The New York Herald Newspaper, June 26, 1868, Page 3

WASHINGTON The Omnibus Bill Vetoed by the President. The Bill Passed Over the Veto in Both Houses. Progress of the Tax Bill in the House. A Drawback of Fifty Cents a Gallon on Ex- ported Aleohol and Rum. Collector Smythe Nominated for the Austrian Mission. THE VETO MESSAGE. Return of the Omnibus Bill to the House— Brief Message from the President—He Re- peate His Former Objections and Charges Congress with Violating Faith with Ala- bama. WASHINGTON, June 25, 1863. The following message was sent to the House of Representatives this afternoon:— To THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:— In returning to the House of Representatives, in which it originated, a bill entitled ‘‘An act to ad- mit the States of North Carolina, South Caro- lima, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama and Florida to representation in Congress,” I do not deem tt necessary to state at length the reasons which ‘constrain me to withhold my approval. I will not, therefore, undertake at this time to reopen the dis- cussion upon the grave constitutional questions in- volved in the act of March 2, 1867, and the acts sup- plementary thereto, in pursuance of which it is claimed in the preamble of this bill—these States have framed and adopted constitutions of State government; nor will ] repeat the objections con- tained in my message of the 20th inst., returning without my signature the bill to admit to repre- sentation tne State.of Arkansas, and which are equally applicable to the pending measure. Like the bill recently passed in reference to Arkansas this bill supersedes the plain and simple mode prescribed py the constitution for the admission to seats in the re- spective Houses of Senators and Representatives from the several States, It assumes authority over six ‘States of the Union which has never been delegated to Congress or is even warranted by previous unconstitutional legislation upon the subject of restoration. It imposes conditions which are in derogation of the equal rights of the States, and is founded upon a theory which is subversive of the fundamental principles of the government. In the case of Alabama it violates the plighted faith of Congress, by forcing upon that State a constitution which was rejected by the people according to the express terms of an act of Congress requiring that a Majority of the registered electors should vote upon ‘the question of its ratification. For these objections and many others that might be presented I cannot approve this oilJ, and therefore return it for the action of Congress, required in such cases by the federal constitution. ANDREW JOHNSON. WasuINcToN, D. C., June 25, 1863. MISCELLANEOUS WASHL TON NEWS. WASHINGTON, June 26, 1868. Progress of the New Tax Bill. The lecture of the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, delivered to-day for the benefit of those members of the House who have of late been paying very little regard tothe evening sessions, suc- ceeded this évening in securing a full house. The result has been very rapid progress. There are still about forty-five pages of the bill to be considered, but it is anticipated If the same progress is made as during to-day the House will have completed its labors in committee of the whole by Saturday. It is said that the bill will not get through the Senate in its present length, but it has been decided certainly to take action on whiskey. Marriage of Senator Henderson, of Missouri, to Miss Mary Foote. The wedding of Senator Henderson was announced to take place at noon to-day at the National Hotel, in this city. Shortly before twelve o'clock the in- vited guests began to assemble in the parlors of the hotel. The rooms were tastefully decorated on the occasion with festoons of magnolias, roses and evergreens. Opposite the main entrance was an im- promptu alar, on which to perform the marriage ceremony. At twelve o'clock it was given out that he parties were approaching. Rev. Dr. Pinck- ney, of the Episcopal Church, officiating clergy- man, entered in advance, dressed in the robes of his office, and took up a position to await the coming of the marriage party. Soon after Mr. Terry, member of Congress from Michigan, entered, followed by the bridesmaids and groomsmen, Senator Fowler, of Tennessee, supporting on his arm Miss Foote, sister of the bride, and Mr. Arnold supporting Miss Beach. Next came the groom and his bride—Sen- ator J. B. Henderson, of Missouri, ana Miss Mary EB. Foote—followed by the parents of the bride. The ceremony was then consummated in the impressive forms of the Episcopal ritual, after which congratu- lations were showered upon the newly made couple by the large company assembled. After the pair had been made one and the recep- tion had fairly commenced, Genera! Banks, of Mas- sachusetts, Was announced, accompanied by Mr. De Champs and three students of the Chinese Embassy. The rush of visitors was now immense, as may be imagined when the fact is known that six hundred invitations were given out. The fuk Congressional delegations of the States of Vergnont and Missouri were present, also a majority of the Senators of both political parties, as weil as members of the House of Representatives. About one o’clock the President was presented and Secretaries McCullech and Browning. In addition to the other distinguished personages present, at a late hour General Grant and lady, Chief Justice Chase, Mrs. Sprague, Miss Nettie Chase and Secretary Seward arrived te pay their respeets to the Senator and his bride. There were also several army officers present, of whom we may mention General Rousseau. The ladies, who were in attendance in liberal numbers, manifested their usual interest in what was going on. The dress of the bride consisted of a heavy white silk, heavily Nounced, with trail and a white veil and natural flowers. The groom was attired in black. ‘The Senator and his lady took the four o'clock train this afternoon for Philadelphia, where they will pass several daya, and thence visit Cape May, re- maiming several weeks. Nomination of Collector Smythe as Minister to Austria. ‘The President to-day nominated to the Senate Henry A. Smythe, collector of customs at New York, 40 be Minister to Austria. No Tinkering of the Finances This Session. ‘The members of the Ways and Means Committee have talked over informally various financial propo- nitions which have been referred to them, and espe- cially those looking towards consolidation of the national debt and the reduction of the interest thereon. It {# the opinion of @ majority of the committee that it is inexpedient to take any action upon these sub- jects at this session. There ts no reasonable pros- pect of either the Senate or the House acting on them, and the committee ts of opinion that their agitation would only disturb the business and finan- eial interests of the country, The committee had discovered that behind nearly every one of the pro- jecta for consolidating debt there is a scheme to enrich certain bankers and others. A reduction of the interest on the debt conid not be accom- phahed without an entire remodelling of ite present form, a8 & Ma\grity of those who now hold it would invest theif, money elsewhere if they did not get a large rat‘; of interest. The committee are thoroughly inforaed of all facts connected with the matter, and 42, order to prevent protraction of the session and ‘expense to the government they will allow many schemes of this kind now before them to stop in committee. Circular from thé Treasury in Relation to Unauthorized Cellection of Money im the Name of the Government. It has been brought to the notice of the Secretary of the Treasury that in some cases revenue agents, inspectors and special agents of the Treasury De- partment, both in the Internal Revenue and the Cus- toms, and other persons representing tnemselves to be such officers, collect from individuals moneys in the name and on behalf of the United States. The Secretary, in a circular just issued, says: It is the general policy of the revenue laws that all collections of public moneys should be made by bonded officers of the United St > thorized and empowered jectors and the! Revenue and Quator rule extends to all sources of revenue, incuding fines, penalties and forfeitures and moneys crits, therefrom, and moneys tendered lieu! them as in compromise of any claim in behalf of the United States, Even District Attorneys are not au- thorized officers to whom public revenue should be fey 3 ere a payment is made into court it should either to the hal of the district or his author- ized deputy, or to the clerk of the court, as the case may be. es money to the United States are warned to see beforehand that the officer to whom they pay the same is authorized to collect it, and if not known to be so authorized they should re- quire his authority to be produced and should in every instance take a Breese, receipt. All powers to make collections, exerc! by officers or agents of the Treas Department, or persons professin; tobe such, whether expressed in terms or claim by construction, irrespective of the source whence derived, unless conferred by some ific provision of law setting forth the character of the officer ana his duties and empowering him to make collections of yanne money, are hereby revoked and annulled, and if any case should hereafter arise where the public interest shall appear to require that collection made by other than a collector or his deputy spe- cial sppliense for the n authority must be made the Secretary of the jury, and in no case will it be ited “unless the circumstances are such as to render any other course impracticable, General Frank Blair's Views on the Presidency. General Frank Blair, of Missouri, is now in Wash- ington, and is daily visited by friends who desire his nomination for the Presidency. Powerful influences are being exerted to this end, and his friends profess to be sanguine of success. His views of public policy are expressed freely, and are of the most emphatic and pronounced character on the issues of the day. They are given with the point, terseness and vim of @ positive and fearless nature, and are the applica- tion of fixed opinions to the existing situation. The following is their substance as derived from personal conversation, and is entirely authentic. General Blair, now as always, scouts the idea of giving the ballot to the negroes. The question of negro suffrage he regards as the cardinal issue in the canvass. 1n his judgment inflexible opposition to this radical doctrine is the chief issue on which the con- servatives must expect to triumph. He holds that the Reconstruction acts estabiishing military despo- tism and negro suffrage in the South are unconstitu- tional, null and void and that the Democratic Na- tional Convention should so declare them, just as the Supreme Court would have decided if the case of McCardle had been adjudicated. The lawsof Con- gress disfranchising persons who were embraced in amnesty proclamations or special pardons are illegal, arbitrary and void.- Test oath for voters are unconstitutional; and this is why General Blair refused to take the Missouri test oath. His appeal tg the Supreme Court in that case ought to have been decided at the last term, and he regrets its postponement. The reconstruction acts estab- lishing negro suffrage and governments based there- on he holds to be usurpations, and declares they have no basis excepting by the law- less violence and force of the army, and the federal government must withdraw this coercion, correct its own wrong and leave it to the white population of each State to regulate the question of suffrage. The bastard and spurious governmenteset up at the South have no right to control this matter and must fall as soon as military despotism is with- drawn. He asserts it the duty of the incoming President to see that justice is done and to re- store the governments which are the crea- tion of the white population to those to whom they belong. General Blair is not willing to accept or acquiesce. in anything done by the radical Congress on this subject of reconstruction. He is for confining the government of the country exelu- sively to the white race. He is very confident of an overwhelming defeat to radicalism if the issues of the hour and fature are bokily made by the New York nominations and platform and dead issues ignored. He .predicts such an uprising of the people as has never been seen in America, and says this is already felt by the radicals. The points relied on chiefly by General Blair’ friends to procure his nomination are as follow: First, that as a Union volunteer general the cry of copperhead will fall to the ground, the issues of the past be excluded and the canvass be confined to the issues of the day. As a volunteer general they con- tend volunteer officers and soldiers will go for him against a West Pointer. His four years’ service in the Western army is relied on to gain ‘this support, and they point to his civil career to meet views of those who want @ candidate with civic qualifications for President, General Blair's friends declare if he be nominated the radicals will not dare to attempt to carry the election by fraud or violence, as he is not 4 man to be trifled with or cheated out of his elec- tion. Blair’s friends expect to carry the Missouri delegation and votes in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts and the delegates generally from the ‘Mississippi valley. They also count on a considera- ble vote from Tennessee and other Southern States. Receipts from Customs. ” The receipts from customs at the ports below named from the 15th to the 20th inst. were as fol- lows:—New York, $1,837,000; Boston, $254,695; Phil- adelphia, $195,609; Baltimore, $143,001. Total, $2,431,306, ‘The Recent Marder of Ashburn in Georgia. The President has sent an officer to Atlanta to in- quire into all the facta and circumstances which led to the arrest of certain citizens of Georgia charged with being concerned in the murder of ashburn at Columbus, and who are now in jail at Atlanta. Pardons by the President. The President has pardoned the following named persons:—George W. Wallingford, convicted in the United States District Court of Kentucky of a viola- tion of the Internal Revenue law and sentenced to sixty days’ imprisonment and fined $10. He was pardoned on the recommendation of United States Attorney of the district, Hon. Garrett Davis, the Secretary of the Treasury, Hon. Humph- rey Marshall, and the Assessor of the district. John H. McBrayer, convicted of a similar offence in the same court, was pardoned upon the recommen- dation of the District Attorney and both Senators from that State, Navy Bulletin. Surgeon William Maxwell Wood has been ordered to duty as president and Surgeon David Harlan and Philip Lonsdale as members of a board to examine candklates for admission to the Naval Academy. The following engineers have been honorably dis- charged from the naval service:—Acting Third As- sistants E. G, Schwartz, E. Collins and A. F. Done- 1D. me Army Orders. Brevet Brigadier Gen L H. Pelouze has been ordered to Camp Hamilton and Norfolk, Va., on inepection daty, after which he is to return to his duties in the War Department. Brevet Colonel 8. D. Sturgis, Sixth cavairy, has been detailed for duty as a member of the Board to retire disabled officers, convened in New York September 21, 1867. . The order of the War Department dismissing from service Lieutenant Henry Hubiitzell, of the Seventy- seventh Ohio volunteers, has been revoked, and he is honorably discharged. Brevet Colonel T. Wilson, Commissioner of Sub- sistence, has been ordered to proceed to Carlisle bar- racks and make an inspection of the subsistence department at that post by command of General Grant. A general order has been issued from the War De- partment stating that enlisted men who may diapose of or lose through their own carelessness meteilic cartridges for breech-loading arms will here- after have chi inst them on the muster roils #ix cents for each and every cartridge #o lost or dis- posed of, 2 & WasHINGTON, June 25, 1868. The Senate met at two o'clock P, M., and after some unimportant business, Mr. THAYER, (rep.) of Nebraska, offered a resolu- tion directing the Secretary of War to inform the Senate what amount of government supplies belong- ing to the Quartermaster’s and Commissary’s De- partment was lost on the Missouri river, below Omaha, Nebraska, in transit, by the sinking or other of the steamers during 1866, 1867 and 1868. REMOVAL OF CAUSES FROM STATE TO UNITED STATES CouRTS. Mr. EDMUNDS, (rep.) of Vt., called up the bill pro- viding for the removal of certain causes from State courts to United States courts. The ‘was 0D & substitute by the Judiciary Mr. Davis, (dem.) of Ky., asked that the bill be laid over until Senators can examine it. Mr. EpMUNDs explained that it simply enables Uniten States officers or marshals to remove causes in which they are sued from the State to the United courts, On motion of Mr. MORRILL, (rep.) of Me., the bill was laid aside, and the order of day was taken up, being THE LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION BILL. The question was on the amendment offered by Mr. She from the Committee of Finance, ap- propriating 160,000 for temporary clerks for the ee ‘tment, and providing that the Secre- of the classify the same. her debate on the point ensued. Mr. Hows, (rep.) of Wis., contended that the busi- ness resulting ‘from the war, because of which this temporary force had been provided, 1s permanent, not temporary, and. therefore additional clerks, if TeeA Re, should be provided by law. ir. SHERMAN, (rep.) of Ohio, read an oficial state- ment, showing the number of temporary clerks em- Ployed in each of the offices. After further-remarks from Mr. Howe the amend- ment was agreed to—yeas 27, nays 14—as follows:— YEAs—Mesars, Buckalew, Cattell, Cole, Corbett, Cragin, ‘Doolittle: Edmunda, Fessenden, ‘Fveliagbuyeen, Har: lan, Johnson, McDonald, Morgan, Morrill of Me., Morrill of Ye Takraw tae ede a ake nn se lows NH. Stewart, Thayer and ‘Trambal At this point, five minutes past three o'clock, THE VETO OF THE “OMNIBUS BILL,” so called, came over from the House, It was read and the question beg ‘Shall the bill | notwith- standing the objections of the President ?”” Mr. Davis rose and said:—Mr. President—I cannot refrain from expressing my eproneron. of the hero- ism with which the President has uniformly acted in his public capacity. Since my first election as a Senator from Kentucky I have never known a man more faithfully and honestly devoted to the great as e constitution than Andrew Johnson. never have known any man entrusted with power and patronage who it so sit with a view to the pants good, fespiher) oa nie dg ent, Wr bie ag little pi promot rsonal interest. "wien I review the course of Andrew Johnson in resisting secession and in promoting the return to the government of the United States and the Union in the darkest hour of its peril, how he braved and breasted the popular storm of ind tion in the whole section of country in which he tived, and the steadiness with which he adhered to his position. and afterwards when he discovered that the party with whom he was acting, who elevated him to tae second office within their gift, were turn- ing thel wer and the government for the over- throw of the constitution of his country and the liberties of the people, that he heroically separated from that party and resisted its segroeions oi the constitution as firmly, as perseveringly as he resisted the efforts of secessionists to produce a separation of the Union—when I review in both of these exigencies of our country, I regard him, sir, as the t agere| historical character of his age, and doubt not that the impar- pen of history will so recora it. He will tower bigs above many @& man in civil or military life who has figured in this yee s, our country’s history, in my judgment. honor his courage, I admire his ‘patriotism, revere the signal purity with which his administration has been conducted. No man’s hands are more spotless who has distributed over the country the amount of patronage with which he has been charged. He is now about to close his political career. I cannot |. permit this occasion to pass by without expressing to him the deep thanks of an American citizen at least for the veto messages of these various uncon- stitutional acts of Congress with which he has en- Triched the civil history of the country. At the conclusion of Mr. Davis’ remarks the bill ‘was passed over the President's veto by a vote of 35 tos, CONSIDERATION OF THE LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION BILL CONTINUED. Mr. SHERMAN offered the following amendment, from the Committee on Finance, as an additional section :— ‘That all acts or parts of acts authorizing the publication of the debates in Congress are hereby repealede from and after the 4th day of March next, and the Joint Committee on Print- ing is hereby authorized dnd required to invite proposals publication of the actual proceedings and debates in C fea UPOM a plan and specifications to be previously pn by, them; and shall also ascertain the cost of such pu Heation. by the Superintendent of Public Printing, and shall report as soon as practicable such proposals and estimate of cost, together with w bili to provide for the publication of the debates and proceedings of Congress. Mr. SHERMAN said the amendment was in pursu- ance of the notice given in 1867 of the proposed dis- continuance of the Globe contract. The committee had not suficient information to determine whether the work would be done better or cheaper by mak- ing a new arrangement with the Globe, by having the work done in the government printing office or by authorizing proposals for it. He thought the present arrangement necessarily burdensome to the public and that a better contract could be made even with the publishers of the Glove, and in his opinion the work should be done under the government, though on that point they had not sufficient informa- tion. The Committee on Printing could report next session. Mr. TRUMBULL, (rep.) of Ill., thought the subject too important to be sprung upon the Senate without any consideration. The Senator, if he did not know whether any improvement could be made, had bet? ter make inquiries before he sought to repeal exist- sf laws. It would be better for the Committee on Printing to first ascertain whether a more advan- tageous arrangement could be made for the publica- tion of the debates. He regarded the appropriation billasa strange place for the insertion ‘of such a measure from the Committee on Finance. As well might he (Mr. Trumbull) move the insertion of some of the numerous bills pending before the Judiciary Committee. Mr. SHERMAN replied that it might be inferred from the Senator’s remarks that the Finance Com- mittee had been taking a snap judgment, but had he known the facts he would not make such a state- ment. Mr. Sherman read the acts of '67, providing for the abrogation of the contract with the Globe at the expiration of two years. He said the result would be that if no provision should be made next session for the publication of the debates they would find themselves at the yar of the following session in such a situation that the publishers of the Globe would not know wheiher to go on or not. The Committee on Finance had, therefore, after consulta- tion with the Committee on Printing and the Com- mittee on PE ok and after full considera- tion, reported this amendment to the Senate on the 2d day of this month and sent it to the Comimittee on eae by whom it had been considered. Instead of springing it upon the Senate in pursuance of notice then given, it was now offered. He cou- tended that a better bargain could be made with the publishers of the Glove, and abuses would be cor- rected. The committee did not undertake to pro- nounce upon the question themselves, but left f to, the Joint Committee on Printing. He was prepared to say that several propositions would be submitted to that committee by men willing to contract for the work. No doubt the Glove publishers would be will- i to largely reduce the contract price; but prob- ably it would be found that the work could be better done at the government printing office. Mr. TRUMBULL said the law of March 2, 1867, did not at ite the contract, but simply gave the notice required before it could be abrogated. The question was whether it should now be abrogated, and he thought it would be striking in the dark to repeal these laws now without examining to see whether it was necessary. He moved to strike out the first three lines of the amendment which the laws in question, saying that even after the abrogation other legislation would be necessary, 80 that this might also be left until it was determined to be ne- cessary. Mr. SHERMAN repeated that it was certain that the government could do better than to adhere to the Present contract, and that therefore It wae proper to roga' Mr. TRUMBULL proceeded to reiterate that it need not be decided to-day, nor until it is known whether the work can be done in the governmént print- ing office, by the Globe spabinners or others. It might turn out, he said, that present was the best mode of publication they could get, mea au oon a aac te e governmen: inting should be done in the governm ft printing office in- stead of having it done partly t a part at the Trea- [<4 bate wan a) apart at the Gl believed elsewhere. He was informed that the work of the Globe would be done at very much less than the present rates by contract. Mr. Trumbull’s amendment was LS ee and the committee's amendment was adop! Mr. SHERMAN then offered the following amend- ment from the same committee:—That section ten of an act entitied an act making appropriations for ending Sune. 201868, and’ Ry" shen purposes, ap a for other pul proved March 2, 1867, shall not be 40 ‘conatrued ‘sa lo authorize the teas oF of any advertisements, no- tices, proposals, laws or lamations by the news- papers in the District of Columbia selected, unless such advertisements, notices, proposals, laws and Proclamations are delivered by the proper head of | & lepartment to such newspaper for publication in ac- cordance with law, and the rates of compensation for such printing al not exceed the rates paid for similar printing under existing laws. Mr. SHERMAN said the act of 1867 in question, having authorized the Clerk of the House of Repre- sentatives to designate two newspapers for the inser- tion of advertisemen' felected the Morning Chronicle and Bent Yr of this city, and a subse- quent act authorized the publication in these peiera’ aud they how assumed the right to publish govern- a I al i : i . , SHERMAN re] that papers were autho- to Reins the advertisements proper to be Mr, MORRILL gen) of Me., was also of opinion that discretion would be conferred upon the heads of departments by this amendment to advertise in other EDMUNDS quoted the laws bearing on the sub- ject, and ee ‘that under them these papers could only pub! juired by law to be pub- in the District of Columbia. “He, too, was of opinion that the amendment conferred absolute dis- cretion on the heads of departments, Mr. MORRILL, of Me,, moved to amend accordingly by inserting r the word “law” the words ‘and py raed eo ements in the District of Columbia.” Mr. SHERMAN moved to further amend the amend- ment by adding at the end the following:—‘‘And no advertisements whatever, in any newspapers pub- lished in the District of Columbia, shall be paid for by any disbursing officer or allowed by any account- ing cer unless published in pursuance o! the seve- acts named in this section.’ Mr. SHERMAN said advertisements had been pub- lished in the Intelligencer and other fhe here cpn- trary to the intention of the law. This was for the pul of putting them off. . CAMERON, (rep.) of Pa., proposed to repeal the laws authorizing the selection of two newspapers nere by the Clerk of the House of Representatives, saying the two designated had received some forty thousand dollars aplece for this advertising, much of which jwas for mules to be bought in Idaho or for contracts for a fort in Arizona or New Mexico, and many of the advertisements were published after the transaction was completed. He thought it time to make a change. The Clerk of the House had too much to do without this, Mr. EpMUNDs: Soheoneniiy offered a substitute for the section, substantially the sanre, but intended to make its provisions more effectual, which was agreed to. Mr. SHERMAN, from the same committee, offered the following:— at from and after the 30th day of June, the annual aalarion pf the Compirolier of the reasury and the Commis- sioner of Customs shall be four thousand ‘five hundred doliars ‘each ; of the Solicitor, the Auditors, the Register and the Super- vising Architect of the Treasury four thousand dollars each, and the additional amount to the increase of alaries provided for by this section be and tie same is hereby approp) He said the salaries were increased about one thou- sand each. Some of them were fixed in 1799 at three thousand dollars and had remained so since. These gentlemen were some of the most important officers ofthe government, and upon their integrity more ded than armies, else, Ir. CAMERON opposed the amendment. This was not the time to salaries, and he had applications for 0 erg every day from people that would be glad to get the positions. ‘The most unfortunate men in the world were those who came to Washing- ton seeking government employment. Mr. MoRRILL, of Vt., said, while he was about as stringent on the subject of economy as any one, he did not believe in saving the cheese parings and throwing away the cheese. He also testified to the high character and valuable services of the officers ‘Mr. Corserr also added his testimony in their ‘vor. Mr. NYE said if any one man in the departments worked more than any other and was entitled to an increase it was the Commissioner of the General Land Ofice with a salary of two thousand dollars a year. Mr. SHERMAN had no objection to an amendment including that officer if reported by the Committee of Public Lands. a Mr. ConNESS moved to include in the amendment the words ‘‘and the Commissioner of the General Land Office.” rep.) of N. Y., reminded the Senate Mr. CONKLING, of the rule requir! ing such amendments to be noticed one day previous. Mr. STEWART, (rep.) of Nevada, subsequently gave the requisite notice. Mr. SHERMAN, from the same committee, offered a further amendment, giving night watchmen at the Treasury Department $900, instead of $720. He said every one of them was a wounded soldier. Mr. CHANDLER, (rep.) Of Mich., moved to include thé night watchmen In ali the departments, Mr. SHERMAN supposed they already received it, but could not tell whether it might not add a large sum to the appropriation. Mr. CHANDLER'S amendment was rejected and the committee's amendment was adopted. Mr. SHERMAN, from the same committee, moved to amend by inserting the following:—‘And after June 30, 1868, the annual salary of the Assistant Treasurer at Charleston shall be $4,000." He ex- plained that it increases the salary from $2,500 be- cause of increased labor. It was peest to. Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, (rep.) of N. J., by instruction | of the Committee on Naval Affairs, moved to amend For Solicitor and Naval Judge Advo- 500." He said the office would oth- ‘After some debate the amendment was agreed to. On motion of Mr. CAMERON, from the Committee on Agriculture, the Peon) for the grounds around the Agricultural building was tncreased $5,000 and the appropriation for seeds decreased by the same amount. Mr. CONKLING introduced @ bill to provide for the erection of a building fora Post Office and United States Court in the city of New York, which was a to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, On motion, at a quarter before six o'clock, the Sen- ate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WASHINGTON, June 25, 1868, FROM THE PHILADELPHIA CARPET WEAVERS. Mr. MYERS, (rep.) of Pa., presented a petition of 8. A. Clark and others, carpet Weavers of Philadelphia, complaining of the depression of industry and pray- ing for such increase of protective duties as will serve manufacturers and restore prosperity to the country, which was referred to tne Committee on Ways and Means. REMONSTRANCE AGAINST THE EXTENSION OF HOWE’S SEWING MACHINE PATENT. Mr. WASHBURN, (rep.) of Mass, presented a re- monstrance of sixteen hundred legal voters of New England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania against the extension of Howe's sewing machine tent, which was referred to the Committee on ratents. PETITION AGAINST THE REDUCTION OF DUTY ON COAL. Mr. MOORHEAD, (rep.) Of Pa., presented a petition of the owners of the bituminous coal mines in Pennsylvania against any reduction of the duty on coal, which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. PETITION SENATE BILLS, A large number of Senate bills were taken from the Speaker's able and referred to the Committee of Commerce, Mr. LoGaN, (rep.) of Ill, asked to have taken from the Speaker's table and hy spe the Senate bill re- lating to contracts payable in coin. ‘Mr. Coss, (rep.) of Wis., objected. ARREST AND IMPRISONMENT OF NATURALIZED CITIZENS IN GREAT BRITAIN. Mr. VAN WYCK, (rep.) of N. Y., offered a resolution calling on the President for a variety of information in reference to the arrest, trial and Imprisonment in Great Britain of naturalized citizens, which was adopted. MORE ADJUTANT GENERALS, Mr. Jonson, (dem.) of Cal., introduced a bill to add to the service three adjutant generals. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, THE ABOLITION OF MILITARY POSTS IN DACOTAH AND COLORADO PRAYED FOR. Mr. JULIAN, (rep.) of Ind., presented a memorial from white settlers in Colorado and Dacotah Terri- tories praying for the abolition of military posts and for other reforms of the Indian policy. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, PENSIONS. On motion of Mr. BENJAMIN, (rep.) of Mo., the Senate aniendment to the House bill, Ry! a pen- sion of $1,500 to O. A. Keck, of the Third Missouri cavalry, was taken from the er’s table and con- cul In. Mr. HoLMmaN, (dem.) of Ind., introduced and asked to have put on @ bill gi @ pension of fifty dollars a month Mra. Sal jacklem: whose husband, Brigadier General Hackleman, fell “OD iva belng made to tts passage, the bill jection was referred to the Committee on Pensions. THE JUDICIAL DISTRICT DIVISION OF ILLINOIS. On motion the Senate the House bill mendatory of the act arcing Illinois into two a judicial districts was taken the Speaker's table and concurred in. THE MEMBERS EXHORTED TO DUTY. Mr. SCHENCK, (rep.) of Ohio, said that he desired before resuming the consideration of the Tax bill to make a brief statement. had now reached the the wi sion. ery one Wi und ve the bil aianed e nis! during the present week. He hoped it; would. be hiskey sections, which He desireon pute finished to-morrow. One of the it obstacles in the progress of di of the bill was the want of @ quorum, and was that the case in the bis | session. If it should occur again he suj . He hoped there woul no occasion for it. He appealed earnestly and respect fully to members, and especially to republican mem- pa) to attend to their duties. There had been no opposition whatever to the bill, nothing but fair treatment, so far as the democratic side of the House Was concerned. It was true that the democratic ~~ had sustained amendments that were in jance with the views of the committee; but whenever they had voted on amendments or had offered ai iments there had been nothing mant- fested like a disposition to do so for the purpose of a general defeat of the bill, Hg did not know that would be his duty to insist on aa e the House through. id | portation. On that there was on the of any one an intention of that Kind. He it he might A Ga Fegulat aflendance, not only frou ter own sease ot own sense ieee tal besemee 1 was due to the members who did attend regularly. He had been surprised last ‘Tue House then, at & quarcer to one o'clock, went chair, and resumed the consideration of the Tax BREGE 5g : 5 Es 1 i 3 dA Ef | z The vote was taken and the amendment was I—68 to 38. SCHENCK moved to amend by striking out the words ‘as hereinafter provided” (#o which Mr. Price's amendment had ati and the striking out of which would annul the vote just taken). ‘A debate arose covering the same general grounds over which the discussion last night had travelled, as to the effect of Mr, Price’s amendment in destroy- the goverument., The aiscussion was ld vernment 16 was participated in by Messrs. Schenck, Price and Paine. inaly ep, opens’ amendment was rejected by @ vote . Mr. BUTLER, (rep.) of Maas., moved to strike out sec- tion fifty-one (1 yg Warehouse system), be- cause the vote taken on Mr. Price’s amendment ren- dered the section useless. He said, “We of the At- lantic coast have sat here and seen you strike down our shipping interests by a vote of 85 to 45, and now ou have cast a vote which strikes down one of the it items of our export trade.” , WASHBURNE, (rep.) of Ill.—To whom does the tleman refer as ‘you? His own colleague (Mr. looper) voted inst that bill. Mr. BUTLER—I observed that most of the opposi- tion votes came from the West; but I say that the head can live as long as the legs and the body under any legislation that you choose to put on. This is not a mere question of how many gallons of spirits can be exported; it is the question of how much that export trade brings back; how it settles your balance of trade; how much your commerce is in- jured. You get from $150,000,000 to $180,000,000 in gold each year from your external trade, and you Propose to strike that down under the insane hope of getting something out of whiskey. You Ue to strike down that which is certain for that which is uncertain—the future depending on the honesty of Andrew Johnson, and if there be anythin; more uncertain than that on God’s footstool, would like to know what it is. That is the only hope rou have; that iswhat you are doing, and I want it lly and distinctly understood. Great Britain gives @ bounty on her foreign export trade in spriG—end she has had some reputation for commercial sagacit in legislation—and we here, with only thirteen mil- lions of revenue from whiskey, external and inter- nal, able to be collected, strike down by a single vote an export trade which brings id in gold half that amount mediately and immediately, as can be demonstrated by st s. The question is whether our country can get along and pay its debts in that way. The question is whether you are not throwing away every substance while you grasp the shadow— whether you are not killing the goose that lays the golden eggs, in some insane hope of finding a mass of gold in the crop. r. ALLISON, (rep.) of Iowa, expressed the opinion that if the amendment adopted on the motion of Mr. Price were to stand the section might as well be stricken out. There were several sections of the bill, all of which were affected by the proposition of the gentleman from Iowa and which should also be stricken out. ‘Mr. WILSON, (rep.) of Iowa, inquired whether the Committee of ve and Means was opposed to incor- porating any system of drawbacks in the will, and whether it would not be wiser for that committee to propose a system of exports than to ask the House to strike out those sections. Mr. ALLISON said he did not know what the propo- sition. of the committee would be. For himself he looked upon the system of drawbacks as opening wide the door to fraud. Mr. Jupp, (rep.) of Ill, referring to the remarks of Mr. Butler, saidethat gentleman seemed to charge upon the Weat a desire to deatroy the business of ex- int he (Mr. Butler) was entirely mistaken. They only desired the export to be regu- lated in such a manner that it should not be the means of defrauding the government out of its revenue. When the gentleman from husetts (Mr. But- ler) said that the proposition would substantially affect $180,000,000 of revenue derived from exports he ext rated entirely the importance of distilled spirits in the economy of exportation. It was for the friends of the export trade to decide a method by which, after the internal tax had been paid, and when the article was really exported, a drawback could be obtained. If they prepared sucha system he would vote for it. The West was not for striking down any portion of the industrial interests of the country. ‘atten further discusion by Messrs. Schenck, Logan, Farnsworth and Allison the motion to strike out the fifty-first section was rejected. ir, BOUTWELL, (rep.) of Mass,, Moved as a substi- tute for the fifty-first section a provision allowing a drawback of sixty cents a gallon on exported alcohol fyi and made an argument in support of the motion, Mr, Beck, (dem.) of Ky., gpposed the motion, and Mr. GRISWOLD, (rep.) of N. Y., supported it, Mr. MOORHEAD moved to reduce the drawback from sixty to fifty cents. Agreed to—62 to 42. Mr, Boutweli’s substitute for the filty-first section was then agreed to. On motion of Mr, SCHENCK sections fifty-two and fifty-three were stricken out. No amendment was made to section fifty-four, which simply provides for the withdrawal of spirits from warehouses. Sections fifty-five, in oe fifty-seven, fifty-eight, fifty-nine, sixty and sixty-one were stricken out. ction sixty-two having been read, wiich provides that all distilled spirits in any bonded warehouse shall, within one hundred days after the passage of the act, be withdrawn from such warehouse aud the taxes paid on the same, Mr. Schenk stated that he would at the proper time move an amendment re- quiring whiskey in bond to pay @ special tax of four dollars per barrel. : Mr. O'NEILL, (rep.) of Pa., moved to strike out sec- tion sixty-two, and made an argument to prove how unjust it was to persons who had honestly invested in the whiskey in bonded warehouses to require them to pay the tax within one hundred days. PASSAGE OF THE SOUTHERN RESTORATION BILL OVER THE PRESIDENT’S VETO. Without disposing of the section the committee rose and the Speaker presented the m of the President vetommg the act to admit the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama and Florida to a representation in Congress, The message having been read the SPEAKER stated the question to be—“Will the House, on considera- tion, agree to the passage of this bill?” Mr. STEVENS, (rep.) Of Pa., moved the previous question. Mr. Roprnson, (dem.) of N. Y., inquired whether it was in order to move that the message be printed and laid over for further consideration. ‘The SPEAKER replied that it would be if the pre- vious question were not seconded, Mr. STEVENS, of Pa., would state for the informa- tion of the gentieman from New York that there was not & word of news in the whole message. (Laugh- er. ‘he vote was then taken ana resulted—yeas 105, = 30—a strict party vote. ‘he SPEAKER stated that two-thirds having voted in the affirmative, the bill was = assed, and would be transmitted with the objections of the President, to the Senate for similar reconsideration. Mr. BUTLER moved @ resolution to print twenty thousand copies of the protest of the democratic members of the House against the admission of the representatives from Arkansas. ir, ELDRIDGE, (dem.) of Wis., said he hoped the gentleman would increase the number to fifty thousand. Mr. BUTLER agreed, and moved its reference to the Committee on Printing. Mr. RopinsoN—Make it one hundred thousand. Mr. ELpRipGk—And ask the committee to report it back at once, 30 that we may have the protest for distribution. ‘The resolution was referred to the Committee on Printing. THE TAX BILL AGAIN TAKEN UP. The House again went into Committee of the Whole, Mr. Blaine, of Me., in the chair, and resumed the consideration of the Tax bill, the question bein on Mr. O'Neill's motion to strike out the sixty-secon section, which requires the taxeg on whiskey in bonded warehouses to be paid within one hundred days, Mr. O'Ne1Lt modified his motion and moved the fol lowing substitute for the section: All distilled spirits in any bonded warehouse shall, on and after the passage of this act, pay, in addition to the taxes un- ‘a month on the amount of said aid on the same, one per cent fax while remaining iu any bonded use as aforesaid, The pi ition gave rise to a | discussion, the section being opposed by Messrs. O'Neill, Kelley, Co- vode, Ingersoll and Beck and defended by Messrs. Schenck, Mullins, Maynard, Logan and Allison. Mr. KELLBY, (rep.) of Pa., moved to amend the section by extending to six months the time for pay- etn eo Sh, are . , of iar, Stevie of Me ida that ane ir. 8, + pro) at one-| Fran in bonded warehouses distilled spirits now on uses: shall be withdrawn in one hundred days, half of the re- mainder within sixty ae ean ‘and the balance Blase ra days = "7 po haan that the act shall work no remission o' tax on distti . its already manufactured. a meer Mr. Pavyn, (dem.) of N. Y., asked Mr. Stevens what he meant by the proviso? Did he mean to col- lect the two dollars a gallon tax of two dollars asseseed on whiskey removed and on wi Se usages butt escent e o might be a remission 01 wide wake wished to" providetauisoe that by “2 of precaution. fe question was taken on the amendment and it was The question was then taken on Mr. Kelley's amendment extending the time for paying taxes on whiskey In bonded warehouses to six months and tt was agreed to—yeas 53, nays 48. The question was then taken on Mr. O'Neill's eub- stitute for the sixty-second section, and it was re- Mr. STEWART, (dem.) of N. Y., moved to add to the section @ provision that the spirits forfeited shall be sold or disposed of for the benefit of the United States in such manner as shall be prescribed by the Com. missioner of Internal R e under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasu: Agreed to. Mr, JNGRREOLL, (rep.) of Ul., Moved to add a pro- vision that it shall be sold at a public sale and to the higheat bidder for cash. Rejected. e section as amended reads as follows:— a:l7OTioN @2, All distilled epirita tn any bonded warehouse withirawa from auch warehouse and'the taxes ‘on’ the manner as shall be prescribed by the Commissioner of Inter- nal Revenue and the direction of the Secretary of the No ndments were offered to sections sixty- three or sixty-four, requiring returns to be made by owners of spirits not in bonded warehouses exceed- ing fifty gallons in quantity. tion 65, imposing special taxes, having been reached, Mr. SCHENCK, by instructions of the Com- mittee of Ways and Means, moved to add to the first Lan ngs (which refers to distillers) a pro- vision that a tax of four dollars a barrel shall be collected from the owner of the distilled spirits, to be paid on the withdrawal thereof from the bonded warehouse. Mr. Pate, (rep.) of Wis., sent to the Clerk’s desk and had read a letter from a Milwaukee firm giving Ss and facts against that proposition. Ir. BOUTWELL moved to impose also an additional jax of three and a half cents per gallon. Rejected. Mr. SCHENCK’s amendment was then agreed to. Mr. BoUTWELL proposed to allow on exported rum and alcohol an additional drawback of thirteen and one-third cents a gallon, and argued that the differ- ence between sixty-three and one-third cents—the estimated regate of tax on whiskey—and the fifty cents which the committee had voted to-day to allow as a drawback would destroy the export trade —— (rep.) of Iowa, d the p . PRICE, (rep.) of Iowa, opposed the proposition and Mr. BUTLER supported it. ih Mr. SHELLABARGER, (rep.) of Ohio, replied to acon- stitutional argument suggested by Mr. Boutwell. The vote was taken on Mr. Boutwell’s amendment and it was ogg ‘The committee, then, at half-past four o'clock, took recess until haif-past seven. Evening Session. The Committee of the Whole resumed at half-past seven o'clock the consideration of the Tax bill, on section 65, page 84. Mr. Koonrz, (rep.) of Pa., moved to amend the paragraph relating to distillers by m aking it read, ** Distillers producing twenty-five (instead of fifty) barrels or less of distilled spirits within the year shall pay $100” (instead of $200), which was rejected. No amendment was made to the ) @ragraphs relat- ing to rectifiers of distilled spirits aad compounders of liquors. Mr. STEWART moved to strike out the Ropagr ape bay hes liquor dealers, which was be Ai le Mr. MAYNARD, (rep.) of Tenn., moved to increase the tax in that peragreps. by taxing retail liquor dealers whose annual sales do not exceed $500 twen- ty dollars; over $500, fifty dollars; over $1,250, one Rundred dollars; over $2,500, two hundred dollars, and forty dollars for every additional $1,000, which was rejected. Mr. Cary, (rep.) of Ohio, moved to except drug- iste and apothecaries from the tax on retail liquor jealers. Mr. SCHENCK said the amendment was unneces- bat as druggists and apothecaris were not included. ir. ELDRIDGE opposed Mr. Cary’s amendment, saying that apothecaries’ stores were the places where hypocrites went to sponge on their friends for drinks. He was opposed to ail discrimination in their favor. The amendment was rejected. Mr. INGERSOLL moved to strike out the provision allowing peddlers to sell liquors, and charging them with the cial tax of wholesale or retail liquor dealers. He was opposed to allowing peddlers to carry on the trade, Mr. SCHENCK said the difficulty was that the Supreme Court had decided that Congress could not prevent such gales. Mr. INGERSOLL withdrew the amendment. Mr. STewarT moved to amend the paragraph by taxing only sales of distilled spirits manufactured in the United States, which was rejected. Mr. STEWART moved to amend the paragraph by making the tax of $25 0n retail liquor dealers apply only to those whose snnual sales exceed $7,500 in- stead of $2,500, and so on in proportion. He re- minded the House that liquor dealers in New York paid $250 a year local license. Rejected. ‘The paragraph in relation to retail liquor dealers stands as follows:- Retail liquor dealers, whose annual sales do not exceed £82.60), shall each pay $25; i exceeding $2,500 and not ex- cvedti ‘hal each 7 if exceeding 5,000 a1 not excee 10,00" shail each ‘SU; It “exceediny ee ay, i 810,000 ai excéeding 20,00), shall each pay 8200, and exceeding 820,000, stall cach pay#1,.00, Every person who sellé or offers for sale distilied spirits, wines or ninit liquors in less uantities than one quart at a time or In any quantity to be Kk at the ron the premises where they are sold shall be regarded us a retail liquor dealer; and any peddler who sella oF offers for aale distilled, spirits, fermented Uiguors or wines shall pay, in adiition to his special tax as a peddler, the special tax of & wholesale or retail liquor dealer, accord- ing to the amount of his sales. Mr. Ropinson moved to double the limits of an: nual sales of retal liquor dealers, which was re- jected. 4 No amendments were made to the paragraphs re- lating to wholesale liquor dealers, manufacturers of stills or dealers in leaf tobacco. Mr. Woopwakrp, (dem.) of Pa., moved to add to the paragraph relating to dealers in tobacco a pro- vision that manufacturers of and dealers in tobacco shail have the right to sell the same in frees by samples or otherwise, in all the States subject to the payment of State tax or license, ir. MULLINS, (rep.) of Tenn., opposed the amend- ment on constitutional grounds, and it was rejected. Mr. HOLMAN moved to amend the paragraph re- lating to dealers in tobacco by exempting from taxa- tion those whose sales do not exceed $500, which was rejected. Mr. RoBINsON moved to amend the paragraph by providing that hotel and tavern keepers, &c., shall not be required to pay tax on tobacco or cigars, which was rejected. Mr. PRIck moved a proviso tothe paragraph re- lating to liquor dealers that the payment of any special license shall not authorize the business to be carried on contrary to State or municipal law. Mr. SCHENCK objected to the amendment as being general legislation and already in the general law. ‘The CHAIRMAN overruled the objection. The amendment was agreed to by 50 to 49. Mr. Copury, (rep.) of Ind., moved to amend the paragraph relating to dealers in tobacco by exempt- ing from the tax those whose annual sales do not exceed $100, which was agreed to. Mr. HOLMAN moved to strike out the paragragh relating to distillers, which was rejected. Section sixty-six, imposing a tax on tobacco and snuff, was read, It imposes a tax of eae cents a pound on snuff, thirty-two cents on chewing tobacco and sixteen cents on all smoking tobacco. Mr. Mygrs moved to amend by making the tax ‘on all chewing and on all smoking tobacco twenty- four cents a pound, which was rejected, Mr. GRAVELY, rep.) Of Mo., moved to make the tax on all chewing tobacco ten cents a pound. He argued that double the amount of tax would ve col- lected at ten cents than at thirty-two cents. ‘The amendment was rejected, Mr. PugLrs, (dem.) of Md., moved to reduce the tax to fifteen cents, which was rejected, «@™ Mr. Cary moved to reduce the tax on smoking tobacco to twelve cents @ pound, which was re- Jected, No further amendment was offered to section six- ty-six. Section sixty-seven regulates the modes in which tobacco and snuff shall be put up and pre- pared for sale. ie to cee ‘ NEILL move strike out the paragraph regu the package of snuff. Rejected” ie ir. ROBINSON moved to strike out the clause which allows fine cut chewing tobacco to be put up in wooden po ‘kages of ten, twenty, forty and sixt; pounds each, so as to restrict tt to pac! of half, fm four, eight and sixteen ounces only. Re- jec' Mr. MYERS moved to add to the packages of chew- ing tobacco packages containing three and six dozen of the small packages. Messrs. SCHENCK and ALLISON opposed the amend- ment and Mr. Brooks, (dem.) of N. Y., advocated it. The amendment was rejected. Mr. GARFIELD, (rep.) of Onio, moved to strike out gm cg of twenty, forty and sixty pounds, allow- ng ouly wooden packages of ten pounds. He ar- gued that those large ‘kages on which the only evidence of the tax ing paid was their being stamped would facilitate frauds. Mr. LOGAN op} the amendment, and argued that the opposition to these |; wooden pac! came from @ few firms in New York, like Loril is and others, who did an immense trade in tinfoil packages and wanted to keep the whole trade in their own hands. Mr. GARFIELD deprecated the practice of charging Members with representing some particular interest. He had never heard of those firms in New York, and he desired to inform the gentleman (Mr. Logan that he ited no house here or elsewhere, a that he not intend to submit to be told that he was @ partisan of any special interest. That was Not the way to argue qui ns. ind himself bbe Rate Fy a Mr, Logan ex; ished at the manner of the tleman Ohio (Mr. not accused him of be- parte nuorney of a had he sata ing the attorney of anybody, nor sal a thing that should cause him to become so cenelttee. The gentleman could not have him, unless he desired to do #0, jade no remark to offend the most sensitive person, unless he desired to become offended. Mr. GRISWOLD supported the amendment offered be Garfield. ap Ker ILE, (rep. 80 det the actonot the Comaaltion of Ways and Means, and stated that the ‘isions reported on this subject were the result of a confer- ence and agreement between the by pas eae d of bo who held a Convention in Washington last Finally debate was closed and the vote taken on sh was rejected. 2) the duties, &c., of tobacco manufacturers, was Messrs. O'NEILL and MYERs offered amendments, which were rejected. No amendments were made to any of the sections from sixty-nine to one hundred and eight, which con- tain rules and regulations to govern the manufacture of and dealing in tobacco, snuff and cigars. This disposed of all the sections in the bill that re- late to whiskey or tobacco, leaving only the sectio in relation to ka and ikers to be disposed of. ‘Those oceupy only five Pepe pages. Mr. Pigs posed a tax of ten per cent on the in- terest on United States bonds, but said he would withdraw it until the section came under discussion to-morrow. The committee then, at @ quarter past eleven o'clock, rose and the House adjourned awe Ae eee te eS ras