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WASHINGTON. The Bill Abolishing Taxes on Manufactures Passed by the Senate, The Bill Continuing the Freedmeu's Burean Passed by the House, WASHINGTON, March 19, 1868, More About Mr. Stanton’s Milftary Prepera- tons. ‘The military arrangements to meet the projected outbreak of copperhead warriors said to be spoiling for a fight, whose conspiracies and secret plans, 80 far as has yet been ascertained, have had no exist- NEW YORK HERALD, FRIOAY,’MAROW 2%, “1808—TRIPLE SHEET: Ing to the near approe%ch of the impeachment trial, Congress cannot g'“ye to the subject the deliberation Which its impor’ance demands. Regelat) on of Labor in the Navy Yards. ‘The biD introduced by General Banks to-day to egulat’, the mechanical labor in the several navy yard/,, and the compensation therefor, contains a list of “omoers for each of them, with their salaries, It is “provided that the master workmen shall have im- | mediate control and be vigilant to secure constant diligence from all those who may be employed under their special direction, They shall select the work- men to be employed in their respective branches of labor, subject to the approval of the commandant of the yard. The nominations shall be made to the chief of their respective departments, and they will be held accountable for the proper execution of the work under their charge and that efficient men are employed. When a re- duction is required they shall select for discharge those whose services can best be dispensed with ence except in the fertile imaginations of the watch- ful Stanton and his intelligent corps of ob- servation, are still going forward. Several companies of infantry were ordered to the garrison of Washington yesterday and the day before, mostly from the North. These troops are intended, it is said, for the reoccupation of those forts on the Virginia side which are as yet retained by the general government. A prominent officer be- longing to the Department of Washington alluded to the present military preparations as nothing more than the duty of the Secretary of War. He men- tioned several instances that occurred during the last eight years where serious injury to the country resulted from the indifference with which reports of secret movements, having every appearance of being sensational, were received by the heads of govern- ment. * If any or all of the reports which have caused the excitement now prevailing should happen to be verified, the country, he thought, would hold Mr. Stanton responsible for the failure to be prepared to meet the emergency. » One story with which Stanton’s emissaries have been entertaining him is in reference to the un- usual number of strangers in the city, whose tout ensemble betrays their Southern birth. Although the number of this class of men in Washington is not great enough to attract the attention of other observers, the War Department authoritles have dis- covered enough truth and importance in the state- ment to give them some uneasiness, and several of them have been heard to mention the circumstance as one worthy of special attention. Arrival of Recruits. Within the past three days a considerable number of troops have arrived in this city. It was rumored that several companies of infantry had reached here from Philadelphia and from Jersey City; but upon inquiry it is ascertained that the troops that have come into the city are not companies, but recruits for the regi- ments now forming the garrison. One hundred men arrived for the Twelfth United States infantry and fifty more are expected; and one hundred recruits arrived for the Twenty-ninth United States infantry. These regiments have been full up to the present time, the existing laws authorizing only sixty-nine enlisted men as the maximum number in one com- pany. Each company is now filled up to ninety- seven enlisted men, and Company K, Fifth United States cavalry, the only cavalry company in the garrison, is filled up to one hundred and twelve en- listed men. ‘ Continued Bivounc in the War Office. Mr. Stanton still sleeps and eats in his office at the War Department. About two weeks ago he ventured. out of his cell for an hour or two, and walked the pavement in front of the building, and occasionally paid a short visit to a friend who resided in the vicinity; but since the beginning of the excitement about the Virginia raiders he has been closely im- mured, and does not risk himself outside of picket guard, Impenchment. The impeachment managers to-day examined sev- eral witnesses from Cleveland as: to the correctness oftheir reports of the President’s speeches in that city. Messrs. Stanbery, Curtis and Evarts were again in consultation with the President this morn- ing in relation to the trial. General Hancock Not Yet Arrived. Major General W. S. Hancock, who was expected here this evening, has not at this hour (half-past ten o’clock P. M.) arrived. He has engaged rooms at the Metropolitan Hotel and is looked for some time to- morrow, The President’s Message in Relation to Alaska. The government printing office has just issued the measage of the President of the United States in answer to \resolution of the House, together with all the correspondence in relation to Russian America. The volume contains 363 pages, including the particulars in relation to the making of the treaty, which Secretary Seward says in his informal note to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, stands alone in the history of diplomacy as an important treaty, conceived, initiated, prosecuted and completed without being presented or attended by protocols or despatches. Minister Clay, at St. Petersburg, writing to Mr. Seward says:—“I congratu- late you upon this brilliant achievement, which adds to the vast territory of our Union, whose ports, whose mines, whose waters, whose furs, whose fisheries are of untold value, and whose fields will produce many grains, even wheat, and become hereafter in time the seat ofa hearty white popula- tion. Iregard it as worth at least fifty millions of dollars, and hereafter the wonder will be that we ever got it at all. The document includes the reports of the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Treasury, together with numerous official statements showing the character of the country in all particu- lars. The National Banks in the Ascendant. ‘The House Committee on Banking and Currency held @ meeting this morning, when an effort was made to obtain a@ vote on the Randall bill substi- tuting greenbacks for the circulation of national banks. It proved unsuccessful, and the committee adjourned without coming to any conclusion. When this bill was first before the committee it was thought that it would be adopted, but in view of its hostility to the national bank interest a strong influence from friends of the institutions has been brought to bear against the measure. It is now generally admitted by friends of the measure that it will fail. The Greenbacks and Gold in the Treasury. There {s authority for stating that the amount of greenback currency now in the Treasury is less than any time since the close of the war, the bulk of the Treasury balances being in gold. The amount of gold now in the Treasury exceeds one hundred mil- lions, The books of the Treasury office prove this fact. There is now in circulation greenback currency amounting to three hundred and fifty-six millions, according to law, and nearly thirty millions of frac- tional currency; adding to this the amount of na- tional bank currency in circulation, which nearly reaches the limit of three hundred millions, and there isa paper circulation reaching seven hundred mil- lions of dollars. Report of the Committee on Revenue Stamps. ‘The committee appointed for the examination of revenue stamps and a change, if expedient, of the prevailing system, will, it is understood, report at an early day. It is said that there are several important improvements before them for consideration, self- cancelling stamps and a patent paper from which the ink used in cancellation cannot be removed, as is done in the case of the stamp now used, being among the number. There will bea strong movement for the transfer of the supplying source of these stamps from Philadelphia to New York. The selections, it is stated, have narrowed down to the present contract- Os in the former place and a prominent and infuen- tial New York house, which will be strongly pressed forward. The International Copyright Question Post- poned, The Joint Committee on the Library, at their meet- ng to-day, came to an informal understanding not to act definitely at present upon the subject of an inter- national copyright law. A num ber of petitions have been received both from the advocates and oppo- nents of such a measure. The petitions from the former are principally signed by authors, and those from the latter by paper makers, publishers and printers, and more of similar character are expected, It is understood that the principal reason for the Don-action of the comniftee at this time is that, ow- consistently with the interests of the government and with due regard to the orders of the government and the passage of a resolution of Congress to en- courage the employment of disabled and discharged soldiers, approved March 3, 1865. Eight hours shall be a day’s work for laborers, workmen and mechanics now employed, or who may hereafter be employed by or on behalf of the government of the United States, and that all acts or parts of acts in- consistent with this act be and the same are hereby repealed. Receipts from Customs. The receipts from customs from March 9 to 14 were as follows:— New Orleans (February 24 to March 7). The Connecticut Election—Encouraging News from the Democrats, Several democratic members here have received letters of the most encouraging report from Connecti- cut. Instead of the comparatively small majority of about 900 realized in the election of last year, it is confidentially asserted that a majority of at least 2,000 will be recorded for the democratic candidates. A number of republican members of Congress will soon take part in the Connecticut campaign. Repre- sentative Donnelly will leave for that State on Sat- urday, Mr. Blair on Sunday, and Mr, Washburn, of Indiana, on Monday. Representatives Garfield, Co burn, Williams of Indiana and others will follow them to make speeches. Seizure of Vessels in Philndelphia. The special agent of the Treasury, who 1s now en- gaged in searching thevessels coming into the port of Philadelphia, has just reported to the de- partment the seizure of the following vessels:— Schooner Paul Seavey, from Trinidad, Cuba— One piece of dress linen, seventeen bundles of cigars, concealed in the cabin, and twenty-five thousand cigars fraudulently entered on the store list. Schooner Ellie L. Smith, from Havana. From this vessel was taken one piece of check goods, four Pieces of linen dress goods, one piece of yellow mo- hair, two pieces of curtain cloth, one shawl, five handkerchiefs, five pieces of lace and one box of cigars. These goods were found tied up in articles of clothing and in a@ trunk containing wearing apparel. The articles were found inside a straw: tick in the bed in the cabin and concealed in the soiled clothes of the captain and his wife. The captain’s wife seemed so reluctant to arise from the bed on which she was sitting during the search that suspicion was aroused and on examination some of the goods were found hidden in the bed. On Saturday two large envelopes filled with lace were seized at the Philadelphia Post Office, which had been sent by mail to a lady in New Jersey. On Monday last the following seizures were made:— Schooner Active, from St. Johns, N. B., thirty-two dozen wine and two hundred cigars; schooner Annie Rick, from Cuba, three pieces of linen; schooner Sunny South, from Cuba, one case of gnava jelly; brig J. H. Dillingham, from Palermo, thirty pairs of ladies’ gloves; steamer Star of the Union, from Havana, three packages of tobacco, one case of guava. jelly, five boxes of cigars, eight packages of cigarettes, ten gallons of gin, two bottles of Florida water, one package of guava marmalade and one large box of Jewelry. The goods on this last vessel were all found in the pilot’s room, except two packages which were in the purser’s room. Lectures to Negroes on Temperance. Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, has received an urgent request from six colored pastors of churches in Richmond to address their congregations on the subject of temperance, which he has promised to do at an early day. The Iowa Land Grants. The Secretary of the Interior, in reply to a resolu- tion of the House with reference to a grant of land to Iowa by acts of Congress, May, 1856 and April, 1863, to aid in the construction of a railroad from Dubuque toa point on the Missouri river, near Sioux City, says that the department certified to Iowa for said road the quantity that incurred for the whole grant, amounting to 1,226,163 acres, subject to all the con- ditions in the granting acts. Supreme Court Cases Disposed of. The following cases were disposed of in the Su- preme Court to-day:— No. 107.—Lemore & Co. vs. 880 bales of cotton, and two other cases. Argument concluded. No. bog AF appellant, vs. Mayor, &c., of Muscatine. Argu No. 109.—United St: ex rel. Benton, plaintiff in Argued. error, vs. Mayor, &c., of lowa City. No. 110.—Hanger, plaintiff in error, vs. Babbitts, Case on argument. No. 113 is the next case in regular call WASHINGTON GOSSIP. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. ‘The Impeachment Plot—Johnson Without Any Friends—Probable Peacefal Termination ef the Affair—The Tickets to the Show— Troubles in the Custom Houses, WASHINGTON, March 17, 1868. The all-important subject of impeachment con- tinues to be the engrossing topic of conversation here. Every phase of the question is earnestly dis- cussed, the probable issue of the trial and the effect that will be wrought by it on the affairs of the country. Doubtless since the country first took its Place among the nations of the earth no political movement has occurred which has had so powerful an influence upon the nation as the impeach- ment measure promises to exercise. It is not a little interesting to examine into the views upon the question as held by men of different shades of political opinion, in order to reach the real convictions of such persons in re- gard to the necessity or expediency of so harsh and extreme @ measure as the trial of the Chief Execu- tive of. a great people upon charges of the character of those preferred against Andrew Johnson. Your correspondent, feeling a deep interest in learning what are the true convictions of the more intelligent portion of the politictans of both sides, how far each is actuated by the belief that impeach- ment is necessary for the welfare of the country or by the belief that it 1s only necessary for the welfare of a party, and feeling convinced that whatever will serve to show the real opinions of political men here, who exert to a great extent a controlling influence upon the poiitics of the country at large, will prove of general interest to all, has made it an object to gather them since the time when it became a settlea fact that impeachment was no longer a brutum sul- men held in terrorem over President Johnson, but to be held as such over the heads ofall his successors, No very extended inquiry is needed to induce the conviction that the number of those men in the republican ranks who sincerely believe that the Presi- dent has committed acts which demand his trial before a High Court of Impeachment, and that such trial is now positively requisite for the peace and prosperity of the country, is very small. These men will, in eight cases in ten, be foynd to be original radi- cals, early agitators of the abolition of slavery. Their opinions are squared by the one idea of carrying out to the fullest extent their peculiar opinions and of sweeping away all obstacies to that end, whether men or measures. They hold that Andrew Johnson is in affinity with the men who fomented the rebel- lion, and that he i now in collusion with them to obtain the administration of the government in order to repair the shattered fortunes of Southern dema- gogues and to revive the old heresies that brought war and devastation upon the country. The remainder of the advocates of linpeachment¥is made up of those men who do not belleve that the President is guilty of criminal intentions in all his acts of opposition to the dominant party in Con- to go on unrestrained the complete overthrow of radical power will be the They that the public good de- mands that the it shall be from ofice; but a few questions shrewdly will soon develop that the public gece about which they mant- fest such jealous care is the good of the republican ye politicians of all parties, however, it is very evident that the President has but few friends. Conservatives and democrats are also disposed ‘o gare with him. The former that if Andrew ohnson is convicted he has only himself to blame; he should have thrown the weight of his tnfluence over the Southern States in favor of a ratification of the first constitutional amendment, which, if he had done, they contend, the troubles of the country would by this time have een in a fair way fora satisfactory settlement, The latter assert that Presi- dent Johnson was no choice of theirs; that he had, nevertheless, an excellent opportunity to have ren- dered himself the great leader of the femouaat. ithe had only possessed the onnraas to act boldly and romptly in emergencies, Nearly all his shortcom- 1g8 seem to be summed up tn the cha they make upon him that he permitted political enemies to monopolize the offices in his gift, when he should have takencare, ‘from the very outset, that he was surrounded in the administration of the affairs of government entirely by his friends, Thus it is that the lent is supported 7 no stag and is left to fight out his battles alone. [fhe falls, the intention is that he shall not draw down with him the principles of 7, particular party, It is the failure alone the Johnsonian Policy. If he comes out of the ordeal thoroughly vindicated, it is so skilfully arranged that but very little effort will be necessary to prove that Mr. John- son’s policy has always been in perfect harmony with the teachings of the democratic party, and that Mr. Johnson is the greatest democratic leader the country has ever known. The manner in which the ticket business of the im- ee trial was conducted created widespread issatisfaction among all classes, The style of the ticket excited no little ridicule. It impressed one with the idea that a grand national exhibition had been organized by the government for the entertain- ment of the public, The tickets for admission to the Senate Chamber on Friday last were badly arranged to secure the object sought—the comfortable accom- modation of as many persons as wished to witness the opening of the great trial. Each ticket was ac- com] led by a@ coupon, or check, which was to be taken at the entrance to the building, while the main ticket was to secure to the holder a seat in one of the galleries. A great many people had no desire to spend the best part of the day there, and would have given their tickets to friends, so that as many as possible might have an opportunity to be present; but the check once taken up at the door was uof returned when any one wished to retire, and the result was that a large number of seats were vacant before the adjournment of the court, which might have been kept filled without danger of overcrowding and given a much greater number of people the gratification of beholding the first act of the great national farce. Stories have gone abroad from here representing that the President still harbors intentions of resist- ance to the sentence of the court in case it should find him guilty of the char; preferred against him, and shall be made manifest that the trial has not been conducted throughout in a spirit of justice and fairness. There is good reason for giving all such reports the most unqualified denial. Your corre- spondent has been informed from an entirely reliable source that the President will contend for his ac- quittal of the articles he is charged with by every argument known to the law and within the reach of the highest legal talent in the land, and if then he is convicted, whether fairly or unfairly, he will peaceably acquiesce in the decision of the court. If it shall be shown that a decision unfavorable to him has been reached through the practice of injus- tice, and such a result is not at all improbable, judg- ing from the want of fairness disclosed by the pre- liminary Broceedings, there isevery reason to believe that Mr. Johnson will bow to the force of cireum- stances without the slightest attempt to oppose the august flat of the High Court of Impeachment, feel- ing, as he doubtless does, that while he is being tried before the Senate of the United States, he is at the same time being tried by the good sense of the eople, Who will not fail to reach a just and equitable Joona Some little surprise has been expressed at the ac- tion of Mr. Stanbery in resigning his office of Attor- ney General to engage inthe defence of the Presi- dent. It was believed that no Foed reason existed why the Attorney General should not take part as counsel for the President and at the same time re- tain his position; and this view of the matter seems to be entirely correct, Mr. Stanbery, however, is a man of strict ear and conscientiously serupu- lous to acquit himself of his duties to the govern- ment in a manner consistent with his precise notions of official responsibility. He felt that while conduct- ing the case of impeachment, he would be compelled for an indefinite period to neglect the current busi- ness of the government, which might sutter in con- sequence. The President, it is said, has in view a. re by which this act of self-denial on the part of r. Stanbery shall not turn to his disadvantage in the event of the President's acquittal. ‘The position of Attorney General is to be kept va- cant, and Secretary Browning, of the Interior Depart- ment, is to perform all the functions of the ofice, so . far as they relate to the routine business. If the President is acquitted, this condition of things will continue until Congress adjourns, when the President will reappoint Mr. Stanbery Attorney General. It is thought that the Senate will scarcely refuse to con- firm him when Congress reassembles in December; but whether they confirm him or not, he will be en- titled to hold his office until the term of President Johnson expires, If the President is found guilty and removed all those Cabinet officers who have supported him will be'called upon to lay down their keg and take up their valises, and in any event, . Stanbery will be In no worse situation than if he had continued to hold the office. The trouble in the office of the Collector of Customs at Brownsville, Texas, has turned out to be more serious than was at first supposed. The charges of malfeasance in office extend ck to the time when the office was under the management of Collector Robertson. It has been discovered that Robertson appointed his btother an inspector, and that while the Collector was in this city @ commission was made out for his brother, which bore an oath pur- paste to have been drawn and Gs ge by the Col- lector. This signature it was found was a forgery, which had been Uap ge roe in order, it is alleged, that the brother might draw his salary du the absence of the Collector. a ee Collector Fields charges have been made that officers who had been discharged by the Secret of the Treasury were continued on the rolls and paid for months after thelr discharge; that the names of men — who A pr on the books of the office, drawing pay, no existence in fact; horses of at cavalrymen, on duty at the oMice, had m; disappeared and had been accounted for as k stolen, worn out, &c.; that other horses were bot for large sums, which were not worth one-third of the money paid for them, and that permits were ven to speculators and traders to bring goods over ¢ line free of duty, . In one instance a trader was ited a it to di from Mexico into Texas, of duty, $19,000 worth of copper. The government has two special agents at Brownsville, investigating these ae and the Custom House is at present in possession the military, A of war has also arisen in the Custom House of the ble old Quaker City. It has that certain assistant weighers have been ‘ing on for some time past @ lucrative business in their line of duties. merchants of Philadel) sto mane ett have been bribing these weighe: weight in the commodities passing = ooo, their hands for assessment of import duty, thus defrauding the government of its just amount of duties. A close scrutiny into these lations is now going forward, and the result will doubtless be clean sweep ani this class of officials in the Philadelphia Custom House. Impeachment—Wade’s Cabinet—Sumner and the English Mission. WASHINGTON, March 18, 1868. Although the Senate is sworn specially and sol- emuly to sit as a court on the trial of impeachment, and is therefore supposed at least to be free from prejudice or committal, still it is notorious that many members of that body have not only expressed opinions on the subject, but have taken a partisan and open part in urging the proceedings adopted by the House. This is the sort of justice which they pro- pose to administer to the President. So far as this faction is concerned, he is already condemned. Neither the law nor the testimony nor the constitu- tion will exert the least influence on such revolution- ists, They aim at absolute power, and will stop at no means by which It may be obtained. Various caucuses have been held at the private houses of radical Senators, in order to make upa cabinet for Mr. Wade, who is expected to enter the White House by a snap judgment of the Jacobins. Here ts their present programme:— Secretary of. Lipa ig of Massachusetts, or Samuel C. Pomeroy, of Kansas. Secretary of Treasury—Zachariah Chandler, of Michigan. onary Interior—William D. Kelley, of Penn- sylvania, or John Covode, of Pennsylvania, Secretary of War—B. M. Stanton. Secretary of Navy—Charies D. Drake, of Missouri. Postmaster General—John F, Farnsworth, of [l- nots, Att Coneral~Georee F. Edmunds, of Ver- mont, or Matt Carpenter, of lowa. Stanton is the master spirit of this whole arrange- ment, with the aid of Chandler, Howard and such like, who claim to be the keepers of Wade and Grant. An effort was made for Greeley by Conkling and the amall fry, but it was dism! with little at: New York -is counted out as lost to the radicala. Sumner is working hard for the Englith mission, aa he did under Mr. Lincoln, but his own party friends, who know him best, are those who despise him most. There is no man who toadies ers, and yore! English, as he does, to the great dis- gust of all genuine Americans. He would sacirfice all the Alabaina claims for an invitation to a duke’s dinner. Of all flunkies he is the greatest hunky, As Massachusetts is about to dispense with in fa the Senate, he may get some fate to stop his unceas- ing importanity for office. The Wire-pullers in these Cabinet contrivances are wee ewe — pa gh ey ae os of ere H it general oixiebie for plundir they anol’ son orking wi » There will be some charming revelations ery all these jealousies find pression, a8 00n as the spoils are distributed, if ever hat should come to pass. Should seven or eight conscientious republicans refuse to Dogars them- selves and reject the arrogant dictation of the Chand- lers and Howards, what a wailing and guashing of teeth there would be in these parts | THE FORTIETH CONGRESS. Second Session. SENATE. WASHINGTON, March 19, 1363. PETITIONS, ETC. ‘The Cain laid before the Senate resolutions of the Wisconsin Legislature instructing their representa- tives in Congress to adhere to the present policy of Congress and indorsing the course of Edwin M. Stanton. Mr. SUMNER, (rep.) of Mass,, presented a petition of the citizens of Washington asking Con- gress to renew their charter of the city and protesting against being joined. to Georgetown; also a petition of the colored men of two counties of Delaware, setting forth that they are deprived of the rights of citizenship given them by the existing laws, and asking that they may be secured in the possession of those rights. The petition was referred to the Judiciary Committee, Mr. SAULSBURY, (dem.) of Del., rose, and was un- derstood to say that there was not a negro in the town where he resided, Messrs, WILSON, (rep.) of Mass., and CATTeLt, (rep.) of N. J. Y pereee etitions of the citizens of Bos- ton and Philadelphia against the passage of the in- ternationa: copyright law, which was referred to the Joint Committee on the Library. ‘The CHAIR presented the proceedings of a meeting of the citizens of Wisconsin in favor of the pending bill for removing the internal tax on manufactures. Mr. CAMERON, (rep.) of Pa., pretentea & petition of the Board of Trade of Philadelphia, of the same im- pars which was referred to the Committee on nance. EXPENSES OF THE WAR AND NAVY DEPARTMENTS. Mr. Pomeroy, rep) of Kansas, moved that the Secretary of the Treasury Be requested to return the resolution offered by Mr. Hendricks tate teend and adopted, asking what had been the military expenses of the War, Navy and Interior Departments since 1865. He said he desired to offer an amend- ment that the items should be given tn order to fur- nish the explanation of each expenditure, whigh, he said, would be misapprehended without it. Mr. HENDRICKS, (dem.) of Ind., 0) encum- bering his resolution thus, whereby the information could not be obtained for months, He had no sinister purpose in offering it, and did not destre to injure the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Pomeroy) or his friends After farther discussion on the questions of order, Mr. Morton, (rep.) of Ind., said the public documents contained the information already. The amendment of the Senator from Kansas was proper if the in- formation was called for, Mr. HENDRICKS said those documents contained no monthly statement, which was what he asked for. The motion was agreed to. INVALID PENSION BILL. Mr. GRIMES, (rep.) of lowa, from the committee of conference on the Invalid Pension bill, reported that they had been unable vo agree on the provision for reducing the rate of interest on the Naval Pension Fund to three per cent. He moved that the Senate insist, and that another committee of conference be appointed, which was agreed to, RESTORED TO THE NAVY. Mr. NYF, (rep.) of Nevada, from the Committee on Naval Aifairs, reported a resolution restoring Com- mander George W. Doty from the retired list to the position on the Register which he is entitled to, which was adopted. REMOVAL OF DISABILITIES OF MR. BUTLER. Mr. TRUMBULL, (rep.) of Tl, called up the bill to relieve the political disabilities of Roderick R. But- ler, of Tennessee. In reply to the questions of Messrs, Saulsbury and Buckalew .Mr. Trambull ex- plained that the Committee on the Judiciary had in- corporated into the bill another House bill in the form of an amendment, and that the committee thus intended to avoid passing upon the tian of recog- nizing the fourteenth amendment of the constitution. Mr. BUCKALEW, (dem.) of Pa., moved to amend by striking out the words “the constitution or” in the clause relieving him from disabilities imposed by the constitution or acts of Congress. He sald tt would otherwise have the effect to recognize that fourteenth amendment as valid. In the case of Senator Patter- son, which Mr. Trumbull has likened to thia case, the relief had been given to a man who had never shown any disloyalty to the government, and yet the House had refused to make the proposed change in the oath at that time, Now the cage was reversed, and the House sent a bill to remove the disabilities of a man who had clearly a disloyal record. The House, he thought, could make no objection if the Senate re- fused to pass this bill and left such cases to the exist- ing law. Ke this point, it Sppenring: that other Senators de- sired to debate the bill, Mr. SHERMAN, (rep.) of Ohio, insisted on the order of the day, and the Senate took up THE BILL TO RELIEVE CERTAIN MANUFACTURES FROM INTERNAL TAX. The question was on the amendments made in the committee. Mr. ConNESS, (rep.) of Cal., had voted against the amendment of Mr. Grimes yesterday, not because he was opposed to a proper reduction of the tartif, but because that was not the proper time to do it. He was opposed to continuing a tax because it was easily collected, He would rather remit it for that reason and impose taxes on those rsons who tried to avoid their proper obligation. le denied that it was any longer true that the re- fined sugars were used only by the rich, while it had been the case once. No article was more generally sugars. used by the mass of the Jr's) than refin He wished the Senator from New York (Mr. Morgan) had included in his amendment the other articles— coffee and its substitutes, spic mustard, &c.—ex- cepted by the committee, e poor often were onliged to use substitutes for coffee, the poor in the West using barley extensively for that purpose. They might as well tax barley. Mr. Moroan, (rep.) of N. Y., moved to strike out refined sugar and the products of sugar refineries from the amendment continuing the tax on various articles. He described the manufacture as in ‘@ languishing condition in New York and Boston, in whic cities, 11 ‘this tax were continued, the $25,000,000 of capital invested would be useless and the busi- hess destroyed and some 9,000 men thrown out of employment. He argued that refined are ‘used by the poor as well as the rich. quired more relief than this. Mr. Morgan letters from manufacturers in support 4 this Mo je amend- of Ohio, o} aan ss calculated tt wo millions of the Ni to take aw: arf er an interest that could very well small tax of three per cent—less than a quar- ter of acenta pound. They had already thrown off the tax on jleum, losing thereby two and a half millions of revenue. There was a discrimin: duty on imports in favor of the s refiner of four times the amount of the tax, and that duty was paid in gold, while the tax was paid in currency. No tax ‘was more easily collected aad more ey diver- sified, and LB Pods bet gt rather than by the poor, who used a great deal of unrefined. Mr. Monaan declined to modify his amendment. He said the Senator from Ohio ( very much mistaken in asserting ture of sugar was So profitable as to justify taxation. He thought it the duty of Congress to so adjust the tariff as well as taxes as to encourage this interest. Cameron held in his hand two spec! —one made in Demerara, the other in Philadel- pl With a discrimination in favor of the former of one cent per pound, he would vote for a motion to strike out the entire amendment of the committee exempting various articles. ‘Mr. JonNnson, (dem.) of Md., said the bill reducing the tax on the articles named one half; the ice of the Finance Committee (Mr. Sherman) had told them that the country could not afford to lose the tax derived from sugar, and that it was easily col- lected. He deprecated the argument that a manu- facture should not be protected because its producers were honest and would pay the tax. He thought the Senator from New York had shown that this interest required, equally with others, the relief proy by this bill, The production benefited the whole coun- try, and this discrimination would tend to throw that production into foreign countries. It was as much @ necessity tw the poor as to the rich, «nless made a ilnxury by a high tax. Why give the woollen and cotton manufacturers the advantages of this bill more than the sugar refiners? The Senators said the; wanted the Ea A and yet did not name to get it from the other Interests that had made immense sums during the war, to whom it might be said that they could, therefore, afford to bear this tax now. This interest Was worth no more during the war than at other times, The true mode was either to reduce the whole system of taxes or to reduce the Army, Navy and other expenses of government and cut off the Freedmen’s Bureau in whole or in part. Mr. CONKLING, (rep.) of N. Y., said the amendment roposed to remove an unjust discrimination — Tie city of New York; he would support it in re- spect; this interest was not alone, as nearly one- quarter or the entire internal revenue was raised im New York, and it would be remembered that about ninety per cent of all the money used in put- ting down the rebellion was obtained there, m ir, EDMUNDS, (rep) of Vt.—Where did New York Mr. CONKLING sald, not from that “crucible of false money, called debts,” but from the acquisition of property in the sense of that term when {t repre- sonta the roduct of human ir. He believed the only le thing that would prevent unnecessary propriations would be the condition of the aes which would make {it impossible to make them without loan bills. He looked forward to the day when that would be the case as the era whea ott user ) forego argued that there ‘Mr. WILLIAMS, (rep.) of nm, at was a8 much ‘ieeriination the West as there yi against New Y mi sentations in regard to Gerstactares and th he did not charge any falsifications upon these ners, he thought they would not be this tax. ‘The consumers paid the tax, wan Dot felt to be #0 burdensome on such an article as sugar as it Teas sO 08 aeicle contiang more, such as (a other articles fie revenue Mr. Davis, (dem.) Yay 8 ited that a reduc the tax on whi to would supply the deficit in the Fem De mallon Oregon, coupled the de- fence of the new interests with This remark and said such was the usual course in tax bills, Mr. Davis said it was not the interest of his state that was in question. About three-quarters of the whiskey manufactured in Kentucky were taken to porn he bee. to supply the market there, (Laughter, Mr. WILLIAMS was glad to know that his section contributed s0 to the support of Kentucky; but if it was necessary to lower the tax on whiskey to fifty cents in order to keep the citizens of Ken- tucky honest, it would be well to call this a bill to promote honesty in Kentucky. (Laughter.) Mr. Davis replied that one barrel of old Bourbon sent from his State to New York, Boston and else- where was manufactured into three barrels of “red- eye”—(laughter)—and it was there that these great frauds were committed, Mr. WILLIAMS would leave that qnestion to be set- pea bere ee that Senator and the Senator from New ork, Mr. Morritt, (rep.) of Vt., opposed the amend- ment to leave alls deficit in ite revenue that had been shown by the chairman of the Finance Commit- tee. He called it another species of repudiation, He would at a proper time offer an amendment to retain the duty on raw sugar also. Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, (rep.) (of N. J., would vote against the amendment ot . Morgan and then against the amendment of the committee. He thought all the manufactures of the country should be exempted and that the result would be @ greater ae ba cape FM 1 769 je amendment of Mr. Morgan was lost by the fol-, lowing vote:— ij 2 YEAS—Messrs, Cameron, Cattell, Conkling, Conner Davis, Dixon, Hendricks, Tohnecns McCreery, Mor, an, Ne, Patterson of Yenn., Ramsey, Saulsbury, Suiiner, frumball Van Winkle, Vickers, Wille: won and Fates--21. NAaye—Messra, Buckalew, Cole, Corbett, Cragin, Drake, Edmunds, Ferry, Fessenden, Fowler, Frelinghuysen, Gries, Henderach, Howard, Howd, Morril of Me Morrill of Vin lorton, Norton, Pomero; rman, ‘Wilttams-24, * ee rp sare Mr, MORRILL, of Vt., then offered his amendment striking out the provision in reference to refined sugars, &c., and inserting one including all sugars except those produced from sorghum or imphee, Mr. VAN WINKLE, (rep.) of W. Va., ohpneed the amendment as taxing a product of the earth and one Toguitibg rotection, ‘he motion was lost. Mr. CONNESS moved to strike out the amendment of the committee to section one, leaving it as passed by the House, striking out the tax on turpentine, Mr. SHERMAN reported the amount of revenue to be derived from these taxes. come at its substitutes, reflned sugars, spices, jew- elry, &c. ‘he amendment was adopted by the following vote: YRAs—Messre. Anthony, Cameron, Cattell, Cole, Conk- ing, Conness, Davis, Dixon, Ferry, ‘Frelinghuysen, Howo, Johigon, MeCrecry, Morgan, Nya, Patterson of Tenth, Ram- ney, Saulsbury, Trim Van Winkle, Vickers, Willey, Wil- son and Yates. 5 Navs—Mossrs. Buckalow, Chandler, Corbett, Drake, Ed- "Henderson, Howard, munds, Fessenden, Fowler, Grim Morrill of Vt. Morton, Pomeroy, Ross, Sherman, Tipton, Wade and Willlams—18, ‘The question recurred on the amendment of Mr. Van Winkle, adopted on Tuesday in the Committee, reducing the tax on petroleum one-half. Mr. SHERMAN again urged the necessity of retain- ing the full tax. Mr, VAN WINKLE repeated the views taken by him pecemere in regard to the inequitable nature of the X. Mr. SHERMAN said his people were as much inter- ested in recovering the tax on petroleum as were the people of New York in regard to refined sugar, and this was a high rate of tax, whereas that was a low rate. Nevertheless, as it was an article that could bear it, he would vote to leave the tax as left by the Hous Mr. FESSENDEN, (rep.) of Me., said the Secretary of the Treasury had very properly paid a portion of the public debt from the surplus revenue. He was not Ley beg but Congress, for that surplus. Congress had acted rightly in Serena’ upon the close of the war removing the burdens of taxation; but they { still must carry on the government, and not legislate to make a good showing to people at the coming Presidential election. The true principle was to calculate on a surplus of revenue over expenses; and because they had a surplus in times of prosperity they could not calculate on the same result in a season of depression. The chairman of the Finance Committee (Mr. Sherman) had shown on a close calculation a deficit of fifteen or sixteen millions, even on the supposition of an amount from duties on imports equal to that of last year. In his opinion the estimate of Senator Morrill, of Vermont, of forty millions would fall below the He looked with alarm upon the coming year. We shake our credit if we proceed upon the thesis that there would be a deficiency. judgment they should first endeavor to restore the currency to a@ better condition before they incurred this danger. Taxation was always otfensive, but the govecament must be sustained, and they gained nothing by dangerous experiments, which would only involve the country in diMiculty. He could not, in view of the probable deficiency, vote to relieve etroleum from tax when he had voted to continue it on sugar. Mr. Coxrbett, (rep.) of Oregon, also felt obliged to vote against the removal of these taxes, Mr. BuCKALEW, (rep.) of Pa., hepa they could safely repeal the whole internal tax. Petroleam was an article of export, and very diiferent from moat of the articles exempted from tax by this bill tn bein, one of necessity and general use. Senators should, in a spirit of fairness, not discriminate against the article merely because its production was confined to two or three States, and was not more generally distributed, Mr. WILLBY, (rep.) of W. Va., asked whether, even with this amendment, troleum was not taxed —— than any other article? T. SHERMAN replied in the affirmative, excepting tobacco and whiskey. ‘The amendment of Mr. Van Winkle was agreed to by the following vote:— YeAS—Messrs. Buckalew, Cameron, Cattell, Conkling, Cragin, Davis, Fowler, Frelinghuysen, Grimes, Hendricks, Howe, Johnson, MeCreery, Morrill of Me. Norton, Nye, Pat” terson of E. H., Patterson of Tenn., Ross, Saulsburg, Suroner, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Vickers,W illey, Wilson and Yates— Navs—Messra. Anthony, Chandler, Cole, Cannes, Corbett, Dixon, Drake, Ferry, Fessenden, Howard, Morgan, Mi iV, FPomeroy, Kameey, Sherinan, flipton, Wade and Wil- o' lams—18. On the amendment of the committee providing that no drawback shall be made on the exportation of any article of domestic production after the first of Apriljnext, Mr. MonGaN moved to amend by the word “drawback” the words “on of internal taxes paid,” which was agreed 0. ‘he remaining amendments were also to. Mr. EpMuNDs moved to substitute the following as @ substitute for the first section:— the rates of taxation provided tn section ni four of sien entitled “An aan te coe futernal fevense aaa sy Poy, Bett aad for other purposes"? Spprored dane, 90, 1864 or in tive det amendatory of fatd sectiot, shall hereatter'be obe-hait of the rates now on wines in said section described, and on snuff manufactures of tobacco, including cigarettes, cigars and cherots. ae Gaimes moved to adjourn, The motion was Mr. Edmunds’ amendment was lost by 10 to 32 votes, Mr. TRUMBULL offered the following amendment, which he thought would meet the anticipated defl- clency:— ae ater. ‘That after 1068, {n lieu seirea iene weeks Tenia proof spirita other thas brandy Slanufe or distilled grain or other material. Mr. TRUMBULL advocated the amendment in a few remar Mr. SHERMAN thought the true way to meet this diMculty was to lay a — tax on the distilleries themselves. Before this session closed, however, there would be a bill before the Senate for this after the soth day of June next there shall be no more, adding at the end of the first section the words, ‘The amendment was not agreed to. pur- . He thought it should be left until then. istillers on whiskey, of any proof, fi ues tad Ah Both amendments were lost. “on diamonds, emeralds, precious stones and imita- 1 was then by the foliowing vote:— ‘The biil gg ry Pr. Davis offered a substitute providing that from nee on each and every gallon Mr. HENDRICKS, (dem.) of Ind., moved to amend by tions thereof, and on all jewelry.” —l .. Antl Buckalew, Cameron, Cattell, Cheniler, Cole, Conklinge Conness, Cragin, Davis, Drake’ Ferry, linghuysen, Henderson, Hendricks, Howard, Fete eecreeT We Tes Porserar, Foon pbermaa, Sumner’ ae “trambull, Van Winkle, Vickers, Wade, Willey, Wil: iam, Wilvon and Yates—86. ‘NAvs.—Messrs. Corbett, Fessenden and Fowler--3. Mr. SHERMAN sald Messrs. Grimes and pce! who were absent, had paired off; the latter would vote for the bill, the former against it. ‘The bill as passed by tlie Senate reads as follows:— Be it enacted, &¢., That sections ninety-four and ninety-five of the act entitled “An act to provide in- ternal revenue to support the government, to interest on the public debt and for other purposes," approved June 30, 1864, and all acts and parts of acts amendatory of said sections, be and the! same are hereby repealed, except only 80 much of the said sec- tions and amendments thereto as relate to taxes im- posed thereby on gas made of coal oil wholly part, or of any other material; on illuminating oils or articles the products of the distillation, redistillation or refining of crude petroleum, or of & single distil- lation of coal, shale, peat asphaitum, or other bitumi- nous substances, or wines therein descril or snutt and all the other manufactures of tobacco, including cigarettes, and cheroots; provided that the products of the petroleum and bituminous sub- stances herein before ment! |, @xcept illuminating shall from and after the of this act be ‘ed at one-half the rates fixed by said section 04. Seo. 2. That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to or interfere with any law, Le 4 n for the assessment or collection of any tax which under existing laws may accrue before the ist of April, 1868, and nothing herein con- machinery ie ‘other arti 8 * hich hi Ks Oden oF may icles wi ave o be gia <contaee oftae the United States passage of this ac SO. 8. after the first day of April next no whacks on account of Internal tax le on the exportation of any article ‘at on which there }s no tn- time of exportation, and no claim allowance paid shall be m: of man ternal tax at the person, frm shall manufacture, by hand or machinery, ise specifically taxed as such, or who shall be engaged in the manufacture or preparation for sale of any articles or compounds not nae | specific. for thereon, ‘any articles or compounds not oth Specifically taxed, and whose annual salea exceed 10,000, shall pay for every additional $1,000 in ex- cess of $10,000 two dollars ‘on the amount of salea within the year beyond $10,000 shal! be returned monthly to the Assistant Assessor, and the tax on sales in excess of $10,000 shall be assessed by the Assessor and paid monthly, as other monthly taxes are assessed and paid. ‘The bill goes to the House for concurrence in the amendment. On motion of Mr. MORRILL, of Me., the Post Office Appropriation bill was made the special order for to-morrow, and at half-past five o’clock the Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WASHINGTON, March 19, 1868, REGULATION OF LABOR IN THE NAVY YARDS, Mr. BANKS, (rep.) of Mass., introduced a bill for the regulation of labor in the navy yards of the United States, and of thecompensation thereof, Re- ferred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. ' RAILROAD AND TELEGRAPH LINE FROM MOBILE TO NEW ORLEANS, Mr. Dawes, (rep.) of Mass., introduced a bill to authorize the construction of @ railroad and tele graph line from New Orleans to Mobile. Referred to Post Oftice Committee, WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE AND CONGRESS. Mr. Paine, (rep.) of Wis., presented a joint resolu- tion of the Wisconsin Legisiad ne instructing the Senators and requesting the Representatives from that State to adhere to the policy of the loyal peopie of the republic a8 adopted by Congress. Heferred to the Judiciary Committee. THE POST ROUTE BILL. { Mr. FARNSWoRTH, (rep.) of Ill, from the Post Office Committee, reported back the Senate amendment to the Post Route bill, which was concurred in, with the amendment. THE CHIEF JUSTICESHIP OF THE SUPREME COURT. Mr. BoUTWELL, (rep.) of Mass., from the Judiciary Committee, reported back with an amendment the bill introduced last week by Mr. Eliot relating to the Supreme Court of the United States. The amend- ment was agreed to and the bill passed, as follows: Be it enacted, &c., That in case of the removal of the Ch’ Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from oftice, or of his death, resignation or inability to discharge thé jowers and duties of the said office, the same shall devolve on Amociate Justice of sald court whose commission is senior in time, until the inability shall have been removed or another appointment shall be duly made and » Chief Justice of ‘said court shall be duly qualified, SPECIAL AGENTS OF THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. Mr. WASHBURN, Ryall of Ind., offered a resolu- tion calling on the Postmaster General for informa- tlon as to special paontp of the Post Oitice Depart- ment, which was adopted. SOLDIERS! BOUNTIES. Mr. Hatant, (dem.) of N. J., presented a protest of oMcers and soldiers of New Jersey against the lal of Senator Wilson’s bill in relation to bounties, i ae was referred to the Committee on Military rs. THE FREEBMEN’S BUREAU. The House then proceeded, as the business of the morning hour, to the consideration of the bill to con- tinue for another year the Freedmen’s Bureau. Mr. Woop, (dem.) of N. Y., addressed the House in opposition to the bill, The objections which he made were, first, that there is no phe in Congress to pass measures of this character, this being @ government of delegated powers, and those powers being de- clared and limited by the constitution; second, that the reasons which might have justified the estab- lishment of the jureau originally exist no longer; third, that it has failed to accom- plish the hfe ese for which it was originally established; fourth, that it has been a heavy burden on the Treasury, without affording any pro- ortional advantages; ‘dtth, that it has been an in- Jory to the freedmen by encouraging idleness, engen- dering animosities between whites and blacks and thus retarding reconstruction. On this point he ar- ‘ued that it had prevented the proper working of he Southern plantations by inducing the negroes to try to become proprietors Instead of laborers; that the Bureau agents have used their position to en- rich themselves and to obtain political preferment; that the funds of the Bureau have been squandere without accountability or proper care; that the Bu- reau has illegally confiscated lands and rendered no account thereof; that it has dispensed sinecure places to political favorites; that it had been used f{ poses of oppression and espionage and unjust persecution, and that it had been made @ partisan engine by which to hold and continue the power of a party. For these and other reasons he argued that the bill should not pass, It was wrong in principle and: worse in practice. Referring to some of its supporters, he spoke of Mr. Butler as the distin- guished General from Massachusetts who was now making war on the White House with probabl; much success as when he attempted to take For Fisher; and spoke of Mr. Schenck as the distin- cane General from Ohio who took the part of eneral Welfare, and was daily making war upon the democratic part and the handful of members on the democratic side of the House. He would say, to the credit of the latter, that he did this with more persistency and more cou! than when he was in front of the rebels at Vienna Court House. Referring to General Howard, the Chief of the Freedmen’s Bureau, he said he held in his hand a statement, which, however, he would not read, charging that officer with holding revolting senti- ments in reference to the amalgamation of the races, If this were so, he was totally unfit for the position he held. He would make no accusation inst General Howard’s integrity; but yet he would say that that officer had become a man of large wealth; that he was said to hold more real estate in the city of Washington than any new comer, and that the lands which he had bought for fifty dollars an acre had been sold to freedmen at two hundred dollars, He did not endorse this statement. He only repeated what he heard. If true, it was a proof of the philan- aha benevolent, paternal care which he exer- cised over those poor Dog ew Mr. ARNELL, (rep.) of Tenn., addressed the House for ten minutes in ye the bill. Mr. ELtor, (rep.) of closed the debate. Before peconeding to answer arguments against the bill, he lesired to brush away @ foul slander which had found a mouthpiece here He did not know that the gentleman from New York (Mr. Wood) was to be Gop pe on having found an opportunity to t into the discussion a slander born of private ill-will, There was no slander so foul or so destitute of truth that would not, when thrown on the air by an envenomed tougue, find some Seendiy voice to give it circulation. ‘And the offs ring of this calumny as the offspring of i his the gentleman from New York. When slander first came to his (Mr. Eliot’s) notice, he had addressed @ note to the com! ler on the subject, and he would read his answer to the House. is as follows:— Wasuinorton, D. C., Feb. 18, 1868, To Hon. T. D. es DEAR S1R—You have called my attention to an absurd charge made against me that I have said or dune sometht: which looked as if I favored the intermixtare by marriage Mr. Evtor sald he ought to believe that the man from New York was glad to have this nalled to the counter. Mr. Woop—Will the gentleman allow me to pro- duce - authority? Mr. EvioT—Is it signed “Brown?” Mr. Woop—No, sir. : Mr, Eviot—If u oe to hia ve Will the iene allow the Clerk to read the authority, which I was very careful to say [ would not guarantee? Mr. EL1oT—No, sir; it ig an anonymous communi- cation, and I want no such thing read. Mr. Woop—If the gentleman does not want the au- thority-— Mr. Yprorr—It is no better authority than the 7 er himself, (Laughter on the repubiican aide. ir, Woop—I begin to anspect that there is some foundation for it or the geutieman would not be su sensitive. Mr. Evror went on to say that the rumor that Gen- eral Howard had grown wealthy in connection with his administration A! the er Bureau was also false and foul and scandalous, Mr, BLAINE, (rep.) of Me., added his denial to that of Mr. Eliot, and declared that a more upright man than General Howard gid not exist in the United States, and that any tleman who made an 0; site charge only disgraced and dishonored himself in wore Woop remarked that if the gentlemen on the other side would give him a comunittee of investiga- tion he would prove some of his statements, Mr. Ertor—( a mes has lost his right arm ice of his country — ON BealNe—Al offence which cannot be forgiven on the other side of the House, Mr. ELior—But his heart is right, There are some who ave both arms whose hearts are not right. Mr. Apams, (dem.) of Ky., moved to lay the bill on the table, Negatived, ‘The bill was then I—yeas 96, nays 37. MISCELLANRKOUS APPROPRIATION Bi The House then proceeded to dispose of the Lay ments reported two weeks since from the Com of the Whole on the bowed Ld =o dm mn to the Sundry Ul jon bill. OU dean, (re of Ii, moved toamend the first paragraph of tre Dill by reducing the amount appro- riated Ror carrying into effect the several acts of jongress authorizing wire and = rere Ag es = from a He proceeded. to stat reasons, for’ his amendment and to argue in support of it. ‘Treasury, he said, was not now pri inting bonds or Treasury notes, and therefore this Item Was only 10 go towards the pay of employés in the Printing Bu- reau. That pay woukl amount to the sum which he dl. or RANDALL, (dem.) of Pa., desired to offer an CONTINUED ON TENTH PAGE.