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NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1868.-TRIPLE SHEET. 3 Would have no excuse for not relieving General Lee obtained in favor of adopting cald constitution, and | The who planned the chain of defences | thetr name or trade mark such articies, shall pay two dying oat and being repiacea those ‘whose oniy interest iy the quéstion cosists in | diferent ciovetions and bring. crous freon ov qoceas often tacasand, ah feet ehall rovara to thd Minos oaticy en sailing vensels would dis- | to-morrow. 4s for Governor ee Ae yd wi “sl rely. i r? - the fact that if it be adopted fae MOT an | erent the samen. Co oe Tree: there is | gagossor of internal revenue the amount sold in ex- ir. CAMERON Was of the opinion that sailing ves- writing on the wall,” was 4 professing loyalty to office of some sort which = a to live on | ame forts d mg the ine yee? ie Mansiend side. | cess of ten thousand dollars on which the tax shall | sels would continue to carry the heavier freights lo! the government, although he had, even before his alike, Ugnow ing enknown. bd za, moving iowerd abruptly from the river at ons a sume and paid monthly the same as other ee Sa ator om Guo (Ae Sherman} had | State seceded, seized on the United States forts in 5 e al Geo ‘Therefore, be it resolved, That the bill and ‘ing dog Sroging down about Zerenine the Mr. MORRILL, (rep.) of Vt., offered amendment from the commerce and manuf, ~ 2 ae come pon onary turned tem over to the Confederate wo Reticence of the President in Regard to qenndmene 0? aed paediys —. Fort Lincoln aie ‘commencement of the | {2 cn eS fe ever un Oe | on eaten at Mr. Galaer or i mn, SEARY, (05. of Pan, spoke, 19 Sanon.ct Gow. 1 Commit mer. sugars, t cane, exempting oni, On motion of Mr. GRimes at thirty. ernor Bi His of persons and pee ee *y deem it advisable, to oe Cm as it were, one of yo salient Ay those produced from corehum of gupnee. joao past four o’clock the Senate ‘adjourned, ane SoS sssidiously aeitees Ay BH Line of Defence. Fisit the Stave of Alabaina for the purpose of ascer- | of the whole cordon of defences, Situated at acon. | | he cataix decided the amendment out of order at the ‘Congressional “plan” of "reconatruction. He before whe House of Representatives. leagues around this fort presenta on first appearance | “Mr, MORRILIg while he considered the presentment HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, pe ee ee ee Thad Stevens Recommits His Ala-| General Hancock’s Visit to Washington. | $H0llld be of a very self-saeriiicing disposition to ad- | the expenditure. Nobody believed that they would | THB WHISERY FRATDO. 000 THE RETRENCHMENT bama Admission Bill. It will be recollected that several weeks ago Major | into which, if driven from the fort, its defenders — Setus collsccy eatt nat waa oe Mr. JENCKES, (rep.) of R. I. (im reference'to the ° General Hancock asked to be relieved of hiscom- | Might retire. But old Fort Lincoln is sadly or rather | angels. If they could enforce the collection of the report on whiskey frauds last week by Mr. ily altered from its original self. Occupying tl the ~ mand of the Fifth Mllitary Department. On this sud- | alg and irremular recuuncie, with deep-ioat | aé,then.the production of “Absurd to “sapwone they | Yan Wyck), asked to haye read and placed on the F Ject the President desires to converse with him, and | all around and bold advancing salients, with bomb- resol adopted this Debate in the Senate on the Bill to Exempt | in view of all the circumstances to determine proofs of invincible covering and inazazines deep | Coe eee ated fo co eS Sean dl comb are i phaanal ovine Liter whether his request shall be ted, if lown in the bowels of the earth, it is now but the | partment, that the estimate of receipis from incomes ing by the joint Committee on Retrenchment:— Manufactures from Tax Branted, and if #0 t0 | shadow of its former self, its parapet overthrown | Was tar too high, raising tho amount entitled to | _ Resolved, That the joint Committee on Retrench- " what new field of service he shall be assigned. | in divers places, bombproofs proof no longer even exemption from "$600 to 1,000. “— & ae of | ment have seen with Surprise a document purportia; Hence the President sent for him to come to Wash- pa to oe priser’ 9 | those that would pay any Income tax, and a large = bee beners oe hae Conia te Om MG BICIOCS OF Wasuinoton, March 17, 1868. sai Condition of Mr. Stevens, — — mentor ae o 4 geo aoe a Rica iecy nents Be dag Lr} hes ebgnged In ba ‘manucactare and sole of whise of the 0 ching eral depression of busi ‘ey, made by one ie members of that comm! The Impenchment Trial—Ieticence Thaddeus Stevens receives numerous lettersand | away for miles a lovely section of Mary- ae the amount of income.” It would be dees. to the House of Representatives on the 12th inst., Mr. MULLINS, (rep.) of Tenn., expressed a desire to know how long Adam had to lie out before God gave him a chance by the birth of the Saviour to re- pent? This theological question caused some laughter, but fot no response from Mr. Kelley except that he declined to go {nto the discussion. Mr. Logan, resuming the door, expressed the idea that no such’ bill should be passed until the people ofthe South should give evidence that they wantrd these nen relieved from disabilities by elocEg them ion which they could not fill unless so re- Mr. Dawes, (rep.,) of Mass., said he felt a reluc- tance to vote for the bill in its present shape. It came without a report from the committee as to the reasons why disabilities should be removed from the Persons named. It was true that some of them : President as to His Line ef Defence. telegrams daily inquiring as to his heaith. There is | '4Md, dotted with farm houses, woods, pastures, trous to @ bill whica wout and they hereby instruct the chairmen of the com- | were public characters the mein- ‘The President has resolved to preserve @ profound | authority for saying that it is better this week than pled eminence wilagew church spires and all | examination, Our creditors rg me iy mittee, Mr. ‘Edmunds of the Senate, and Mr. Jenckes | bers a the House, but tay of t hon eae not. reticence as to the line of defence he may take be- | i¢ naa been prior to the evidences of civilization; but we are told that | were lynx-eyed, and would not be deceived. It | of the House of Representatives, to state in thelr | Mr. SCHENCK remarked that the man whose name forte ment"mext Mond: commencement of the pre- } from that peaceful, ral, delightful quarter ten | would be known throughout the world if they com- | Several houses that said document is not the report of | headed the list (Mr. Holden, af North Carolina) had force the Court peach! e: 'ay- | sent session of Congress. thousand armed rebels have threatened to approach | mitted the mistake of passing a bill reducing taxa- | Said joint committee, nor any sub-committee | been steeped in rebellion at the beginning of the Judging, however, from the views he has frequently Nominations by the Presideht. Washington, clean out Congress and make Ben Wade | tion, when expeuditures were not proportionately | thereof; that the subject of the investigation of frauds | war; but he had opportunities for knowiug that he expressed touching the matter which forms the basis | ne President sent the foll depart with undignitied haste for his hoosier home | qecreased, It had been found. that whenever a bill | 1n whiskey was not referred to sald committee by the | (Mr.’ Holden) had been throughout the last year there teittele difioulty ha determintn fe following nominations to | in Ashtabula. These ten thousand dread(ul fellows | proposing imereased expenditures came up here | resolution under which they were spanned, and faboring studiously and apparentiy with an’ eye ef impeachment the! % | the Senate this morning:— can come if they please, for neither Fort Lincoln nor | enough were always ready to pass it, and to suppose | lfas not since been referred to by them by any resolu- | single to the public moot to undo the wrong ‘what his actual defence will prove. But his counsel Franklin Haven, Jr., Assistant Treasurer United pa vlog ae ed Ped & Bie. oer eralies that an appropriation bill from the House would pass Hom oF atthe | bonee: as under their manera powers | which he had Ap oe fo do. No harm, however, essed u] him the importance of allow- at Boston, » 2 a the Senate without an addition of thirty or fort; ey have not authorized any sub-committee norany | could be done by waiting some time longer. It have pi poe 43 Stal from’ the metallic throat of a Parrot or Rodman | mijiions of dollars was the sublimity orhiebugrers, one of their number to make such investigations; | could do no hard that it should be known at the South that what Congress did In this matter tt did with due care, caution and discretiom Mr. MILLER declared himself opposed to the bill, and he asked how Congress could go before the people and say that it had relieved froin political dis- abiiity men who had led the armies of the rebellion aud men who had plotted treason? He hoped the . Newton, Collector at Ger N.Y. 4 ing no indication to be made public of what L. Gres mesee, . can Interpose itself. ‘The guns and gun carriages are |- He was almost persuaded to v the | that the subjects embraced in the satd so-called re- ne drew’ Zoracate.; poll view | Beste ‘reen, Assessor of Internal Revenue at gone oe samen ae leah, Sih ie Cee mane hope that the Proposed bill oe Pe ee ae Bars port pane rE Siege sannealteng to Shecommltine oe this may tical 1 re el - seas any sub-committee thereof for consideration, ani ef the question upon which he ts arraigned, | John Hancock, brother of General Hancock, Cot- | ing, So it is with Fort Bunker, and so it 18 with, Rate reer tefore Sepienber Hie hoped me BA that sald document, in matter and manner, substance when filtered through the _professtonally | !¢ctor of Internal Revenue at New Orleans, La., vice | Forts Slocum, Stevens, Reno, Mansficid and Sumner. : , . | would be passed upon at and conclusions, is the unauthorized work of an indi- Segal'miinds of those employed to conduct the do. |, Camera! Stoodman, resigned. They dot the shoulder and the sumnmilt of every |. Nehoned hieamea coat weeneRtest moment when | vidual member of sald committes, without the con- Julius Newburg, Collector of Internal Revenue at Pp d. Ifit was ” elevation, but their red earthen walls are crumbling | not the duty on foreign sugars would be reduced as’ | Sent, knowledge or approval of any other member fence, may assume a different aspect, and what that | Idaho. rapidl, their revi ti 4 W. W. Wills, Collector of Internal Revenue, Third pidly away, their revitments are yielding to the in- | g matter of course, thereof, bill would be recommitted. See aoe eee gr ca bas | SRC OF MISAAODE ee cores amos, | Soc Mich Foran oes nana cari | |e Srawam ep) of Neradamnanted theFinance | MF. Looax,(ep.)of Ti, asked, whois the person | , ME. STeV, ("Of M. T sueztted oe, an if jon 501 in 4 CY u ee for 80 bo! at ing on the a amendmen al ie names st 0 Ce) D nt, Upper Missourl. | of a dozen could walk over all these once formidable | form. Ie believed the proper Lolicy waste reduce | Preferred to as having made the report? those of W. W. Holden, Luke Blackmer and ‘Chomas forewarn and forearm; and it is therefore wise | je Cost of the Miantonomal’s Tri; vi ip to | giants. Whatis Congress doing in the meantime poss} Mr, JENCKES indicated the tleman from New nm the President’s part to withhold information Europe. and yu ie pranies aheana a pevoninave men? parce Galmunmreal aucinis sane the York (Mr. Van, Wyck), - from the enemy, and strike him in a vital place while | In reply to the House resolution of February 8 the | Horm uni Grendel arg and and tis eree Zovel | greatest efliciency in the collection of the rev- | yr. Woop, (dem.) of N. ¥., remarked that he e t e ‘nprepared. His counsel are hard at work maturing | secretary of the Navy transmitted to-day an account ila Mosby? Crossing over from Maryland we find "— pare on of W. Va., offered | thought the document was a fraud at the time it ‘their plan of operations, and will open on the im- | of the expenditures attending the recent trip of the | forts Ethan Allen, Corcoran, Whipple, McPherson, amendm was first brought before the House. peachers when the battle fairly commences with a | uinntonesan to Burope oe eseec ene trip of the J Albany, Runyon and Lyou, ail but’ oné dismantled; | gnenaif on the Nay xed “on the products | MM. LAFLIN,(Cep.) of N. Y., objected to the rece eary sweoping trosdaio, the character of waich it | tne total axponsce “er account Of tor went | captar a venigey of ie great conte, min: | Gf° petroleum or ttuininoug” wulstandes. Ste | ton of the Payer, op aout of the abuence of Ms A inal soil, n of every- id it was invidt U col ir. Van Wyck). 4a now an object of intense solicitude to conceal. from May 0, 1869, to July 22, 1867, were $171,800 08, thing formidable but the. deep "and tenacious | ft'tadadon, Inwas hat o Tae noon tice thas | Mr WASHBURNE, (rep. of TL, thoueht the matter Mimerity Report of the Reconstruction Come | the principal items being $52,736 for pay of officers, TRSGaAOE fie coke 0 a it fhe at enconeaged acid a gibson palate paper pr mh 7 eee yi va a Wwye 2) ehot if? be ha ay : f osby, all alone, cou! y e e gentleman (Mr. Van ck) shoul ere mittee on the Proposed Rendmission of Ala- | $46,622 for pay of men and $34,798 for coal. The | capture each in turn—could walk over all’ in one ean aa wink oe CON CL ae OL ere answer for himself, iy J. Mackey, as history had told ail about them, Mr. FARNSWORTH remarked that history had told as. much about some of the others, Mr. STEVENS admitted that, but said it told against them, 60 far as he knew. Mr. FAkNsworTad remarked that Holden was as much mixed up with the reveilion as the worst of them. Mr. ScneNnck remarked that the names would go to the newspapers Norih and South, and would evoke comment and discussion. Mr. ASHLEY, (rep.) of Ohio, hoped the motion of Mr. Schenck would not prevail. bama. Secretary says it is inferred from the of | brief night if the mud failed to hold him, and march of Mr. J ; langu: 1" in justice a reduction of fifty per cent was proper. ir. JENCKES said he did not ask any action on the Mr. GARFIELD, (rep.) of Ohio, favored the bill, re- ‘The following is the minority report of the Recon- | the resolution and concurrent ae: triumphant up to the very windows of the War De- ir. CAMERON, (rep.) of Pe, Pranported chs Soonad matter, but simply to have the paper entered on the | marking that the men who had fought against the etre tment. A few, however, are armed, Forts Foote, | ment, holding that there was no reason for subject- journal, Action might be moved on it hereafter, | country most honorably were generaliy the most re- Hable men, and were entiticd to more confidence than those who had only given thetr spirit, but not their body, to the rebellion. He was willing to adopt the doctrines of St. Paul, who said tiat le “thanked God that the Gospel preached, even though it ” struction Committee on the bill to readmit the State | that the mover of the resolution thought the extra hipple, Greble and Wasliington, which are down t b ‘when the gentleman (Mr. Van Wyck) would be in his ing petroleum to taxation that did not beiong to any ¢ y' ‘rhe undersigned, members of the Reconstruction | ©XPenses incident to the cruise were borne by the } fhe Tyrer Gnd Out of Mery Sguag? are Provided | other manufacture. setlr, RANDALL, (dem.) of Pa. ted that tt 1 ammunition, . 4 S jem.) 0} su at it was Committee, having ‘carefully examined the report of | United States, the bearer of the congratulatory reso- | &o, Mosby will never ‘trouble’ these; they sue hteaat tine ud hee eee ern einen ene oe a question of rm privilege, relating, as it did, toa the majority since its publication, the Cs of Con- | lution of Congress to the Czar of Russia on his es-| lie outside the ne of his approach and | than refined petroleum. misrepresentation of the action of a committee. gress known as fone bests jor new — ong the bog) cape from assassination being a passenger on board, are safe from harm; but can it be possible that Mr. SUMNER, (rep.) of Mass., sald they should con- The SPEAKER ruled that that question should have stitution and ordinances rejec by i people Of | .o+ festivities on the veasel being frequent at vari Congress will make no appropriation to restore its | sider that petroleum could not bear the tax now im- | been made when the report was printed. Objection ‘the State of Alabama, submit as their report to this easel being.frequent at various | wonted strength to each particular fort now fast posed when {t was largely produced. In England | being made the resolution was not before the House. ress would either have to relieve men as pro) in this buL Houge the following preamble and resolution:— ports. But such, he states, was not the fact. | hastening to ruin, that the capital of the nation, but i erimini f 9 and on the Continent shales and other articles had ‘ or eise adinit all rebels ladiseriminate ‘Whereas an act to provide for the more efictent | The ,expenses of the Miantonomoh were those | More particularly its great and cherished Secrétary | been manufactured into oll and used a8 a SUbSEICULE |e nen ee eee OASURY NG DURFAU OF | vights if they wished to avoid the great ¢ ernment of the rebel States, passed March 2, | o¢ an ordinary cruising vessel, and when- ¢ (xd may be preserved to the people from the | for petroleum, so that the exportation was very Mr. CHANLER, (dem.) of N. Y., offered a resolution | Waving @ black man’s party and a wit and an act supplementary thereto passed on | ovo. ag in hy Fonte ae 20s Semiening sen. ta sae Valley of much decreased. He argued that taxation should | directing the Secretary of the Treasury to inform the | Party in the South; and tt would come to that when ‘the '234 of the same month, provides for calling a : er case, unusual circumstances ‘a, represented In the person of the redoubta- | pe made as simple and covering as few articles as | House by what lations ‘and in what manner | the people were divided Into two partes based on convention to prepare a constitution for the govern- } induce the visit of crowned heads and other ble Mosby. possible, as in England. He had no doubt that with | frauds are de! and prevented in the printing | Color, and the black man’s party would to the ment of the State of Alabama and for holding an | omcers of foreign governments the necessary an honest administration a high tax could be col- | and issue of United States postal and fractional cur- | (ust. He agreed with the gentleman from Ohio (sir. election in that State for the ratification or rejection THE FORTIETH lected on whiskey. e] Adopted, Gartield) that the soldiers of the Soutit entitied ef said constitution, by those persons who were | €XPenses incidental to their reception and entertain- F CONGRESS. Mr. SUERMAN yCoposed the amendment. Petro- hen, Watson OF IOWA, DESIROUS OF MAKING AN Ex- | tO Much more confidence and faith than the stay-at- authorized under the said acts to Tegister and vote in | ment on board, though often onerous, and were on leum had driven out all articles in competition with PLANATION, homes, whether at the North or South. When Ge said election; and whereas an ecace, was ven re these occastons, are borne by the officers of the navy Second Session. it, whether for light or for other purposes with the Mr. Wirsoy, (rep.) of Iowa, asked leave to make a | Tl Longstreet saw that he was cugaged ina bad that } parpose in mau State, jcommencl ng on tiie 4 DAT exclusively!’ le wealldinesen, idee “thas “oie hent — present tax, and, therefore, it could bear the tax. rsonal explanation in reference to the matter | Work he gave it up. day rus last an isnmar ag in 7 e - oO st ud > SENATE. Mr. BuCKALEw, (dem.) of Pa., said that in imposing | brought before the House by Mr. Boyer last Saturday Mr. MULLINS—When did he see 1t? that month, which resulted in the rejection of said | ored reputation of the country would justify the pay- taxes their chief consideration should be to exempt, | evening as to the bill depriving the Supreme Court of | , Mr. FARNsworTi—Ido not care when he saw tt; constitution by a majority of fifteen thousand of the | ment of these expenditures for interchange of WaASHINGN i, March 17, 1868. | first, articles of necessity, and among them petro- | appellate jurisdiction under the reconstruction laws. | he 1s now acting heartily with the loyal people of the red voters under said acts, and who were ex- + PETITIONS, ETC. leum. It was one of the bases upon which the | Mr, ELDRIpas, (dem.) of Wis., desired to know | Country and accepts the situation, Mr. MULLINS—He does, under duress, Mr. Fannsworti—lI do not care whether he does it under duress Or any other “ress.” One man like Longstreet can do the Union cause more good than a registei preasly authorized under and by the provisions | national courtesies from the public Treasury; but the moneyed interests of the country must rest in the | whether if unanimous consent were qiv thit ae ee ais teacome vues eiawaiane!: er lO CT ee eee Tue MIDI ex EDOM ietacnG Es Lae eee TY, rare ment of Mr. V ied ato | Me Woon onjected ‘unlcas ma he a ma can be paid, and even the ordi Ne Koy e amendment of Mr. Van le was agree ir. Woop objected unless members on side voting at said election, and whereas this large ma- B @ ordinary subsistence of | grainst the renewal of a certain patent to Samuel | by y jens 22 nays 20 should have the right to reply to anything which ty of registered voters were utterly opposed to | aval officers cannot be extended to any one on . MORRILL, of Vt., offered an amendment pro- | the gentleman from lowa might say. hundred ordinary mer, He has been set upon by tie Soe Shen ion of said constitution. board men-of-war without increasing the personal Pierce, granted December, 1845. Referred to the Com- | viding “that nothing herein contained shall be ae ik THE paneen ne Ene. rebel press there, First—Hecause it deprives a large number of the | expenses of ofilcers. mittee on Patents. strued as the repeal of any tax upon machinery or | Mr. ScHOFTELD, (rep.) of Pa., asked leave to offer | Mr. MuLLINS—Then he cannot do us any good. ‘white males of said State of the night to vote or hold ees ‘Mr. CHANDLER, (rep.) of Mich., ted the peti- | other articles which lave been, oF may be delivered | a resolution in reference to a donation of land to the | _ Mr. Farnsworti—Yes he can, because of his infu- office. tion of citizens of Michigan for the reduction of the | on contracts made with the United States prior to | city of Erie, Pa., to aid in improving the harbor of | ece with thousands and thousands of soldiers. ‘The question was taken on Mr. Schenck’s motion, and it was agreed to. THE FREEDMEN’S BUREAU. The House at half-past two o’clock procecded, as the regular business of tue morning hour, to the consideration of the bill to continue the Freedmen’s Bureau in existence for ove year from July, Second—Because it confers the right to vote and STANTON’S MILITARY PREPARATIONS. expenses of the government and of taxation. the passage of this act.” Mr. Morrill explained that Dold office on all the black males, thus disfranchising THE WHISKEY FRAUDS AND THE RETRENCHMENT | it Ab Trevent the relief from tax of private parties, ae Woop objected. Spigitigence ead capacity and enfranchising iguorance SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. COMMITTEE. who had contracts to the extent of fifty millions, REMOVAL OF POLITICAL DISABILITIES. eapaclt; eye ae ae Ray agate eee pe of V rane he Serene ce eng cates ae Lab yrors Lae see ren The House resumed the consideration of the bill : Third—Becai aan . reso) machine r States under existiny yesterd: . ¥ - tosubscribe an oath that they accept the civil | Orders to the Troops—Visit to the Defences foint Committee on Retrenchment reciting that they | laws, and thia would simply deduct five per cen Ceontraction Combntise, €0 relloge from the disadiit. morrow. Political equality of all men, and agree not to at- Around Washington. dseen with surprise a document in the news- | from the contract price. They had purchased mate- | ties imposed upon them by law Governor Holden, of tempt to deprive any person or persons, on account WASHINGTON, March 16, 1868, papers which purports to be a report of that com- | rials according to the contract, and Nhe amendment | North aroling;, Governor Orr, of South Carolina; | 1868. “ of color or previous condition, of any political : © mittee on the subject of frauds in the distillation of | would therefore work injustice. Governor Brown, of Georgia; General Longstreet and | _ Mr. Apams, (dem.) of Ky., a member of the Com. or civil right, privilege or immunity enjoyed by any | The information brought to the War Department | whiskey, and which, though made by a member of | Mr. MORRILL said the amendment merely provided | others. 3 , mittee on Frecdinen’s Aifuirs, addressed the House other class of men. @ week or two ago must certainly have been of the | that commit was made on his own responsibility, | against the repeal of tax to which uch, ies, Mr. BINGHAM, (rep.) of Ohio, yielding to the expres- ainst the bill, occupying the whoie morning hour. —Because in apportioning representation | greatest importance, for the most elaborate prepara- and not authorized by them, the subject never having | were already subject. aie trusted they wouldnot be | ston of opinion by the flouse ih the discussion yester- | Tie bill then went over Ull the morning hour to- RESTORATION OF ALABAMA, The House then, at half-past three o'clock, pro- ceeded to the consideration of the bill on the admis- sion of Alabama. Fourth. to the people of the several count! the State it been referred to them. He said that the com: aid any bonus, 5 ved to amend the bill by inserting the agnores three counties and leaves them without any tions have been made by the cautious Secretary of | deemed it necessary to make this explanation. Mr. TESSENDEX, (rep.) of Me., supposed these par- wiken wconstitation and or,” so on to manatee the a aren totrentysoarot tno ay. | Re arseee Mo Premera te cea ofthe Uakied | an, onan sda it o amend oun | Hat easrmsrettae ans tartare neh tres | Eee ee oft ty tae toa ee jecause fe bs g just as other ie. e amendment would prevent | them, or eit! em, constitution and la) nine counties in the State, which are recognized as | Stes from capture. To any person within the | one of an act to prevent frauds upon the revenue | their. bel Relieved from the tax nothing: more, | of the United States. . ae having # white population of 252,407 and a black | radius of official jurisdiction the extensive character | and for other Ch, og approved March 3, 1863, | waich would be a mere waste of the public money. The amendment offered by Mr. Covode, Mr. BoYER, (dem.) of Pa., addressed the House lation of 328,310, sixty-five of the one hundred | of the provisions made against surprise by a power- | Which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Mr. JOHNSON, (dem.) of Md., said the bill proposed | of Pa, yesterday to insert. the- mame of John ame? Scalnet she hill. 5s was scarcely 9 ‘measerd, He Eat, ntatives who compose the House of Repre- | ry) and agile enemy would have recalled the perilous TEMPORARY GOVERNMENT FOR ALASKA. to give the contractors two and a half per cent. of North Carolina, was withdrawn. to be discussed. It deserved nothing but denuncla- sentatives; and it gives the remaining thirty-five Mr. WILLIAMS, (rep.) of Oregon, introduced a bill ir. HOWARD, (rep.) of Mich., asked whether the | The amendments offered by Messrs, Farnsworth, | on. It was a bold and impious fraud upon the having a white ‘population of 280,282 and a | days of the rebellion. The preparations alluded to coun! to provide a temporary government for the Territory | same rule ought not to app); to all executory con- of Ill, and Lafliin to insert ti t W. Slack population of 111,169, but one representative | could not have been known to any one not included | of Alaska, which was Feferred to ech iene i fiona : of North 2 People of Alabama. It made the Reconstruction act the Committee on | tracts between individuals? ‘ichardson and W. B. Rodman, of North Carolina, | of larch 28 an unwholesome lie, @ cheat, a each; because it apportions representation in th Territories. Mr. Moi Congress mere pretence of fair dealing, seemingly intended pre sa vear an maybe © | or in any way connected with the military service, RELIEF OF NAVAL CONTRACTORS. gone, or roomy woul poe alae me wae aren (rep.) of Pa., st ed to Mr. Bing- | only & ‘and betray. "One feature of the ‘Bizth—Because by these means it places the power | the orders that were issued were given with such | Mr. Drake, (rep.) of Mo., called up the bill tore- | Mr. Howakp thought it unjust to make any dis- | ham that the name of James treet should be | Constitution under which Alabama was to bo SnaPOP ctw wil be, adaxpaveey wn | een” ana cam te Tent ove athe xpuion of temo | = Ta hay wi i en Sob iecchina Lose non-! ers when it orn! Mr. F Ne p je Tey a ly “anc! Bands of tose who w pay Orders were nsued to all the troops composing the | $1 Me Lama Ten OL a, CIPRO at | ME: BINOTAN ON Oe, name of Zohn D. Ash- | Who did notewear eternal alieyianos to the dogi of goes into operation, and deprives a jority of those ‘who will have to pay the taxes of the Ment to vote or | garrison of Washington, and, in fact, to those in the | pygypriow OF CERTAIN MANUFACTURES FRoM Taxa- | If the United States made a contract affected by a | more, of South Carolina. fees power to oe theme! vonneenee Se ope Department, directing that oMcers should not be i TION. subaoquent ar it was nothing more than occurred ae Raita As of beep yaa - _ wi e) . mitted to leave their quarters for any considerable | __ Mr. SHERMAN, (rep.) of Ohio, called up the House | With individuals. that the effect of the amendment proposed r. ‘Seventh—Because it makes no provision for and | Pe bill to exempt certain manufactures from internal After further debate the amendment was agreed to. | Bingham would be to relieve those persons of the Goes not make it the duty of the lature to ap- | length of time, and that enlisted men should not be | tax, Mr. pe ny Tread from the report of | _ Mr. FESSENDEN offered an amendment providing ieceentey of taking the test oath if they should be equality. He read to the House some extracts from the memorial to Congress of the white people of Alabama, including the following :— Continue over us your own rule by the sword; send down among us honorable and upright men of your ‘own people the money raised by law for common | permitted to go from their barracks on the usual | the Secretary of the ‘Treasury estimates | that after the passage of this act there shall be a | elected to Congress or appointed to federal | 8408 the rqce to which you and we belong, and no hand Sepeily aint saparasely for the benefit of the | visiting permits that are ited to them. Officers | in "to internal revenue, Justifying, | drawback allowed equal in amount to the import | office. _ pl ral r > ory ad omang us 6 eae by force thelr Suthorsy. ‘white and black children in the State. were required to 4 their commands fre- | he said, the reduction of certain amount | duty on all lumber and other materials used in the Mr. BrIncHam remarked that the gentleman from | transferring us to the blighting, brutalizing, unnatural do- Because, after declaring inthe first section | quently during the day, and have the roll called to | of the internal tax, there being a building and equipment of sailing vessels. He said | Massachusetts might, ifhe chose, move an amend- | minion of ullen and fuferior races. In conclusion, Mr. BOYER expressed his apprehen- sion that Congress had reached the conditions of one who feared neither God nor the devil; but it still feared man. Abstract principles of law, justice and morality were of little avail, 1t was the people only who could arrest the usurpations which threaten to + | Bugnih—Because, lus of receipts of the third article the powers of the government of | be sure of the presence of the men in the barracks. | over expenditure of seven or ‘eight Millions of dol. it was a copy of an amendment adopted by the Sen- | ment providing against any such construction. ‘the State of Alabama shall be divided into three dis- At the different military cantonments batteries of | lars. It was proj to repeal, first, the taxes on | ate last year. He had no doubt of tts eon le Mr. BOUTWELL also si sted that the bill in ite tinct de) peo legislative, executive ] light artillery have been eed aie as the | domestic productions. He read an estimate of the | Though not exactly germane it referred terms should show that two-thirds of each House and judicial—it provides the fifth section of the | artillerymen to work the batteries are all needed at | irreducible ex; ‘of the government, in which, | the general object of the billi—namely, to relieve | concurred in it and that it was passed in conformity eleventh article that the Board of Education shall | the chain of forts and batteries on the Virginia side | he said, he had not included the large amount in- | the suffering industry of the country—the pursuits | with.the constitution. exercise full legislative powers in reference to the | of the Potomac, such spare officers as can with srfety | volved in an act recently passed, giving bounties to | that were not only beneficial to individuals, but to | Mr. BINGHAM was willing to accept the amend- educational institutions of the State, and its em be detached from these forts have been instructed to | the widows of d soldiers, the Committee on | the country—among the most important of which | ment, but he did not think it necessary, as the jour- | overwhelin and subvert the institutions of the coun- ‘when Repeored by the Governor or when re-enac report to the cantonments for the pui of educa- | Finance having instructed him to report a bill for its | Was navigation. Everybody knew that the naviga- | nai of the House would fix all that. try. The mimority in this hall had no other resort two-t of the board in case of his Sy co eal ie the infantry in the light artillery drill, repeal. The fiscal estimate was $351,733,184, which | ting interest was almost destroyed so far as rds Mr. BOUTWELL suggested further that the bill | than appeal as best they could to that mighty audi- have the force and effect of law unless repeal ve day the troops at the several barracks | Congress might reduce from ten to thirty ‘millions of | ship building. The ship yards of his own State | should be amended so as to make it read that the | ence outside the walls of the Capitol. e people might still, if they would, save the republic; but if they stood carelessly by and saw oue pillar after another of constitutional law torn from its founda- tions, it would only be a question of time—and he feared it would be a very brief time—when the tem- ple itself would fall to the ground, involving the whole people in one political ruin. Mr. Loan, (rep.) of Mo., declared that he could not support the bill, and he gave to the House some of the reasons for the vote which he proposed to give. e the General Assembly. throughout the city may be seen diligently exerefsing | dollars. He detailed from the estimates of the | (Maine), In common with those of many other States, rsons named in it should be relieved from all disa- Ninth—Because it divides the militia into two | in artillery and infantry tactics. The guns assigned | Secretary of the Treasury and others the probable re- | Were, a8 @ general rule, entirely deserted, Biitties im} by the act eae March 2, 2867, q@asses—namely, the volunteer militia and the re- | to the ‘infantry barracks are twelve pounder | venue for the coming year; among them the estimate | and | the country was fast being deprived | entitied “An act to provide for the more efficient serve militia—and it is made the duty of theGov- | Napoleon guns, such as are guitable for | of any millions for spirits by Mr. Rollins, for which he | Of that skill labor in — ship building | government of the rebel States and acts supplement- @rnor by an ordinance which was not published | service in narrow streets on account of the ease with | would not be responsible, as last year the govern- | Which has heretofore been regarded as so important | ary thereto,” and the amendment to the constitution ‘with the constitution for the,tnformation of the peo- | which they may be mancuvred. Within the last | ment had failed ‘4 collect more than twenty-eight | !n giving a high character to this ‘isan in the con- | of the United States known as article fourteen. Big as two others were, which were less objectiona- | week a liberal supply of fixed ammunition has been | millions. Deducting the revenue from the highest struction of vessels. Owing to the hi price of Mr. BINGHAM was willing to accept that too, al- to organize immediately one hundred and thirty- | dealt out for the service of these guns. estimate of expenditure, he estimated that there | materials they could not compete with their provin- | though it was the same thing in law and in fact. Seven companies of volunteer militia, who are to Among the orders issued to the troops which gartt- would be a deficit of some $16,883,184. Included, | cial neighbors, who also had cheaper lavor. Nothing Mr. MAYNARD, (rep.) of Tenn., suggested that the be armed and paid when in service at the same | son Washington ts one which requires them to be in | however, in the amount of the expenditures were | could be a greater injury to the country than the de- | bill should be recommitted to the Reconstruction rate as United States officers and soldiers out of the | readiness to march at a moment's notice, with fort: twenty-five and a half millions for bountl which | struction of the ship building interests. Committee, with instructions to ort in writt Mr. Beck, (dem.) of Ky., on behalf of himseif and Btate tye tag the mounted men to have five per | rounds of ammunition. Another order has Deen was rather in the nature of a debt than a pant of the Mr, SHERMAN paid the difficulty was that this was | the grounds on which the removal or disabilities wae Mr. Brooks, of New York, minority metabers of the ent per day for their horses. ven to the Quartermaster’s Department to have | regular expenditures; but it had been provided for | & proposition to increase the expense, as an amend- | recommended in each case, so that it might be | Reconstruction Committee, read the views of the Tenth—Because by the twentieth section of said forty teams in readiness to from the current income. He recited the articles ex- | ment to a bill proposing to reduce it, The shipping | known on what principle Congress was acting in the | minority, giving many reusous why the bill should not pass. Me Woop addressed the House briefty in oppost- tion to the bill. He raised the point that the bul con- tained stipulations that were fundamentally in con- troversion of a decision of the United States Supreme in the duty of Ordinance, which goes into operation with the con- ing ammunition, or to move quartermaster ted from the exemptions of the bill by the com. | interests got the benefit of this bill, as other interests | matter. stitution, all proceeds of the sale of contraband and | and commi stores into the garrisoned forts on mnittee in the amendment (published yesterday) did. ‘This was Say @ bounty to shipbutiders taken | _ Mr. BINGHAM expressed his willingness that the eaptu: perty, seized or captured by the militia, | the Virginia side of the Potomac at instant warning. | which he said would result in a sa’ of upw: from the revenue. it would increase the burdens of | House should make what disposition it chose of the Ghali constitute a part of the fund out of which they | The statement made in these despatches a few days | three millions, leaving the deficit a other interests, This relief, in order to rélieve the | bill except to recommit with such instructions. It are to be pald, thus inciting the volunteers to ha- | since that a strong guard had been sent to the Long | teen millions. ‘The House had relieved these ar- oping eee Say ee ee be very | was expected that W. W. Holden would be the next al » The raas the heme ong in time of peace by unlawful seizures | Bridge to reconnoitre for the h of the enemy | ticles—ground coffee and its substitutes, re- same depression existed all over the worl Governor of North Carolina, and he could not exer- | Court, reported in 3d Howard, p: 212, in which it ‘and so provide the means of themselves, if has dince been abundantly conta ed. The panic in | fined st jewel. . and this would be relieved by a reduction of taxes | cise the functions of that ofice unless relieved by law | was settled that Congress could not incorporate ry seized in honestly turned over. the War Department was so great one ‘week ego ii would ‘oth OR pgp a ‘4 "i Pecician dinelt - into the act admitting a new State con- ditions which would piace the State on an erwise be necessal to retain | and a resumption of specie Ln He trusted | of existing disabilities. ex! unequal position with the other States. He also pt -Because this constitution vides for a | from last Friday that a re-enforcement of troops was | all the machinery for the collection of these | the bill would be kept from ‘trancous mutter, Mr. Looan desired to know what evidence there ment which will cost annually wh eared called for, and an officer and several men vee des- | taxes atan unjustifiable expense. The committee, | 80 that it could be passed by the first of April and | was before the committec as to the loyalty of James $2,000,000—a sum which the taxpayers 0! 2 | patched to the Long Bridge, there to await the ap- | however, had ascertained from the Commissi thus relieve the distress ex: in the country. L. Orr, of South Carolina? quoted from a decision made in a case coming up on are wholly unable to meet in their present impover- | proach of the d led Mosby and his army. The the Internal Revenue that the collection of the sioner of Mr. FESSENDEN said that this species of bounty,” ‘Mr. BinaHas replied that Governor Orr had gone | appeal from the courts in Alabama, under the ished condition. structions given to them Were that they should | whiskey, tobacco, &c., in all the districts, necesst- | a8 the Senator singularly called it, was a principle | into the Constitutional Convention of South Carolina pon es id thas Cotas Hepes y Hip aee ewer ca hereas ongress hi 5 a Tegistered voters, believing that } station themseives in @ position suitable for | tated the employment of collectors, and the commit cl it- | that had existed since the formation of the govern- | and had made an open, strong and earnest speech in they had a right to oe hg eer 80 objec- | careful observation, and on the approach tee therefore concluded to retain these taxes. The | ment—giving ® drawback of the duties on favor of carrying out the reconstruction measures of tionable as this in either of t e ways provided in the | of Sg large body of men across the bridge | House had contemplated making up the deficit by an | @ certain manufacturing interest. But was | Congress. aforesaid acts, and relying on their — and the good | to to the War tment and give them at | increase of the special tax, and therefore i all | there any pursuit in the country that Mr. LOGAN asked what kind of a speech Governor faith of bagel in their Hoe they made public } least ten minutes’ notice before the said body of men | questions of detail until that should be done, but the | had been more injured than this of shipbuiiding. | Orr had made at the Philadelphia Convention? ‘ther resolution, some weeks in advance of satd elec- | would have time to reach that point. All arrange- ‘inance Committee had thought it better, ifthe un- | True, other industries were ishing, and Po Mr. Binguam declined to into that matter, but ‘tion, not to vote at said election, but to stay away from | ments had been made in such a way that that length | settled state of the country, to fix the question at | like them, suffered from causes. This suf- | he thought that a man who influence enough in polls; and ore this large majority of regis- | of time would have been sufticient to enable the force | once, and had therefore reported an amendment | fered from a particular causealso. England and the | his State to be elected Governor over Wade i voters, for ripe aforesaid, were located in and around the War ent to have | taxing wholesale manufacturers one-fifth of one Colonies gave a drawback in shipbuilding materials, | ton should be encouraged to use that influence to the sacar, Said constitution, and did not } been fully prepared to meet the hostile army and | cent on amounts over ten thousand dollars, which | Crossing @ river in his State you came to a country | favor of the reconstruction laws. in election, and did not goto the polls, | defend the War Omice to the last extremity. would yield enough to cover the entire deficit named, | where there was no such taxation and where labor | Mr. SCHENCK, (rep.) of Ohio, remarked that while Svoiding al! occasion of violence or disorder; | After remaining on the look out a few hours on the | He had received « letter from. the Secretary of the | was cheaper. Why not give them relief? In regard | there were persons named in the bill who certain! wi itis now claimed by those who favor | night in Serge ¢ officer Was relieved by two non- | Treasury remonstrating against the Te of the | to revenue the Senator thought nothing of | ought to have their political disabilities remov sul to the bill proposed to assume in incorporating funda- mental conditions in the admission of States, Mr. STEVENS, (rep.) Of Pa., sitting at the Clerk's desk, said:—Mr. Speaker, after full examination of the returns from Alabaina I am satisfied that to force @ vote on this bill and admit the State against our own law, while there ts a deficiency of twenty odd thousand against it, would not be doing such justice int lation a8 would be expected vi the people. That being the case I move that the bills be recom- mitted. ‘The motion was agreed to and Mr. PoLAND intro- Sdoption of sald constitution that there is no } commissioned oficers and several men, who kept | tax on manufactures as cal Jeave | striking from the internal tax several mil- | there were others whose relief in that way would | duced a substitute for tt, which was also referred. erietee majority of eealy registered bag age oe Amd or of daylight, a a large deficit, and as et. throw off ae Hons, “and yet objected to the return of a | cause great dissatisfaction in the South. “he sug- THE SURPLUS FUNDS IN THE PATENT OFFICE. ‘voters residing in the State at saidelec- } Ail apprehension of s sudden raid from the once | to the amount of sixty millions, based on the assump- | tax ' of four dollars @ ton, or a little more. | gested, therefore, that the bill having taken the form | Mr. LAWKENCE, (rep.) of Ohito, offered'a resolution ion, and believed they voted constitution, and | rebellious V! is not yet vanished, as all of these | tion that the articles exempted by the House bill | If the present burden upon that industry could be re- | on which members were generally agreed, it should | instructing the Committee on Patents to inquire into ‘hat at least Gey legally yoters at- | orders except that requiring @ skirmish line to be | would yield one hundred and sixty millions, and re- | moved so as to place it on its former prosperous foot- | be printed and allowed to lie over for three or four | the expediency of providing by law that the funds phe vote, but were unable to doso for reasons | posted around the Long Bridge are yet in force. ferring to the report of the Commissioner of Internal | ing, was it not worth while? Doubtless the effect | weeks, with a view of getting information from the | under the control of the Patent Office, ‘ing 4 in 1 gr] published in the Globe of Revenue of the receipts for 1866,namely, $146,223,673; | Would be to promote the general welfare of the | South, which would certainly pour tn upon Congress | expenses, shall from time to time be paid into the 12, and sworn to by Albert Grimn, John deduc' $58,752,832 for tax ined by the House —_. in the meantime. ‘Treasury, including the surplus money now on hand; ©. Keffer and others, before a not Rebrnney, Dill would leave & balance of $87,470,841, and the ar- | Mr. MoRRILt, of Vt., was in favor of ation at | Mr. BINGHAM could not consent to any such thing. | also to reduce the required to be paid by appli- of hens ey on the 29th of H ticles exempted by the House bill, consisting of to- | the proper time for the relief not only of interest | It was a reflection on the action of the committee, ag | cants for patents. He said that the funds on hand whereas we Rg OE bacco, petroleum, ac,, was $2,644,809, leaving over | of sailing vessels, but of steam vessels. It would, | if the committee had acted without sufficient evi- | on the Ist of January, 1368, were $271,444; that the ad of the constitation have no sixty-one millions, added to w were the twenty- | however, the door to a number of sitions | dence. He thought the House should act directly on }-law made no prov! for funding it or paying in- evold a Ce vi ee a three millions and over of the cotton tax that should not accom; ‘such @ bill as thi the question. terest on it, and this was to remedy that defect. = connected sald ion; wi ‘The fallacy of the ing. would be seen from the Mr. IRBON, (rep.) Mr. SCHENCK modified his motton, and moved that ‘The resolution was adopted. 1s good reason to believe— that Without this bill the act of last session would | ment to the amendment incl the bill and amendments be recommitted, with in- BXRCUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS. numbers in. all ‘The SPRAKER presented executive documents, &c., | in reduce the revenue something like forty or mil- } steamboats and other boats used in the navigation | structions pope ye the same back with a brief statement in case of GE most of the countion Of the, Stthe Tefen ther pont lions. Under the law as it stands $20,880,872 had | of inland waters of the United States. the reasons of the commit- | as follows:—The reply of the Secretary of the Navy to for the adoption of said = po A bog 4 td been collected in half a year from the articles ex- Mr. JonNson favored the amendment of Mr. Fes- | tee for recommending relief from disabilities of the | the House reaolution of February 3, calling for the mes Of pay ‘whom they had empted by the House bill, at the rate of upwards. of | senden. He said the drawback, a principle which | persons now named in the bill, or whose names the | expenses of the trip of the Miantonomo to Europe; Beery retake im hm Pe Lirlinat lfer ac ernaee Koda | cf stiwlang wate "more neous | rhgcrette oppoen the mouon. Me nopad ene | Saceao ihe way teuraon ot For, Jet a ence mi to live, and who ia not speak confidently now as to whether the esti- | view of the fact that that interest is | bill would not be yostponed or enue ohn that | Louisiana; to the accommodations for boats Lontnen. 4 at the Bat! in New York; to the improvement in the State, were opposed to it. mates he had named would be maintained, that he | now almost destroyed. He pointed out that in | the House would wake the responsibill pasaing Second—That their pu: a.) RPA ad Nim believed the public good demanded the repeal of this | 1812 the American successes were chiefly due to the | the bill by a two-thirds vote. the harbor of Michigan City, and recommending an @trengthened by the fact that those white men who burden of taxation, and he was confident that if the | supertor sailing qualities of the ican marine, Mr. LOGAN expressed his readiness to remove | appropriation of $39, oe and to the harbor of W ‘were most active in favor of its i ae course indicated by the Committee was followed, all | The same had the case singe, and who could tell | political disabilities from ons entitled to such Niagara County, N. Y.; & communication from comers, of whom they knew little or not! the obligations of the government would be paid | how far that had contributed to deter other nations | rellef, but not until they had shown “fruits meet for | the Secretary of the Treasury, with a copy of the con- ‘who had no visible interest in the State or 4 and @ surplus left. gress would be derelict | from al us, Now the noble art of ship build- | repentance.” He did not see in the facts that Mr. | tract, &c., made to facilitate telegraphic communica- wznira fat i many Titanons Fae ay ae teh rt | Hine” wach e soor tine ago ull testaurs | Hates eteceh ant cridenas at tna prsteates oer | sebisand renuton of ine CoumattonalSonten ernment! a ie re jain wo-' made an, lence of ir h | amble an ul - and those who alded them and used threats of violence Q ¢ fruits. Me asked why the com Fi nok haried | tion of South Caroling, protesting against tne repeat duction of taxation; and tf they did not | of our marine, were now unemployed. Thi mittee had rted resist the various propositions for increased expendi- } trade was leaving our hands and would go entirely | in the bill the name of nett Humphi Fr of Heaw: ture there would be no alternative but to restore the | to ships built elsewhere if this interest was not fos- | ville, Ala., who had su in rebel prigcus for his taxes now thrown off. Every position made im | tered. It had long been a source of deep pee to | devotion to the Union? any bill in future to increase ‘expenses of the | him that our supremacy In this particular is depart- gh | said, in reference to Governor of the present import duty ou rice, REMONSTRANCKS, BTC. Mr. KELLEY presented a remonstrance of the pa per makers of Manayunk, Pa., against an iuternational Fourth—That many freedmen voted who were not ent ought to be met by @ proposition to | ing. What was to become of us if we should go into | Orr, Sickles spoke of him ne of the | copyright law. of legal age, and also voted for others who were un- Eine ‘meet make ag adequate var if our marine was allowed to sink in man- | best ‘Sou bag yd presen! memorial of four hun- willing to come'to tha polls and vote or sof Taxation. say _ ner? Aa to wer we itaation, honeeily and ‘ancerelye= Weis goes, he red. ay mentors. ot the Philadelphia Typo- hical Union No. 2 to the same effect. oer. MuNageN, (dem.) of —_ Coane several protests from about @ hund inion in Ohio inst the bill introdaced by Senator ‘tison tt &e. In relation to bountoscnted a number of similar re- monstrances. CUSTOM HOUSE AND POST OFFICE. Mr. ‘Asituny, of ONO, offered @ resolution on the Secretary of the peer information r to the condition of the Custon for oii a Cinta se pee Sag! r w Should not be sok and a new one erected, which ‘ 4:40 o'clock adjourned.’ Increase of jon. ner? As long as we were su on the seas we | the situation hon and sincerely. he Mr. SHERMAN offered an amendment, as an addi- | could attore to the vo had gone to the Philadelphia Gonverton but so had ion, pro to any measure that | a meinber of this House (alluding to Mr. taymond, of next no allowance or drawback shall be made on the | would militate against those engaged in the manu- | New York,) who had afterwards attended a caucus of exportation of any article of domestic manufacture } facturing and production of tron and copper in his Ro members of the House, on which there is no internal tax, and no claim for | section or elsewhere. + ir. LOGAN that Governor Orr had shown drawback on Sek Suiaeh saeeeet since June 30, 1866, ir. Fi DEN reminded the Senator that the tax | no evidence that he had changed any opinion which Sie rite ea ees | eonuter in enntermmcraet | a SU ERRNGMEN ES oa heb the dime this ect takes effect, which was | taxes this duty would be immensely tr | fateign ana nnd respond ‘wih hi since the SAMARMAN offered another amendment, as an | "Mr SUEKAAN argued that the effect of the amend- | nor Ht ieee ri he bad or ‘was willing ment would be that all ships would be built of im- | committed, and not otherwine gives poungy to shipivailders to ‘Duta vessels in thie and never had sai in their tions ‘under [ country in the interest of @ business which was faat | otherwise Members Sono would vote doy this bil