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WASHINGTON Perry Fuller, of Kansas, Nominated for Intemal Revenue Commissioner. BAmors in Relation to Seereta- “fy McCulloch’s Retirement. Passage of the Eight Hour Labor Bill in the Senate. All Government Employes to Re- ceive the Benefit of the Act. Tho Arkansas Delegation Sworn In----Protest 4 @ the Democratic Membert, Progress of the Tax Bill in the House. ‘Wasnineton, June 24, 1868, Remorse About Secretary McCulloch’s Resig- mation—Probeble Nomination ef Collecter Gmythe for the Austrian Mission. ‘The question regarding the resignation of Secre- ary MoOulloch has grown to be one of the most in- @cratable mysteries now perplexing the wise men of the government, and the rank and fle of small oMce Rolders and private citizens who endeavor to keep themselves. fully informed of all that is transpiring in the select circle which regu- Tates and adjusts the affairs of the nation ‘onfess themselves profoundly puzzled. Statements coming from what have usually been regarded as ‘Reliable sources indicate that if Mr. McCulloch has ‘mot formally requested the President to accept his Tesignation it is not because the latter hag used any Dersuasive influences to prevent it. Within the past ‘week these statements, coming from the best au- thority, bave informed us that the Secretary had sent ‘im his resignation; that the President was hesitating whether to accept it or not; that Mr. McCulloch has mot resigned, although the President wishes him to @o80; that the President disclaims any desire to get rid of the Secretary, and, lastly, that the Secretary emphatically disclaims any intention of resigning. Both the President and the Secretary of the Treasury Rave shown a remarkable degree of caution in speak- Ang on this question, and it is evident that whatever tas transpired between them in regard to making a Vacancy at the head of the Treasury Department they fare agXious that no information of it shall get to the public in advance of the deed accomplished. Acareful and diigent inquiry into the status of the McCulloch resignation question, giving every Amaication its due weight of consideration and making proper allowance for all statements made #0 govern public opinion, the following version is probably as close to the real condition of affairs be Sween the White House and the Treasury Depart- ‘ment as can be obtained anywhere short of a candid ‘Gonfession, from the principals concerned :—The ‘President is subjected every day to a strong preasure : Srom leading and representative men urging him to Make a change of Secretaries in the Treasnry. He decertainly not only willing, but anxious, to comply »'With their wishes. He prefers that Mr. McCulloch Whalhsee the necessities of the case and shape his @enduct accordingly. Mr. McCulloch, however, al. hough he does not seem to be deficient in observa- litem, Je not disposed to take any hints, having Many good reasons why he should remain in @entrol of the . national finances to the inst moment. Mr. McCulloch will wait until the President announces in plain terms that his resigna- ition, to take effect on @ given day, will confer a favor. .Judging from all appearances, this question ‘will.very shortly be brought to an issue through @ ‘written acceptation by the rresident of the verbal Fesignation offered by Secretary McCulloch at the time of Mr. Stanton’s rebellion, fixing the date on ‘which the resignation is to take effect. The latest ramor on the subject to-night is to the effect that Mr. McCulloch had an interview with the President to-day, during which a regular flare up occurred. I ‘am unable to ascertain what degree of truth there is ‘fm the report, as the President refuses to give any information on the subject. may add, in connection with this subject, that of the candidates for McCulloch’s position seems to be disposed of. I mean Collector Smythe, of New York, who, I hear from a reliable source, is to be nominated for the Austrian mission. 1am informed also that the President intends to send to/the Senate the name of General Rosecranz for the Mexican mission. This will kill of McMahon and the other aspirants for that position. Mr. Clarke’s Reported Resignation. ‘The statement that 8. M. Clarke, Superintendent of ‘the Currency Printing Division of the Treasury, had tendered a conditional resignation is enveloped in a good deal of mystery, and has even been contra- @icted. From all that has been ascertained it ‘appears that for some reason Mr. Clarke a few days since handed to the Secretary of the Treasury his resignation, to take effect on the report of a committee, to be appointed by the Secretary, to examine the affairs of his office. The resignation was tendered by Mr. Clarke, it is said, ‘under the impression that the Secretary would de- tine to accept it, but contrary to expectations the vesignation was accepted, to take effect as soon as a successor should be appointed. Mr. McCulloch, it is understood, refused to comply with the request of Mr. Clarke that a committee be appointed 1o examine hia accounts, and informed that gentleman that Be would have to be contented to retire in the same manner as other officers, and leave the investigation of his official affairs to the Secretary of the Treasury. The ‘successor of Mr. Clarke has been decided upon by the Secretary, it is said, but circumstances prevent his appointment for a short time to come. Nemination of a Commissioner of Internal Revenue. The President has nominated Mr. Perry Fuller, of Kansas, to be Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 4m place of Mr, Rollins resigned. + ‘Phe President has also nominated Mr. Francis R. Webb, of Massachusetts, to be Consul at Zanzibar. The Question of Mr. Evarte’? Nomination Postponed. The Senate Judiciary Committee took up the case of William M. Evarts to-day, nominated for Attorney General, and postponed it until Saturday. This was @esired by some members of the committee, because they had been tnformed that certain facts were in possession of General Butler's committee which ‘would possibly have some effect upon their action. Passage of the Eight Hour Bill by the Senate. ‘The Senate has passed the House bill providing that eight hours shall constitute a day’s work for all laborers, workmen and mechanics now or who may be hereafter employed by or in behalf of the govern- ment of the United States. It awaits the President's signature to become a law. Senator Henderson to be Married To-Day. ‘The adjournment of the senate until two o'clock to-morrow was for the purpose of affording members An opportunity to attend the marriage of Senator Henderson, which will take place at the National Hote). Circular from the Chilean Government Ei cournging Emigration. A circular containing a decree of the Chilean government is being circulated here encouraging emigration to the colony of Magellanes, on the Straits of Magellan, and also giving notice of B great agricultural exposition which is to take place next December at Santiago, and inviting American manufactarers, inventors, artisans and others, The Chilean government in this decree offers Vberal inducements to the emigrant, free pasrage, sbundance of nd add & great many attractive NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1868.—TRIPLE SHEEY. a ace tga aed come Gad ee ‘The colonists will enjoy security of person and pro- perty, free exercise of religion and other republican laid before the Presi@ent on the 13th inat.; deducting the two intervenifig Sundays, the constitutional limit of ten days will #xpire to-morrow, when a veto may be expected or the bill become a law without ‘The President to-day sent to the House a message in reply to Representative Robinson’s resolution re- questing bim to take such measures as shall appear proper to secure the release from imprisonment of ‘Warren and Costello, convicted and sentenced Great Britain for words and acts spoken and done in this country by ignoring our naturalization laws, and to take such other measures as will secure their return to our flag with such ceremonies as are @ppropriate to the occasion. Secretary Seward sug- gests to the by the President of ‘appeal to Congress made in his late annual message for a legislative declaration affirming and supporting the principle which has beep hitherto disallowed in Great Britain, though the same has been constantly and darmly Maintained by the Executive Department in regard to an abgolute equality and identity of civfl rights between naturalized and native citizens of the United States when sojourning in foreign countries, The following is the letter addreased by Secretary Seward to Mr. Moran:— DEPARTMENT OF STATE, ‘Wasuinoron, D. oy ane 22, 1863, aStThe he correspondence rded in your lees of remonstrance py the rites fovernment gal I name addveesod e imprison- Toner fica mana Of ‘arren Warren and tellor tthe reasons fully an juent a ae nee severity Z. me ritish government in these cases nded_ to peste the nee relations between the two les and to pi tend tical excitement wench tas 80 the peace of the British realm and whe B British provinces adjacent Bb the United States. On oecasions I have had government the have become — of the United States under our naturalization By the Preaidents direction, also, I have with much urgency invited the British government to enter into an a with the ‘United States on that subject as a ing which is essential for the removal of discontent, which if suffered to con- tinue might involve the two nations in reprisal or war. Hitherto these proceedings have been unfruit- ful, although we have many friendly assurances of 8 favorable jisposition on the part of British go ernment. In connectien with this matter the dent now makes it my duty to ears you @ copy resolution of the House of Representatives of ie United States, which was passed on the 16th of June. (Here the Secretary quotes the resolution above referred to.) The sucretary then adds:— I further call your attention to the fact that a bill, which has passed the House of Representatives, is now engaein the attention of the Senate, the effect of which bill if it should become @ law will be to re- quire the President to make reprisals in case of judi- Cial denial in Great Britain to naturalized Americans of the rights which are conceded them as native American citizens. You will be e: to read the resolution referred es with this instruction, to her Magers 2 for mosis Affairs, and to give nim & poopy of these papers if shall require it. I am, sir, your obedient. servant, TLLIAM H, SEWARD. BENJAMIN MORAN, Esq., &€., &C. The Ways and Means Committee on the Tariff. The Ways and Means Committee talked over the tariff question at their meeting this morning, and came toa conclusion thereon. Messrs. Moorehead, of Pennsylvania, and 8 Hooper, of Massachusetts, both members of the committee, argued that some measures relatives to the tariff should be reported to the House. Other members of the committee were of the opinion that it is too late in the session to ob- tain action on the subject. The tariff men in the House wiil try to get something out of the com- mittee, but it is hardly possible anything will be done, ‘On Friday next the committee will hear argaments im favor of the tariff om behalf of the copper interest. Division of Texas inte Two States, The Reconstruction Committee will meet at two o'clock to-day to consider Thad Stevens’ bill for the division of Texas into two or three States. Mr. Stevens now proposes to make two States out of ‘Texas, one of which, according to its geographical position and character of people now there, will con- tain a majority,of Germans, and the other a majority of negroes, ‘This will secure, in Mr. Stevens’ opin- Jon, two loyal States. Proposed Discontimvance of the Freedmen’s Bureaa. Mr. Eliot, of Massachusetts, Chairman of the Com- mittee on Freedmen'’s Affairs, has prepared a bill providing for the discontinuance of the Freed- men’s Bureau after the ist of January next. It provides that if at that time any of the late rebel States shall not be admitted to representation in Congress, the Bureau may be con- tinued in them if it shall be deemed necessary to the interests of the freedmen. As Mr. Eliot sees no chance of introducing his bill in the House he has turned it over to Senator Howard, who will intro- duce it in the Senate and endeavor to get it over to the House so 9s to pass it this session. The Public Debt—Amount of Coin to be Paid Out by the Treasury. No statement of she public debt will be published on the 1st of July, as the montn will terminate the fiscal year, and the condition of the national debt will be included in the annual report of the Secretary to Congress. The result of the financial transactions of the present month, it is thought, will show asmall reduction of the debt. On the ist of July, however, about $35,000,000 in coin will have to be paid out of the Treasury, $28,000,000 of which is interest on the five-twenties and six per cent bonds of 1881, and $7,000,000 principal on the loan of 1848. These éx- penditures will cause the next fiscal year to begin with another large addition to the national indebted- ness. ‘The Interests of American Fisheries Not to be Looked After. The Senate Foreign Affairs Committee has decided to report against the bill which passed the House authorizing the President to send a war vessel to the Gulf of St. Lawrence to look after the interests of American fisheries, The committee do not think it necessary to take such action, and besides they do not want to give the Presidept power to involve the country in war with Great Britain, which, they con- ceive, the bill confers. Sums Required to Carry Out the Reconstruc- tion Laws. The Secretary of War sent to the House to-day a communication from the Paymaster General, sub- mitting an estimate of the amount required to meet the deficiencies in the appropriations for the execu- tion of the Reconstraction acts in the Fifth Military District for the remainder of the fiscal year, ending June 90, 1868, together with an estimate of the amoont required after that date. In the First district the deficiency is $6,000; the amount required for holding elections to vote upon the registration or adoption of the constitution and for the registration of voters prior to such election is $75,000; for the administration of justice by Mili- tary Commissioners to December 1, 1868, $12,000; total, $93,000, The Paymaster of the First Military District says:—“If an election and registration are had between now and that time and the constitution adopted, the government of the State passing into the hands of the civil authorities of course no farther sums will be needed for the purpose for which these are required. Should tne constitution be rejected and the State remain in the control of the military authorities, itis probable that at least $100,000 ad- ditional would be required for this district up to June 30, 1869, In the Second district the deficiencies are $127- 898 25; required to June 30, 1869, $24,000, Total $151- 898 25. Third district—Total required to June 30, 1869, $100,000. Fourth district—Deficiencies to Jane 90, 1868, $59,200; to June 30, 1869, $108,480, Total, $161,680. Fifth district—Defictencies to June 30, 1868, $46,000; to June 30, 1860, $80,000, Total, $125,000. Making a grand total of $631,578 25. Prospects of the Crops in Kansas, ‘The crops throughout the whole of Kansas are re- ported to be the best ever known in the State, the corn and wheat crop being particularly fine. The farmers are in good spirits and expect to complete their wheat harvest by the end of the present week, It is thought that the crop will average thirty buaheia to the acre throughout the State, Betimates from competent sources place the immigration to Kansas for the present year at ove hundred thousand per- sons. s Estimates of the Strength of the Army. Secretary Schofield has transmitted to the Com- ‘mittee on Military affairs a statement of the estimated diminution of the army by expiration of term of ser- viee, death and desertion, up to January 1, 1869, and July 1 of the same year, as follows:— Cavalry to January 1, 1869. pena tg Artillery to Should no farther enlistments be made, the num- ber of enlisted men of the three arms in service will be, on the dates aforesaid, as followa:— Saralry, Juuy a: edo ve Artillery, ieaenry 1, 1860 Artillery, bag Nae Infantry, July 1, 11 Infantry, July 1, 1869. fer the Government in the Cotton - Cases. Hon. Robert J. Hale, of New York, has been em} Ployed by the Secretary of the Treasury to manago before the Court of Claims the cotton cases in which the Department is interested. He has his oMce in the Treasury building. Consular Convention Appreved by the Senate. ‘The Senate has recently approved s Consular Con- vention and an extradition treaty with Italy. Condition of the Osage Indians. Colonel Samuel 8. Smoot, who recently surveyed the Osage Indian lands, the sale of which is now exciting such general interest, arrived in this city last night after an extensive business tour in Kansas. He re- ports the Indians along the frontier of that State quiet and peaceable. The Osages are atillon their reservations waiting for the action of Congress on the recent treaty. The contractors who have been furnishing them with rations at the expense of the government have received instructions from the department to discontinue subjisting the Indians, as the appropriations have been exhausted for some time, and this fact causes many apprehensions for the future of these tribes, as they cannot engage in the hunt without danger from the hostile bands which menace them. Removal of the Navajoe Indians from Their Present Reservation. A despatclyhag been received here from General Sherman, who has arrived at St. bouis from New Mexico, where he with Colonel Lappan have been superintending the removal of the Navajoe Indians from their present reservation to a location further south. Colone) Lappan will remain in New Mexico for some time. The removal of these Indians is being made by the military, at a much less expense than it is stated that it could be done by civil autho- rities. The appropriations for expenses attending the work have not yet been made. Naval. Bulletin. Masters N. W. Swiner, J. A. Vaughan, George E. Ide and Oscar Waite, United States Navy, have been detached from the South Pacific squadron and ordered to return to New York. Surgeon E. Shippen, has been detached from the Canandaigua and placed on waiting orders, Army Bulletin. The following resignations have been accepted by the President, to take effect on the 19th inst.:—As- ee ae Lg R. Ramsey, Brevet Major United tates ai id First Lieutenant T. D. Shepard, Eleventh "United States infantry. The resignation of nominitenes james M. Cutts, Twentieth infantry, has also een acce| General orders from the War Department, issued to-day, increase the rate of compensation for ofl- cers’ quarters in New York city from J June 1, and in St. Paul, Minn., from January 1, 1868, to $18 per room, THE FORTIETH CONGRESS. Second Session. SENATE. WASHINGTON, June 24, 1968, PETITIONS, ‘The Cnaif laid before the Senate the memorial of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Union of Washington, ask- ing for the passage of an eight hour law, Laid on ‘the table. Mr. FERRY, (rep.) of Conn., presented the petition of the President and faculty of Yale College protest- ing against the action of the State of California in of land in the Yosemite Valley, granted to ale individuals, ferred to the Committes on Public bic Lands. Messrs. FERRY and WILSON b= paper further pe- signin es or ene, placed on the pen- n olla, SUMNER, (Tep.) of Mass., presented the petition ofa Ww. a ee of ceouee State ihasjeor cent Association o! rotesting against the Seperation of hat public ign 9, re- ferring to the treaty Mr. oe (rep.) ot pm mF i POMEROY, rep.) of Kansas, presented similar petitions. Ke ferred to ihe Com Committee on Indian Affairs. Mr. JOHNSON, (dem.) of Md., presented tbe memo- rial of the ladies com g the Mount Vernon Asso- ciation, asking an of $9,000. THE veeaDaan'e Bt BUREAU. Mr. HowarpD, (rep.) of Mich., introduced a bill re- lating to the Freedmen’s Bureau e to terme - 4 ita discontinuance. ferred to the ittee Military Affairs. It mh Lew that the General of the Army shall be Pepe designate what officer of the al , in Meg echt mt ier general, shall fi ‘the office of Commissioner of the Bureau of Freedmen, and Abandoned ow and that said bu- Teau shall be discontinaed in the respective States where it now exists upon their readmission to re- resentation in Congress, uniess in the judgment of he Commissioner it shall be unadvisable to do so at that time. THE EIGHT HOUR LAW. Mr. Conness, (rep.) of Cal., called uy ing eight hours a day’s work for ii chanics in the government employ. Mr. SHERMAN, (rep.) of Ohio, moved to amend by inserting a proviso unless otherwise provided by law the rate of wages paid by the United States shall be the current rate for the same labor for the same time at other places of employment. Mr. CONNESS opposed the amendment, saying, that when he was a mechanic he had never done more or better work by the piece than when workyig but eight hoursaday. He made a strong plea in favor of the elevation of labor, insisting that it is time the bone and muscle of the country should re- ceive encouragement. It would be valuable as an example to other employers. HERMAN Would favor the bill with this amend- ment. He saw no reason for discriminating in favor of government employés. They should be placed upon the same level with other working men. He had never seen the time when eight hours would cover his labor, and such was the case with most of those present. Mr. HENDRICgs, (dem.) of Ind., pronounced bim- selfinfavor of the bill and ‘opposed to the amend- mente He reminded the Senate that government workmen are not employed as continuously as those = rivate emplo; rok and thought eight hours work lay Was enoug! man. ard Morton, an Ind., believed the amend- ment would defeat the purpose of the bill, which was to try the experiment whether a8 much labor cau be ed in eight hours as in ten hours. He was in javor of settling this question which was now being agitated all over the country in this manuer. ‘Mr. STEWART, (rep.) of Nevada, took the same view. He insisted that if Peele results are reached other advantages will be gained in the influences upon life and health. Mr. CONKLING, Te .) of N. Y., asked whether the bill could not be ed 90 as to include Senators. if this reduction of labor would projong life. If ten hours’ labor was fraught with danger to age life he felt disposed to bid an aifectionate farewell to his friends in this chamber, Mr. STEWART remarked that there are plenty of volunteers B yg? for Senatorial labor, while other eae = justry were not so easily supplied wi jabor. he bill mak- and me- Mr. Sous rep.) of Cal., opposed (he amendment. He was in favor of giving iaboring men opportu- nities for self-improvement. Mr. W1L80N, (rep.) of Mass., while he had worked thirteen hours a day on a farm and fifteen hours as a mechanic, was in favor of the bill. The amount of work to be perfected was not the moat important consideration, but the production of a race of Ameri- Saiear and women cultivated and strong tn mind Mr. Monet, (rep.) of Vt., pronounced this bill an attempt to obtain votes somewhere and to coarene working men by depriving them of the privile, making contracts for eir labor for what amount of time and money they choose. In his opinion it would great injare men in some branches of labor, find they ¥ would understand It and prevent its adding any political advantage to y party. Another effect would be that men would seek government employment instead of romans at home in their ordinary avocations. Those left hind also would look with no favor on the pro| He pointed out different kinds of labor—in machin shops, on farms, &c.—which could not be Derfornied satisfactorily ineight hours, Machinery also could not be made to work faster, so as to do ten hours’ t hours. In his opinion the result would be a reduction of the rate of wages. The morning hour here expiring the order of the day was postponed by ‘@ vote of 24 to 16, and the con- sideration of the bill resumed. Mr. BueKaL av, dem.) of Pa., objected to the amendment as down the bill with an un- necessary condition which would prevent the gov- ernment from obtaining akilled labor. He reminded the Senate that the government frequently required fom done in haste, and should therefore pay for it. Mr. FKESENDEN, (rep.) of Me. sald the plain ques oa Se precomens Pry ‘than Cg He a law requiring vern- = price ce t sig we : Brad. | Tats geese a5 Ps ess 38 & rt el t gs (Mr. ) he had with hafural competi mechanical should not over other labo, to which, he said, no rules could Tn his nobody in this country ra sees F i woule 2 te & iii a BF iracitet bvelee ; : 4 25 H Siteiet ae ee gereeee Pky Conklia og Cone, eee ee Peers |e oye may a, Dy Meg 0, Pelli hb a Yuas—Meara, Buckalew, Chai Dizon, Doolittle Fowler, bf oth arto! aot eee eS. ipton, ie Weis foot vie, Ei Fe | ;amund: % Winkie.” eT Pomeroy, theraan has ae SHERMAN suggested that the title should be to a bill increase the compensation of government employés twenty per cent. Mr. Connzss—Oh, that’s ou an eccentricty of the beni It has @ very good title. The following is Be it enacted, &c., That eight ho const , reek tor al ene eee een ars oF who may be Rereafter employed, by. oF on DehalP of ths government of the Uni ‘ahd that all acts and parte acta inconsistent with this be and the same are hereby “THE. LBOISLATIVE APPROPRIATION BILL, ‘The special order of the day, the Legislative Appro- Emendmenta by the Comittee ou” Approprawons to Committee on Appro) jons to the House bill. nit An amendment was offered by Mr. MORRILL, of Vt., to change the composition of the clerical force of the ome of of the Chief of Ordnance by pany the number of the higher Les at the expense the lower, but decreasing whole number from thirty-six to twenty-five and lessening the cost. Mr. so ee appa the impolicy of thus tnterfer- ing with the bill as reported, saying they might as well open up the whole Ninterminal le subject. Mr. MORRILL, of Vt., saw no reason Why a ne ble — should not be made in this question. Mr. TRUMBULL, (rep.) of lL, asked if the commit- tee’s amendments do not largely add to the depart- mental force. Mr. MORRILL, (rep.) of Me., replied that the Senate committee had merely restored to the bill the clerks added to the departments by reason of labor en- tatied by the war, who could not as yet be dispensed The amendment was rejected. The amendment of the committee appropriating 000 for the ex; iam of the Department of Edu- cation was Other speniisonte by the committee were adopt- ed:—Increasing the appropriation for clerks, mes- sengers and watchmen in the office of Assistant ‘Reeeune, at New York from $60,000 to $157,120; in- the number of fourth class clerks in the omice of the Secretary of War from four to seven; the number of clerks of clase two in the Commissary General's office from four to fourteen; increasing the ropriation for salaries in the office of the ii Baltimore from $3,000 to $7,600. of te comm ee, the fllowis gappropriations were e follo appr were stricken out:—$3, alary of the chief of the bureau of yards and ee Seanad thathe now receives @ compensation as an officer of the pany; $3,600, the epery oS Hot the the chief of the bureau of euloment ana ; the salaries of the chief of bureaus of piped and ordnance, of Construction and re- pal of steam engineering and of provisions and Mr. Sueruan, from the Finance Commitzee, re- er an amendment eg pony Rican clerical force the,office of the Auditor of the id for the Post ‘aiao at amendment increasing the ppropratio ry for salaries and expenses of th ntraal fovea Pevenue ad- ministration from six maiione to eight read a: letter a Somtaasioner res mang of the year a pe ur. nS en i. Treasury agents for want ERMAN eplled i a th the aftr ‘aftirmative, saying th: lated by law. Experience had shown that ne mifilions. “are required to carry on the Interna: Gaveane Deperiment Mr. TRUMBULL reminded the ya that they have no control of those 8) In his opinion there would be a great prenure’ to increase ther number. ‘The amendment was to. Mr. SHERMAN reported another amendment from the Finance Committee irk ee roigg tiny for incidental and miscellaneot = any Ste orang of the Treaswy Sid 000 $100,000, Also the foliowing amendment:—For temporar: yy clerks in 4 Treasury bg wignomed Vegi Bro. vided that the Secretary of Treasury is hereby authorized in his discretion to classify the clerks according to the character of the services. Mr. SHERMAN sald it reduced the amount at pre- sent appropriated, which was $210,000; but it was necessary to still maintain this force to attend to the business growing out of the war. Mr. TRUMBULL said this was -an old friend under a new hame. Itused to be calied ‘‘extra compensa- tion.” It was a very considerable sum to be paid at discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. CoNNESS made some remarks ip ition to the amendment on the score of econo! He asked why a bill for the reorganization of the De- partment, introduced by the Senator from Fessenden) and referred to the Finance Committee, ay oh acted upon. Mr. SHERMAN repiied that that bill—a very excel- mt one—had been reported by the committee, but as it proposed to make an increase in compensation of clerks, it had been thought advisable to defer its con- sideration unti! the force can be decreased. He inti- mated that the Senator's apportion was prompted by hostility to the Secretary of the Treasury, from hon a letter was read by Sherman’s reguest, urging vari- ous changes in the nding bl mall, veral of which the committee have a. egaing fat that an tn- crease of force is ad unl business grow- ing out of the war can be disposed of. Mr. Sherman expressed the opinion that the Secretary adminis- tered his office honestly. Mr. Conness was of aoe that the pi of the bill, with its lene aermers of yo wo! be a public calamity. Senator tan sought a0 oppor- nity to defend the of the Treasury. He (Mr. Conness) had never assailed the Secretary of the ‘Tres: sury as much as he felt inclined to do, and if he were called head oy cone that officer he would call him @ bad re; one who sacrificed his Gplnions to his desize to oho office and stood ready to bet: any party. that the chair- Am of the Committee on Apenaions (Mr. Mor- of Me.) bad not thrown much light on this sub- nt Any of Me., said the Senator's attack on and the Committee on Appropriations was tate and that when ye knew more about it he would have leas to say. The committee had nothing but was imperative de demanded by law. The Pome on Teported, as was ite dut; rs outside of the law, on which question eg! ag * ry orn ai not Le peg to shed any light. tention to censure by Senator or any any special eatwiotae m the subject finance. or TRUMBULL called for the yeas Vp bd amendment, saying it was time to this Sppropriatien ion of ome hundred and thouss dollars to three thund: red. thousand dollars, to u single man. He had of clerks in the department I~ ue they had nothing to do and expected to be we 'ATTERSON, ree) of N. H., said the Cc on ichment bad called upon the and one hundred and seventeen Tndlon, He said a general increase in the same ratio would Ke ie expense of a million instead of a bundred and f thousand. corroborated the statement, sayin, it arose from a jorge increase of business. He sat: many of the adat ear temporary clerks were re- Cael ay New York and ladetphia under the Pepestmes for the same ace, and he insisted that ‘the Sec of the Treasury could have no motive in asking for extra clerks if they were not reqi The work would be left undone if sufficient force was not authorized, and the o a ct rovision aleated the ap the nail said the Senator had already been Proraced for by font from direct ere. ‘Mr. OONKLING o'clock iowanen, which was a NICE P ed to reconsider : rep.) of Pa., mov the vote. He ‘th > & ere was no so eceaaty to » eae a we Tt was was hardly a that urn for that fo Senator Hel gf Bae: 2 i city eit stare ca Hid pity H HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WASHINGTON, June 24, 1868, PRTITIONS IN PAVOR OF A PROTECTIVE TARP, consideration of the Tarif bill. Referred to the Com- mittee on Ways and Means. COMMUNIOATT ‘The SPEAKER presented a communication fon the pr A) of War with ee ostinato of diminu- of the army and of the amounts required for de- ficlencies in appropriations for the execution of the Reconstruction acts for the remainder of the present een, $283,009 and for the next fiscal year $400,000, which relerred to the Committee on Appropria- THE ARKANSAS DELEGATION SWORN IN—PROTEST OF 'B femmccnaeg meee, (rep.) of Pa., Mr. ScoFiE rose to make, as pee question, a report from the Committee on lections on the credeutiais of the Arkansas mem_ Mr. BRrooxs, (dem.) of N. Y., made the point of order that the resolution of the House to proceed with the Tax bill to the exclusion of all other busi- neas prevented the report being made, The SPEAKER overruled the point of order, on the ground that the admission of eis to their seats was a roaeiaon of the highest lege, and as all senor an are entitled to their to vote on all questions. Mr. SGOFIELD, from the ittee on Elec- tions, then reported that the committee had care- fully exami the credentials of |. Roots, James Hind and Thomas pee. ‘as Representatives from the State of Arkansas, and had found them in propel per form, and had instructed him to offer a reso- ution directing the oath of office to be administered. Mr. Lento ti stated that he had a respectful pro- asked that it might be entered on the journal. Mr. SCOFIELD said that after the resolution was adopted and the members from Arkansas sworn in the protest might be presented. The resolution was adopted — eas 101, nays 27— and Messrs. Hind and Bolls, members elect from Arkansas, advanced to the Speaker's chair and took the oath of office. Mr. Brooks then presented the protest, saying that it contained no personal allusions and was not Giareayestta! to any member or to the character of the majority. Mr. EYOK, {mii ).) of ae said he had no objec- tion to its pein iced, on the assurance that it was fi | ocoed spectral to the House, and that it should Printed in | in the Grobe. Mr. Brooks said he en satiated with that. THE a protest was then present as follows:— e recognized presence ae: ree persons on the floor of nt House from the State of Arkansas, sent hero by military force, acting under a brigadier general of the army, but nevertheless claiming to be members of this Congress and to share with us the representat! of free States in the impo- Silon of taxes and cumoras and other laws upon our people, the first case, makes it our imperative duty i remoi protest as solemnly this perilous. ‘and destructive in- novation upon the el, and Bs) of our hitherto constitutional a ‘The so-called recon- atives, Ing, if vis gtherey| the Depew tens of thousands and hugdreds of thousands of democrats in tho free Btates (article [~ hy eo foo ox and cruel, as in Alabama, where no who will not forever forewear his own jure himeelf by Swearing, in de- fiance of the Iaw o! that the negro is equal and forever to be bis equal at the ballot box, tn, the jury box, ith the ‘cartouche bor, in the sehool, in, tha collexe, in the house apd by “the ide—in short, io every wars 2 article seven, section four), these the other Sout! in midst of bee war President i —* his prociama- tion offered amnest; jon to the 1868, rebels arms if they would lay down Weir armaend take an oath ‘of fi fidelity ; tn “A now not « Union man in Ai Alabama first he of our country. But bh constitutions with one, if not three more the people fang saa vaerepe or ba nae by y five mi tare! manner never before known under ar lew, "bat borrowed at beat from colonization ‘or of the French Revolution, France te then recorded ipo bay had atitntions in three years, ly changed that nitty were i call iy clasred dy tly cl were {ror French people. wit See purtodiont iiteratare of the’ day. Louisiana, a odeny France, bas bad In four years, and a constitution there has now become period- fen! as in gp ee the ponte nies and throes of the great Revolution. Laws laws which can never be treated by ‘coustitations. are re appended | more or to all these constitutions, and these bayonets crea- ted one branch of 10 exeoutl no Senate, no House o have ordained frreverst} iniem of the State, such ns , the Senate ‘and the Loy necro yh of E: aaa All this has been done wrthoat conn to pre ont inbhiet of the afm ‘Commander-t Sr anaes aay, in order te. ex ecute those military decrees, and an the inurer way to rout out every of ‘constitutional law or I nfS¢ ‘the Army, ia order to prolong ot to per: petuate hie military domination with the North and West as well as been selected in, convent Ghleago to bead t ‘vote for the Presidency at which are as much under his feet as Turkey 11 tinder the Sullan or | Poland under a eg TS Russia. Butaeit g to add insult to. the Injury o Bue Wey tars mae Ste ment in these ten States, Ponstituttons, at a cost of 000; the whites have been distranchised, while seven, bundred and fifty thousand ne- php ip ail law making and more ignorant Fen, bave been enfranchised in ineir send, and have thus been vested masters and sovereigns over the whole white the South. population of Beca\ \hig, and th opposition to. all this, we vatatives of the’ people free States, in bebait of others who would be here could now constit: Siviee all rlends of popu A advise popular van 4 yy orempresn pat right Bigs seinen fut conatitutional. law. n0 o : hence “all net-made, all Congress-imposed Constitutions are Of 0, weight,” suthoriy or ‘anc. tom nave iat enforced ‘by Srme-an.‘slement of cra Pint earee temradee sonttaton tod the ‘aivies enseted in porguance thereat nereat, Westnet gaat Wie eho of te miter # North and tie oun, to traposs tpos wa ganas 4 f tome or other Inwe rae aig ine Freed men's Bureau. "We provest 3 re & 3 & bea! N TABER, Om Norn, FVAN TRUMP, ASA. Gi MA aoa Sere: ae eee, ORL: |. RANDALL. ¥, hg ADAMS, Be, KERR. WE ROBINSON. ng on the amendment offered last nigh: aaimnlite sas cPemute tomes vocal He said he had voted to reduce the tax to = and that the twelftn section, fixing a tional tax OE pm ger gp hed what he believed should the pl 2 of the bill. He le to be in order to sea re 3 : a= E i taken in connection with the red to fifty cents, ie the best means of collecting the tax on whisk: Mr. BOUTWELL, step: .) of Mass., suggested that the minimum capacity ould be at twenty bushels a oay, bay. Sat Coa ‘wt should be fixed at two dollars each yushel as (ENCK fn that Mr. Boutwell’s proposi- tht be acceptable. Wr. BECK proposed to make an amendment to make the tax one cent on the registered number of bushels that can be mashed in twenty-four hours, which was rejected—31 to 67. ‘The other amendments were withdrawn. Mr. Bourwe.. then moved to amend by erage the tax on the mashing and fermenting capacity az follows:—On the first twenty bushels of grain or sixty gallons of molasses or less in twenty-four hour two dollars per day, and two dollars per day for every twent; P bushel is of grain or bad gallons of mo- lasses of auch capacity in excess of the first twenty bushels. The amendment was agreed to, Mr. INGERSOLL, bee: ) of T., moved to strike out the provision for two dollars per day while the distillery is idl oa tthe pag od opposed the amendment, and it was rej by 42 to 60. M rates (aon. ) of Ohio, opposed the principle of tion by capaci nd made a scientific argu- ment against it. Mr. SCHENCK proposed to stop all debate on the twelfth section and on all the sections down to and Including section forty-three, these sections oniy affecting matters of detail! in reference to distilleries, leaving them open to amendment, otherwise the committee would never get through the bill. Mr. INGERSOLL objected. Mr. SCHENCK moved that the committee rise in order to make the motion in the House. The committee rose and the motion was made in the House and agreed to. * So all debate on the bill down to section forty-three, page fifty-two, was closed. Mr. INGERSOLL moved to strike out the twenty- ninth section, which authorizes officers to require the water to be drawn off from wormtubs when the still is not at work, which was rejected by a vote of 7 to 82. Mr. INGRRSOLL moved to strike out the thirty third section, which forbids distillation between eleven o’clock on Saturday night and ten.o’clock on Mon- day morning, which was rejected. No amendments other than verbal were made to aeons from twelve to forty-six, all relating to dis- tion. Mr. Logan, (rep )ar TLL, from the Committee of Ways and Means, offered three new sections, to come inafter section forty-six, the rst providing for appoint- ment by the Secretary of the Treasury, on recom- inendation of the Comilsnloner of Internal Revenue, of one officer for each United States Judicial district, to be called a Supervisor of Internal Revenue on ee tilled aiiee and tobacco; me seoand, CN a no gene special ie ‘Treasury Depart- ment in connection witht h the int cept as provided for by this act, shall commissioned, apopnneseS or retained in the third, declaring that no assessor or collector’ shal’ be authorized to entet any district other than the one for which he has een appointed for the purpose of exerci authority, After explanation by Mr. Lo@an the second and third sections were agreed to. Mr. Koontz, (rep.) of Pa., moved to amend the forty-seventh section by pro’ pacyidioas that the compen- ir. Ropineon, dem.) ot N.Y. 8] Spoke in favor of the amendment. The payment of officers by dis- tillers was an invitation to fraud, Mr. SCHENOK assented to that priolple, but said that it was different in regard to fees. said that the present system in to fees was very loose, and mentioned the case of one gauger in olla whose fees amounted to fifty-six thousand dollars @ year, and < Py house in New York in the oil trade that had to pay to an ctor last week in fees (layed dred dollars. e bill would remedy that evil a quiring all fees to be paid to the collector counted for to the governieny aud by limiting ihe amount of gaugers’ fees to three thousand dollars a year. ‘The amendment of Mr. Koontz was rejected. Mr. Jupp, (rep.) of Iil., suggested that the point had been reached for going back and disposing of an amendment to the first section, which had been left. undisposed of. The amendment to the first section was accordingly taken uj It was to add to the requirement of the payment of fifty cents tax on every gallon by the distiller, owner or any person having possession thereof the words, “before removal from the dis- tillery warehouse, except as otherwise provided by this act.” Mr. Jupp moved to strike out the words “except as otherwise provided by this act,” his object being to have no exceptions to the requirement that the tax shall be paid before the whiskey is removed from the distiller’s warehouse, Mr. Judd’s amendment was agreed to and then the amendment,"as amended, was agreed to. Mr. BOUTWRLL offered an amendment to the forty- ninth section ones that the business of distilling alcohol and tans tee iquors for bo Nath r may be authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury on the ‘pplication of distillers, and that distilleries not so | Of the Whole, resumed the | sent authorized shall not distill for export. He argued in favor of and explained what would be the operation S| Mecdves coos ita 4 leas . JUDD opposed the proposition. and argued tha: it would be opening wide a door to immense frauas. Mr. PRICR, (rep.) of lowa, also opposed It, arguing that there was no safety except in a all spirits to pay the tax at the distillery, anc lo ing a drawback on the exported liquors, Mr. Paine, (rep.) of Wis., also argued against Mr. Boutwell’s ‘proposition. "He calculated that the United States would lose no less than hun- dred thousand dollars in order to let Mr. Boutwell’s friends from Boston make a million dollars by the export trade in rum. He confessed that he was willing to see that export trade crushed rather aa have it continued at such @ lose to the govern- “= Hee (rep.) of Iowa, also argued against lon. ba disposing of the amendment, the com- mittee, at half-past four, took @ recess till half-past seven P. M. Evening Session. ‘The House at half-past seven o'clock, in Committee consideration of the Tax bill, the question being on Mr. Boutwell’s amend- ment to atoend the forty-ninth section by authoriz- ing the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to permit. pe distillers to distill alcohol and spirits for expor- on. .. Mr. LOGAN offered as a substitute for it an amend- ‘ment to allow a drawback on spirits exported. On a division there was no quorum voting. The roll was therefore called, and eighty members—less than & quorum—answered to their names, ‘The doors were ordered to be closed, and the names of absentecs were called for excuses, mem- bers were excused on account of sickness, and others on account of being absent by leave of the Houee. Mr. INGERSOLL su; 1 that all the members have leave of absence for this evening. a Spe. said the call must be proceeded wine call of absentees’ having been concinded a warrant was issued by the bey directing the oe t-at-Arms to arrest and bring ro the bar e House such abseat members a as had not been 4 eacine iatel, ‘ards about mi score of the ab- whe hat cote collected in the *obbion, were pre. sented by the Sergeant-at-Arms, and ordered to be discharged on the Pay ‘ment of fines. A quorum having thus been obtained, after nearly an hour's delay, all further proceedt ings under the call were dispensed with, and the Committee of the Whole resumed the consideration of the Tax bill. Mr. Logan made a ent in advocacy of the seecmmone offered by mm as a substitute for that of Mr. Boutwell. He said that Inasmuch as the bill provided that the tax shall be patd at the distil- lery Warehouse it was but right to allow a drawback of the taxes paid on alcoho! and ram, and his amend- ment Sufficient guards around it #0 a8 to guard against fraud, by requiring the testimony of sworn witnesses at the place where the articles are rousbet ‘and of sworn witnesses after they shall have the hands of the consignee abroad. This R vision Was absolutely necessary to prevent fraud, nder the Transportation in boud System of the pi most frauds were perpesrated . | toma be continued, and ihe the only ha | to Ut a Atop to them was to require the tax to be nakd CONTINUED ON TENTH PAGER