability or discharge, and continue during life or the continuance of such disability. By Mr. VAN Wyok, (rep.) of N. ¥.—To reduce the expenses of the government. The bill abolishes the oftice of Naval Officer and provides for the appoint- mont of an auditor of accounts at Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and New Orleans. It requires all fees, fines, penalties, forfeitures and commissions to be paid into the Treasury, and com- pensation of all officers to be fixed by law, and in the meantime to be no greater than the chief of his department, and abolishes the Bureau of Education | and the Board of the Coast Survey. By Mr. Myers, (rep.) of Pa.—To permit foreign goat skins and Sicily sumae to be imported free of duty. Keferred to (he Committee on Ways and Me with @ petition in favor of it signed by all the | morocco manufacturers in Philadelphia. By Mr. BALDWIN, (rep.) of Mass,—Providing that all just and legal promises, agreements and contracts shall be enforced according to the legal meaning of | the words used, and as understdod by the parties at | the thine, the provision to apply to the words dollars and cents as well as to other words, By Mr. Jounson, (dem.) of Cal.—Authoriziny establishment of & bureau for mining and pr r metals, aud providing for its Inauguration and sup- port. ir. SAsearny THE POLITICAL STATUS OF TRXAS, The call for bills being concluded the House pro- ceeded to the consideration of the resolution offered James Madison, was taken from tee to invest! the mae forthwith. fraudulent cortidieates could obtained for ht millions, they.oa 1d be obtained for eighteen hun millions, giatemont we 1 ire sunset all over the country, from tlantle Pacific, and all round the globe, st; the wl de holders and tnjuring the credit Seanet. ittee on. Mr. WELKER said the Commit the House, he had been vel uch startled declaration, and that he would move for oa aut fo) was G in the investigation, ter Mr. PRICE gul pany offered @ regolution if structing the ittee On Retrenchment to investl- the subject and report to the House on Wednes* te aay which was adopted, ve e'Senate amendment, on whic the discnsston had arisen, was amended by striking out an éxcep- tion of ee and as amended the substitute was ‘The Senate bill for the rellet of the legal represen, e Senate for the le tatives of the Leia Fen Frenel, sown ung of for the labor perform 5 im of and passed. ASSAY OFFICE IN IDAHO, . Mr. BLATNE, (rep.) of Me., from the ye Appropriations, reported a bill to locate lish an assay office at Boise city, Idaho, nich wae Pate several other bills on the Speaker's teble were! ber up and referred to their appropriate Tm Be ( Mr, Qmaniun introduc ny tis ir. QHANLER luced & ' act of January 11, 1868, to prevent ‘it Tection of taxes ‘on dlstitiea spirits, wl tes ferred to the Committee of Ways Means, ° BOSTON POST FE eric ae biel (rope of Som Post ommi reported resolution the purchase of a site for @ Post Treasury at at a sum Dot ex After explanations by Messrs. Farngworth ring e ‘3 the Eastern district of Massachusetts as to } MORE INQUIRIES INTO THE WORKINGS OF nd TREASURY, Mr. SCHENCK, (rep.) of Ohio, offered a resojutt directing the Beene of the Te Aa inform the authority of law, which was adop' 4 ToE See EXEIBITION, ued sare. iH The Senate’s joint resolution provi i resentation of the United ‘Seated at ine hao toast Qfaritime Exposition at Havre was en from tho Speaker's table. After considerable Spcission, ' Schenck moved to lay the joint resolution on table, which was rejected. e joint. Ab ion Ww then passed with amendments ot A Schenck providing against the Lehre 1eage to the Commissioners and against their being con or from Havre in any national or pul _, RELIEF OF ISRAEL 8. DIRHL. The Senate joint resolution for the relief of Israe? | p- Dichi was taken trom the Speaker’s table and assed. veyed to vessel. PETITIONS. . Mr. Woopwarp, (dem.) of Pa., presearey the pet! tion of Joseph H. Scranton and other citizens of Pennsylvania fantbe repeal of all the laws establish- ing bonded warehouses, MYERS presented a ition from Fishervine! HL, to the same efiect; also a petition of the Philay hia Board of Trade and business men for suc! nge in the law as will authorize the forwar imported goods without warehousing directly to point of destination. Mr. O'YELLL, (rep.) of Pa., presented a petition of: journeymen cigur makers and cigar manufacta of the district of Pennsylvania agains stamping each cigar. 4 THE SALE OF TEN-FORTY BONDS, ‘The SPEAKER presented a communication from thg S last Tuesday by Mr. Loun, (rep.) of Mow, tustructin the Judiciary Committee to Inquire into’the political and three thousand miliions; and in 1916 the last =. ment required to extinguish the debt would be only sixty-three millions, while the national wealth woutt have reached the enormous figure of three hundred aud twenty-three millions of doilars. THE DIPLOMATIC APPROPRIATION BILL. The Senate again took up the Consular and Diplo- matic Appropriation bill. The question was on the amendment by the Committee on Appropriations striking out the appropriation to the Minister to Portugal. ‘Mr. MORRILL, (rep.) of Me., again explained the considerations which had inflaenced the committee. Mr. FESSENDEN, (rep.) of Me., suid the law of 1867 merely prohibited the minister receiving anything out of the existing appropriation, Mr. MORKILL sald that in 1866 Congress passed a | law providing that no compensation belonged to this Minister, and the same Congress in 1867 refused to make any appropriation to this mission. On this state of facts the committee feel bound to strike out the | } appropriation. Mr. SUMNEK Said that since the session of Saturday he had seen the Secretary of State, had informed hit that at this moment Harvey was Minister of Portugal although he was now in Wasuington. — He (Summer) hoped that the amendment of the committee would ag Mr. WILLEY, (rep.), of W. Va., oppo ment, saying that nate had not called for the letter of Harvey, which had given rise to this trouble jt would have been iong since forgotten. — It was in- consistent with the dignity of the Senate to make so much ado about a private letter never intended for their eyes. He was opposed to the amendment. Mr. MORRILL, (rep.) of Vt., thought Mr. Harvey had been sufMiciently punished, and that they ought to treat this as if it were an original question. He understood Mr. Harvey had appeai before the House committee and made an explanation satisfac- tory to them, the amendment wag not adopted. On on amendment by the comimittee striking ont the appropriation for the misston to Ecundor consid- erable debate took place in regard to the necessity of the mission, during wifich it was stated that it was roposed to class it with the mission to Peru, and hat for the sake of economy, there being no minister ‘at present F bbrpen it had been thought best to dispense with this mission, Tie amendment was agreed Lo. On an amendment to the secticn which appropri- ated for contingent expenses of all the missions abroad $50,000, inserting the words “and for the the contingent expenses ot foreign intercourse,” and reducing the amount to $20,000, a general discussion ensued on the subject of economy. Messrs. Sumner, Fessenden and others opposed the amendment on the ground that the sum proposed was entirely too | small, (he last named saying ironically he wanted it understood that in aecordance with the prevalent fashion he declared himself tn favor of economy, but he wished to see the government carried on. ‘The first part of the amendment, to include in the item for the contingent expenses of foreign inter- course, for which $30,000 was appropriated in the bill as it came from the House, was lost. en question recurred on reducing the amount to 20, 000. Mr. CONKLING said it had become so now that no one could advocate economy in any measure without rovoking ridicule, on the ground that one thing was ‘vo stall, and another too large, conveying the idea that It was all a mere flourish of trumpets, mere Nevertheless, he thought this bill a proper subject for an attempt to top oif exci nees in the public service. He read some of the items which went to make up the amount last year, Mr. FRSSENDEN sald it was not the fact of economy that lie had objected to, but rather that necessary appropriations were objected to on the score of eeonomy, thus holding out hopes to the country that could not be realized, He explained that his r remark meant that he had heretofore been it to let the country form its own opinion of omical Me ye ged tter part of the amendment was agreed to. An amendment striking out an appropriation of $3,000 for expenses of intercourse with the Barbary ers was adopted. At half-past four o'clock, pending further con- sideration of the bill, a motion was made to adjourn. Mr. HOWARD, (rep.) of Mich., asked first to offer a resolution. ‘The CLERK proceeded to read the resolution: Resolved, That the injunction of secrecy be removed from the fotiowing documents and proceedings of the Senate sitting in executive seaion, to wit:— At this point Mr. TRUMBULL, (rep.) of TIl., objected, saying that if they were read in open session there would be no necessity for the resolution. Senators might have objections, and accordingly, on motion of Mr. Conkling, the Senate went into executive ses- sion and in a few minutes adjourned. 4 | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WASHINGTON, March 9, 1868. BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED AND REFERRED. The SPRAKER proceeded in the regular order of business in the morning hour on Monday to the call of States for bills and joint resolutions for reference only. Under the call bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read twice and referred as follows:— By Mr. VAN ARRNAM, (rep.) of N. Y.—Extending the bounties provided for in the acts of July 22, 1861, ‘and July 28, 1806, to the widows, minor children and parents of drafted mert who died or were killed in the service, and of soldiers who were charged upon the rolls with desertion, bud who returned to duty and afterwards died or were Xilled in the service. Also resolutions of the. New York Legislature in re- lation to it Buttalo harbor, Pnaton for Sree des By Mr. E107, (rep.) of Mans.—To Indemgify owners | i the amend- uw status of the State of Texas. ‘Aiter some remarks by Mr. Loan the resolution was adopted. QUALIKICATIONS OF ELECTORS. Mr. NEWCOMB offered a resolution instructing the Judiciary Committee to report such amendment to the constitution of the United States as shall settle the qualifications of clectors impartially and uni- formly in all the States. Adopted, THE CITY COUNCH, OF NEW ORLEANS, Mr. Cook offered a resolution directing the General of the Army to communicate copies of all corres- pondence tn his office in relation to the City Councils of New Orleans and Jefferson City, La. Adopted, ‘TREATIES AND APPROPRIATIONS. Mr. BROMWELL, (rep.) Of IIL, offered @ resolution de- claring that the House never has surrendered and never will surrender the right to withhold es | tions for carrying out treaties, annext erritory, &c. Keferred to the Committee on Judiciary. Mr. Jupp, (rep.) of IlL,’offered a resolution direct- ing the Secretary of State to furnish copies of the correspondence, negotiations and treaties with any German State, since the first of January last, relative to the rights of naturalized citizens.. Adopted, THE FINANCIAL QUESTION. Mr. Burr, (dem.) of Lll., offered a resolution declar- ing that sound financial policy requires the gradual withdrawal of the interest bearing bonds, and the substitution therefor of greenbacks. Mr. SPALDING, (rep.) of Ohio,moved to! lay the reso- lution on the table. Negatived—yeas 55, nays 65, a8 follows:— YEAb—Mesers. Ames, Arnell, Asliley of Ohio, Beat Blaine, ilair, Chanter,’ Churchill, Dawes, Dixon, Di Eckley, Eliot, Farnsworth, Fields, Gartield, Griswold, Higby, Hooper, Hopkins, Hubbard of West Va., Hubbard of N. Hunter, Jenckes, Johnson, Kelley, Kelsey, Latin, Lin Lynch,’ Marvin,’ McCarthy, Miller, Myers, O'Neill, Perhain; Peters; Pile, Poland, Price, Robertson, Sawyer, Smith, Spald: ing, Blarkweather, ‘Taber’ Thomas, Twichell, Upson, Van Aernam, Van Wyck, Ward, Washbirne of Wis, Washburn of Mass., Williams of Pa., Wood—6, Nave—Mesara. Adams, Allison, Axtell, Barnes, Barnum, Beatiy, Beck, romwell, Cake, Clarke of ‘Kansas, Cobv, Cook, Cullom, Eggleston, Eldrlige, Herrin, Ferry, Gollady, Gravely, Grover Harding, Hawkins, Holman, Hotchkiss,’ Ingersoll Julian, Kerr, Knott, Koontz, Lawrence of Loughri Mall jorgan, M Lawrence of Ohio, Loan, J <i orintel Isley, Raum, Palle; Trimble of Maynard, McCh ky ft Ky. “wilson of Towa, Wood- Archer, ery hs Niblack, ‘Ort Pik Schotiel igre en Sune Trump, Welker, Williams of ward—65, : ‘The House refused to second the previous question. Then, on motion of Mr. ALLISON, (rep.) of lowa, the fesolution was referred to the Committee ou Ways and Means. THK ALABAMA ELECTION. Mr. BEAMAN, (rep.) of Mich., from the Committee on Reconsiru pn, reported the regolution directing the General comman¢ ng, the armies to report the number of votes cast under the Reconstruction laws up to the present time for and against the Alabama constitution. ‘The House then proceeded to the consideration of the business on the Speake i follows:— RELIEF OF MIS, The Senate disagres House to the Senate's bi General Anderson. On motion of Mr. HOLMAN the House insisted on its amendment, and asked for a committee on con- ference. COVERING MONEY IN THR TREASURY, The Senate substitute for the House joint resotu- tion directing that certain moneys now tn the hands of the United States ‘Treasury as special agent of the Treasury Departinent be covered by warrant into the United States Treasury was next taken up. « Mr. WASHBURN, of Wis., moved that the Senate substitute be concurred in. The matter gave rise to a considerable ang excited debate, Mr. Washburn specifying the cotton case of Shepher and of Park- man, Brooks & Co. cases where gross fraud had been perpetrated, and Mr. Logan declaring that he had aoted as atto: for those parties, and that the claim was a perfe Langa honest and just one. was speaking Mr. CHANLER, Y., put some questions to him, and after s8-firing between them Mr, LOGAN remarked ere was no necessity for the gentleman from New York get sug excited, adding that a wasp could get excl that an ant could bite and that small things could annoy, Mr. CHANLER interposed the su on “or can make an ass kick.’ Subsequen' My Mr. Chanler, rising to a personal explanation, said that the gentic- man ftom Illinois had entirely misunderstood his motive in putting questions to him, and had there- fore, in the course of his remarks, made use of ex- pressions which he was sure he would on under: standing his (Mr. Chanier’s) motives withdraw. Mr. Logan said he had supposed from the gentle- man’s (Mr. Chanler’s) manner that his questions were put to harass him; butin the gentlemanly explana- jon he would withdraw anything offensive he might have said, A STARTLING ASSERTION, In the course of the discussion Mr, LOGAN alluded to a fact which created considerable stir, He satd that recently the Superintendent of the Treasury Printin; Bureau (Mr. Clarke) had obtained the certificate of three other officials of the Treasury to the destruction in their presence of cancelled bonds to the amount of $18,640,000, while in fact and in truth no such bonds had been destroyed, and while what was ba opera to be such bonds Was nothing more than blan! panet. This he had been told by Mr. Clarke himself. He had not believed the statement, and had gone to'see tue ‘Treasurer, General Spinner. General Spinner had told him that it was all wrong, and that there ought to be some explanation mude of it. He (General Spinner) did not know how it was, and sup sed it must have been done satisfactorily. He said that if he had known the fact at the time he would not have | allowed it to be done, Mr. aie, (rep. of Towa, said that this was an | ral alarming ja and he wished to have some | more lara. He wished the gentleman from | mt to state whether the certificate showed the | numbers, dates and denominations of tie bonds rey: resented as being destroy ud. Secretary of the Treasury relative to the sale of ten- forty boilds, the rates at which sold, &c., and copies of contracts madg for labor in the Ap) 's ment of New York and authority for the same, &q, PLACED ON THE REOGRD. M Mr. MAYNARD was permitied to record his vota affirmatively on the impeachment resojutions the impeachment articles, He asked al I? cy oF 2 er some remarks on the subject printed in the Glove. The SPEAKER remarked that fifty-one members hat had that pees and he presumed there would be no objection. Mr. ELpripas, (dem.) of Wis., said he objected, asmuch as forty-five members had vainly endeave the ae day to get leave to print one five minutes! speech, Mr. SCMENCK, from the Committee on Ways Means, reported a bill to exempt certain m: tures from internal tax, which was order be “d and recommitted with leave to report tine — at forty minutes past four o'clock ed, INTERNAL REVENUE. Grand Descent on Iliclt Distilleries, A midnight raid by the Internal Revenue officers on Sunday was rewarded by the seizure of no fewer than eight large distilleries and rectfying establish. + ments in this city, under the direction of Inspector Bailey, of the Fourth district; Inspector J. H. Glea- son and special Inspector Conatty, with seven om- cers and twenty-two keepers, proceeded from the rendezvous in Eighty-ninth street to the ment known as the ‘Jones’ Wood Distillery,’? Seventy-first street, near the East river. On refused admittance, Ins] r Gleason succeeded jth) crossing @ fence and let himself down in the The books were examined and the entry found to correspond with the mash in the tubs,’ The lishment belo! to J. Noell and is valued at 000, Two distilleries in Sixtieth and Sixty-first streets, between Second and Third avenues, were of WR Cutis, and the latter by inspettor Cimon of W, urtis, and the i. which belonged to G. M. Bauer. Both establishmen’ were running at the.time and a perusal of the book! showed that the government had been defrauded. The places are valued at $75,000, _ A rectifying establishment in ‘Si Raed nn ee a lola into the feo raiders. jong and weary journey gg officers at half-past three o’c! betes the dist ©. B. Carpenter, in Forty-seventh street, between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, Suspecting that tha distillery was running the front door was broken open, Inspector Gleason just being in time to preveng a man turning of the gas. An examina- goa cistern ae e sent below discovered fifteen barrels together with eight large mash tubs filled and for use. Twenty-two barrels of liquor were also found in a blacksmith’s shop in the rear QO to the - i establishment. Failing to gain access cistern room of a distillery In East Thirteenth near avenue C, the officers visited the establishment of J. Simon, on East Twelfth street, large quantity of whiskey, as well as a connection pipe from the distillery into each, was discovered, and Mr. Conatty seized the place, Returning to the distiliery of James Sickles, in East Thirteenth street, the roof was gained, and the officers having descended into the rooms traced pipes into the cistern. It _ be! now half-past six o'clock Inspector Gleason rem: at the o1 win- dow and awaited the arrival of Mr, Sickles, who rance, en shortly after made his appeat the establishment he took down the mash Gi threatened if Sickles touched the book he would shoot him. Mr. Gleason, in pushing his hand thi the glass, cut several of his fingers and was sym; thized with by Mr. Sickles, who then admit having first made several attempts to papers, conceal Mr. Gleason said he was satiafied, as he had Riva vented the goverprment from being defrauded. premises are valued at $300,000, an ae ik bas of the finest establishments in the city. All the om. cers, although much fatigued, phous undoal elated with their succesa, reported for duty at nino o'clock yesterday morning. This has been one of the most important seizures made in this city for some time, and the promptitude with which the ments were carried out reflects much credit on revenue oflicers, THE CITY CHAMBERLAIN'S FUND, City Chamberlain Peter B, Sweeny has paid to the credit of the city another instalment of interest de- rived by him from the deposit of the moneys of the city and county of New York, over and above the ex- penses of his office. The amonnt paid over to the city by Chamberlain Sweeny, up to this time, is sixty thousand dollars, as will be seen from the following letter :— Hon. R. B. Connot. mptroller:— EAR SiR—I have the honor to notify you that 1 have this di received the sun of $4,474 65 as the nes proceeds of interest for the mouth of February, 1868, e eys of the city and county th custody Sev nant above salaries and expenses of ky ‘office, ‘This sum [have deposited to the eredit of the account éstabiished by me of “Protits realized by the City Chamberlain and County Treasurer on moneys of the city and county in his hands over ang above ssiaries nf onies,”? aking, wilt previous - jeumof g20.0°7 09 now standing ve Ls th. SWFENY, ni County ‘tressurer, mi that credit. House whether Mr. Edmund Cooper ig now rm ing the duties of Assistant Secret of the eabutr or has done so at any time since the tejection of : nomination by the Senate, and go by what