The New York Herald Newspaper, June 7, 1870, Page 3

NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET, WASHINGTON. Grand Reception of the Indian Delega- tion at the White House. General Banks’ Report on Cuba to be Reported on Tues- day Next. Text of General Schenck’s Funding Bill. Passage by the House of the Bill Re- ducing Taxation. Alleged Corruption by Cuban Agents—Denial of the Statements by Senor Lemus. WasHINaTON, June 6, 1870, Passage of the Bill Reducing Taxation. The tariff amendment to the Tax bill, which was fought so persistently by the anti-tariff men on Sat- urday, Was adopted to-day without much trouble, and the bill passed. Had an attempt been made to fill- Duster to-day Schenck would have moved a suspen- sion of the rules for the purpose of reaching a vote. ‘The anti-tariff republicans would have been placed in the awkward predicament of voting against a bill jor the reduction of taxation had they voted with the democrats against a suspension of the rules, and hence they cut loose from their allies of Saturday layt and voted with the tariff men. This gave Sohenck the necessary two-thirds, The democrats made very little opposition and were dis- posed to allow the bill to siide through at last, without more than a formal vote. Schenck, however, was anxious to pay off some old scores, and demanded the yeas and nays on its final pas- sage, 80 as to get the opponents of the bill squarely onthe record. Of course all the republicans voted for it, except Butler, who left the House as soon as ‘the roll call began. The bill as finally passed re- qduces taxation, internal and external, about fifty-five million dollars per annum. Schenck says the reason he called the yeas and nays upon the final passage of the bill was to show the country Who areand who are not in favor of reducing the taxes, General Garfield’s Currency Bill. General Garfield managed to get the consent of the House to-day to have to-morrow and Wednesday set apart for the discussion of his bill to provide ad- ditional banking facilities, A large number of mem- bers have signifiea their intention to speak upon this bill and the debate promises to be be lively. Schenck Will move on Wednesday to strike out the third, fourth and fifth sections of Garfield’s bill, which re- late to funding the debt, providing for tne issuing of a four and a half per cent bond. The vote on this Will be a test as to whether the House proposes to adopt the Funding bill reported to-day by General Schenck from the Ways and Means or the one from the Banking and Currency Committee. The impres- sion seems to prevail that Garfieid's bill will be beaten in the House, The Cuban Question Before the House. As I predicted in my despatch yesterday the Cuban question came up to-day in the House of Representa- tives, General Banks walked up to the scratch at Jast, but hardly asked for enough, considering the accommodating temper in which the House hap- pened to be at the tame. He contented himeelf With simply requesting the House to appoint to-mor- Tow Week as a day upon which the subject of Cuba Would be considered and though Logan in a stage whisper suggested, “Why not to-morrow, Banks?” and though the House would certainly quite as readily have granted the one day as the other, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee heeded not the hint, and stuck to his own original proposition. The request was granted ‘by an overwhelming majority only Farnsworth and a few others making an opposition, Farnsworth mut- tering about not believing in letting “Cuba interfere ‘With the business of this country.” After Banks succeeded in carrying his object, he took occasion to refer to the premature publication of his report in the New YORK HERALD, saying that it was done Without complicity on the part of any member of his committee and that he regretted the fact, in justice to both the majority and minority, because the report was imperfect and because that prepared by the minority should have been published at the saine time. As to the latter reason your correspond. ent has no objection to make, but as to the former thatthe report as published was imperfect Genera! Banks might have been a little more prudent and at the same time rather more just. The only imper- fection in the report as published consists in the omission cf four printed pages, with which the document opens, and = =some slight modifications which are to be made, rendered necessary by events which have occurred since the original printing of the document over three months ago. Such is the wnperiection of which the very veracious Banks made such unne- cessary complaint. Your correspondent shoald state, in further corroboration of this statement that the very day the report appeared in the HYRALD General Banks admitted that he intended to make only some trifling alterations. it was hardly fair or worth his while, therefore, to pear in the House to-day in his unaccustomed character of com- plainant. Unfavorable Rumors Concerning the St. Ve- mingo Treaty Negotiations. For some time past there have been rumors in cir- culation to the effect that an investigation would be wet on foot by the Senate concerning the m: Wich the St. Domingo treaty was negovis other matters connected therewith. Senator Sum ner stated to your correspondent some time ago that Senators had advised him to move, as the chatr- map of the Commitiee on Foreign Relations, for such an mvestigation, and that they nad furnis! ed him with facts which, could they be substantiated, Would warrant an investigation.” To ali statements of this sort he steadily replied that if the proof was placed in his hands he would feel it to be his duty to ask the Senate to take action. He was not disposed, however, to do anything that would in- jure the reputation of certain persons connected with the treaty. The presence here of Joseph War- ren Fabens in the character of tne representative of the Dominican government has, it appears, added fresh suspicions to those already entertained by Senators relative to the treaty. Mr. Favens, it seems, nas powers as an envoy not usually con- ferred upon ministers and plenipotentiaries of the first class, He informed Mr. Sumner that he had full powers to do just as he pleased. President: Baez had not given nim any instractions. He had! nothing in this line from Baez but a carte blanche, with Baez’s name signed to it. . If th treaty in its present shape could not. b ratified he was willing to amend it in any shape Mw Sumner would suggest. Ail he wanted was to ha’ St. Domingo annexed, and he was not particul about the manner in which it was cone. ‘This alternoon, while the Senate was in executive session, General Schurz, & member of the Foreign Relations Committee, offered a resot lution instructing that committee to investigate, the manner in which the treaty was negotiated;) the relations of Mr. Fabens and Mr. Cazenau thereto; the amount which the isiand will ultimately cost the} United States provided it is annexed; the quantity gf land and other property in St. Domingo now claimed by certain parties; the amount of the public debt of the Dominican govern- ment, &c., with powers to examine witnesses and to send for persons and papers. Senators Thayer and Moriou objected to the resolution and under the rules it went over untli the next executive session, when it is the intention of Senator Sehurz to J callitup. There are various theories among Sena-/ tors about the object of the resolution. Some think’ it is introduced just at this time for the purpose of having an unfavorable effect upon the treaty by throwing suspicion upon it; others are of opinion Until after. the lst of July, the time at which the Tatifications are to be exchanged. Senator Schurz declares that he bas no other object in offering the resolution except to get at the truth or falsity of the various statements mad@ concerning the negotia- tion of the*treaty. The friends of the treaty will fight the resolution, and as it only requires a majority vote to defeat it, it 18 believed that it will not be adopted. An investigation of this kind will have one good effect at least, It will either estab- lish the truth of all the stories afoat or result in clearing away spots on the reputation of several Gentlemen whose names have been mixed up un- pleasantly with the negotiations, Reception of the Indian Delegations at the White House—ludian Stoicism Severely ‘Tested=An Unexpected Treat. ‘The gentle savages under Spotted Tail, and the un- Gentle ones under the sombre Red Cloud, were honored with an interesting social reception at the White House this evening. Accompanied by Sec- retary Cox and Commissioner Parker, they were conveyed to the Executive Mansion, fn carriages, about half-past seven o’clock, where they were re- celved in right royal style by the corps of gentle- manly ushers and bowed into the grand East Room, It was quite dusky at tne time and the splendid chan- deliers Were not lit up with their hundreds of jets of flaming Ught. Spotted Tat! and his suite were placed at the north side of the room, and close by them were ranged Red Cloud and his twenty follow- ers, It seems that though Red Cloud is the biggest Indian of the two chieftains, yet Spotted Tail re- ceives more honors, He is awarded precedence in all the interviews and receptions, because he has mani- fested a more friendly disposition towards the pale faces, This is said to be the etiquette among say- ages, and by advice of General Parker it has been strictly observed here, Spotted Tai! and Red Cloud seem to consider the thing as all right, or at ieast no murmurs have been heard from the Ogallalla chief- tain and no threats made to scalp Parker or Grant, or any other man, in consequence of the violation of the respect due from one great potentate to another. The only complaint Red Cloud has made se far 1s that he had to go see all the big white warriors and the Great Father instead of them coming to visit him, After the savages were arranged in due order for a short time some of the servants of the Execu- ve Mansion entered and commenced lighting up the chandeliers. The proceedings were too much for Indian stoicism, Spite of their efforts to make believe they didn’t care a snap for the gas and the pretty chandeliers one could see Red Cloud eyeing the operation with a mystified look and Spotted Tail gazing with an interest which could not be mis- taken, The inferior warriors almost spoke with wonder, and that’s saying a good deal, When the illumination was complete the Indians caught each other betraying unusual interest, and promptly retired within themselves, Then the distinguished pale faces came upon the scene, headed by President Grant and his esteemed lady, who were followed by Secretary and Mrs. Fish, Secretary and Mrs. Belknap, Secretary and Mrs. Cox, Postmaster and Mrs. Cregwell, Secretary and Mrs. Boutweill, and Mrs. Attorney General Hoar, that amiable old lady who has charge of our national tigation, ‘Then came a distin- guished foreign procession, composed of the diplomats, including Berthemy, Thornton, Catacazy, Gerolt, Lederer, Baltazzi and a host of otners whose names I forget. They had their ladies along, all dressed in the most stylish manner, evidently with the object of captivating the savage hearts. Dele- gations from the Indian Committees of the Senate and House were also among the pale faces. There were the accomplished and handsome Thayer, of Nebraska; the charming Buckingham, of Connecti- cut, and the statesmanlike and lively Corbett, of Ore- gon. There were also Representatives Van Horn, of Missouri, and Tatfe, of Nebraska. Senator Morrill, of Maine, was also on hand, and Dawes, of Massa- chusetts. The savages viewed the distinguished ar- rivals with the stoical air which only savages affect. They beheld their great father and great mother unmoved, They looked upon the représentatives of empires and kingdoms and principaiities without so Much as an “ugh.” They saw the costly tollets, Magnificent scalps and splendid costumes appa- rently not @ whit wonder struck. But in their hearts they were, no doubt, thinking of their tomahawks and scalping knives and what a fine chance it was to snow their prowess if they dare. What a sensation it would have made had they then and there uttered @ sudden war whoop and pro- ceeded to execution dire! The very thought makes one’s blood shiver. After the savages were given ample time to study the whole group of pale faces the interpreter came forth, and after saying something in the Indian dia- lect Spotted Tail advanced respecttully towards his Great Father, Grant, and was introduced both to the President and the lady of the White House. The other warriors of Spotted Tail went through the same ceremony a little more obsequiously. Tnen came the turn of Red Cloud and his followers. The same scene was enacted, and next the Indians shook hands with the Cabinct Ministers and their ladies, the diplomats, male and female, and all the others pre- sent. A little attempt at conversation followed. ‘Thornton essayed English with Red Cloud, but made a dead failure; the Ogallalla warrior only looked at the representative of British Majesty. Catacazy made a venture with Spotted Tail in both French and Russian, with no better suc- cess. The ladies tried to soften the savage bosoms by chattering pretty words in a score of lauguages, but tt was all no go. This thing of talking without mutual understanding was foand to work no better with savages than with the chil- dren ot civilization, ‘The Great Father saw what was the matter and coutrived to change the scene before things should become dangerous, Leading Mrs, Grant to the front he caused a procession to be formed in the following rder:—First, President and Mrs. Grant; second, spotted Tail; third, Red Cloud; fourth, Spotted “s followers; fifth, Red Cloud's followers; sixth, Capinet’ Ministers; seventh. diplomats; eighth, In- dan committees; ninth, everybody else. Thus ar- ranged it moved from the East Room through the vening apartments to the State dining room, a spectacle that ought to soothe the savage breast was beheld, The chandeliers were all’ lit up; the table was covered with fragrant flowers, and strawberries smothered in ice cream abounded. This was a feast for the savages, who were awarded all the front po- sitions and given a chance to display their prowess unchecked. The Cabinet officers and diplomatists, even the ladies, had to yield to the savages. I sup- wher | poze Indians are well accustomed to strawberries, but evidently ice cream was a thing that they had never even dreamed of before in all their sleep- ing and waking visions of future celestial hunting grounds. They approached it carefully as a cat would crawl over a snow bank. They handled it delicately, smelt it, tasted tt, and vhen they liked it hugely. Ice cream they thought, evi- dently, would be a first rate diet in heaven hereafter. The cold, sweet substance likewise seemed to melt their tongues, for they commenced to speak, and spoke, some of them even twenty words, which, if translated, would no doubt mean that the Great Father was @ good cook and his ice cream some pumpkins. The diplomats, par- tucularly the ladies, enjoyed the occasion immensely; 80 did the Cabinet Ministers and their wives. At the conclusion of the feast the Indians shook hands with the whole company again and departed in good humor. The Indian Appropriation Bill—Indian Treaties to be Faithfully Carried Ou The discusion on the Indian Appropriation bill has been materially lengthened in consequence of the determination of both the Appropriation and Indian Committees to conform the moneys set apart for the purposes of the bill to the treaties with Indian tribes. The bill, when it goes from the Senate, will recognize all the treaties consummated between the United States and the Indian nations. The practice for several years past has been to appropriate money in the aggregate without reference to the treaty obligations of the government. The House this year has followed the same rule, The chairmen of both the Senate committees, Morrill, of Maine, and Harlan, say they will stand by the Senate amendment of the bill, Since 1867 all treaties havo been disregarded in appropriations, which has led to all the serious troubles that Rave since been experienced on the border, ®hat the object is to postpone aytion on the treaty | Jt is naturally to be supposed that, no specific ac- count being devoted to any special tribe, that there would be confusion and very unequal distribution, not including chances it asfords for every species of irregularity. The Senate propose to assist in quelle ing Indian disturbances by proviaing for the faithful carrying out of treaty stipulations, Tae Municipal Election—Mayor Bowen De= feated=Serioun Riot. Atthe Third ward polls this atternoon, during a aiMculty between thé waites and blacks, one of the latter Was shot in the wrist. A riot occurred in the Seventh ward, which became so serious that the om- cers were obliged to resort to force. A colored man was shot by one of the officers, the ball enter- ing the left side. By riding into the vast crowd of Several thousand persons and briskly using their batons the mounted police succeeded in dispersing the rioters, some of whom were arrested. With these exceptions there was general good order throughout the city. Never before has there been #0 much interest in a municipal election in this city, The maim contest was between Bowen, the present Mayor of Wash- ington, and Emery, also a republican, who was for the greater part supported by those outside of that organization. The Emory men claim the election of thelr candidate by over three thousand majority, together with their candidates for City Council. Can- hon are being fired to-night, and bonfires lighted by the victors. Marriage of a Member of the Austrian Lega- tion, This morning the marriage of the Count Maxi- Milian Esterhazy, of the Austrian Legation at Wash- ington, to Mrs, Sally Carroll Griffin, widow of Gen- eral Griffin, Was cetebrated by Rev. H. B. Coskery, Vicar General and Administrator of the Archbish- opric of Baltimore, at the residence of the bride’s mother, Mrs, William T, Carroll, in this city, in the presence of the President of the United States and Mrs. Grant, the Secretary of State and Mrs. Fish, the Austrian Minister, the French Minister, the Spanish Minister, Governor Swann, Counts Turenne and Colobiano, and of Mr. Freeman, of the British Legation, Appropriation for Sundry Civil Expenses. The following are the items tn the bill reported to- day, making appropriations ror sundry civil ex- penses:—Protection of passengers, &c., on vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam, $141,190; Tevenue cutter service, $1,331,490; loans and Trea- sury notes, $200,000; rent of Surveyor General's omMce, $32,400; expenses of collecting revenue from public lands, $338,200; Metropolitan Police of the District of Columbia, $211,050; charitable insta- tutions of the District of Columbia, $329,842; Botanic Garden, Washington, $14,675; Smithsonian Institution, $20,000; public buildings under the Treasury Department, $2,041,158; lighthouses, bea- cons and stations, $1,117,913; repairs for the same, $185,600; armories and arsenals, $408,912; public works around Washington, $138,847; Washington Aqueduct, $143,980; navy yards, $514,000; Capitol extension, $139,000; Patent OMve, $7,500, Agricuitu- ral Departinent Buildme, $41,700; lighthouse esta b- lishment, $1,431,207; survey of the coast, $643,000; survey of public lands, $402,000; miscellaneous, $744,463; defraying expenses of United States Courts, $1,200,000. Total, $11,778,127. Nominations Confirmed. The Senate in executive session this afternoon con- firmed the nomination of Drake De Kay, of New Jersey, to be Consul at Magdalen, Mexico, and John Lingafeit, to be Postmaster at Hollidaysburg, P: Personal. Secretary Belknap and family left here on the night train for West Point on a ten days visit. It is the intention of the Secretary while at West Point to personaliy examine into all the details connected with the organization, discipline and course of in- struction of the institution, This object of the visit is superior to that of recreation. FORTY-FIRSI CONGRESS. Second Session, SENATE. WASHINGTON, June ¢, 1870. TAX ON SALES. Mr, SHERMAN, (rep.) of Ohio, presented a memo- rial of the New York importers and dry goods mer- chants for the abolition of the tax on saies, BILLS REPORTED, Mr, WILLIAMS, (rep.) of Oregon, from the Commit- tee dn Public Lands, reported, with amendments, a bili granting lands to aid in the construction of canals for irrigating purposes in California, Mr. BUCKINGHAM, (rep.) of Conn., reported, with amendments, a bill for the improvement of water communication between the Mississippi river and Lake Michigan by way of the Wisconsin and Fox rivers. Mr. HOWARD, (rep.) of Mich., from the Military Committee, reported favorably a joint resolution donating condemned ordnance for a soldiers’ monu- ment in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. BILLS INTRODUCED AND REFERRED, By Mr. SPENCER, (rep.) of N. Y.—Granting lands to the State of Alabama to aid in the construction of tue Savannah and Memphis Railroad, By Mr. KELLOGG, (rep.) of La.—To contirm certain eniries vo public lands in Louisiana. " By STEWAR?, (rep.) of Nev.—To prohibit. contracts for servile labor. Mr. Stewart explained that the bill was intended to apply to Chinese immigration, He said in making cooule labor contracts the Chinese contractors took advantage of the pecallar religious: views of the Chinese to provide for their return to their native land, dead or alive. These contracts were for four years, and the Chinese dared not break the contract for fear, in case of his death, his body might not be returned to his own country. The bill would break up this coolie system by prohibit- ing contracts for a longer period than six months, while It aiso provided for a retarn of the Chinese to their own Country. ‘This period would be long enough to enable immigrants to the expenses of their passage, and not long enough to make their importation a8 a system a means of profit. Imme- diate action on the subject was necessary in view of the reports that agents were now endeavoring to introduce this class of laborers into Massacbusetts and other States, The bill was then referred to the Judiciary Com- mittee. AMENDING THE RULES. A proposed amendment to the rules was discussed, It provides for the termination of debate on an amend- ment to an appropriation bill by a two-thirds vote; also that no amendment to an appropriation bill, other than such as directly relate to the appropriations ina bill, be received or adopted without a two-thirds vote, Mr. TRUMBULL, (rep.) Of IN)., opposed the proposi- tion as an attempt to introduce the rule of previous question, Which bad never yet been resorted to in the Senate, Mr. HAMLIN, (rep.) of Me., while favoring the full- est discussion, Was in favor of the amendment, as doing away With tiresome and nnneeessary debates The subject was discussed without action. ‘AY OF ASSISTANT CENSUS MARSHALS, Mr. WiILLraAms? joint resolution for increasing the pay of assistant census marshals was taken up, amended and passed, As amended it provides that the increase shall not exceed fifty per cent of the present compensation, nor shail the entire compensation be more than eight dollars per day, exclusive of mileage, for the ume actually employed, additional allowance to be made when, by reason of sparseness of population, the compensation allowed by law is not sufficient. SMUGGLING ON THE MEXICAN FRONTIER. Mr. PATTERSON, (rep.)‘0f N. H., called up the bill to repeal ail existing laws authorizing transportation and exportation of goods, wares » nd merchandise in bona to Mexico, overland, or by inland waters, and for other purposes. He said the Secretary of the ‘Treasury was anxious for the passage of the bill, as it would do away with an immense amount of smuggling on the Mexican border. Mr. CHANDLER, (rep.) of Mich., remarked that the Saving to be effected by it would amount to six mil- lon dollars per annum. The bill then passed without debate, THE INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL ‘was then proceeded with and variously amended. The amendments reported from the Committee on Indian Affairs were adopted, appropriating a hun- dred thousand dollars for industrial schools among the various Indian tribes, and fifty thousand dollars for the Indian service in Alaska. Mr. Davis, (dem.) of Ky., from the same commit- tee, reported an amendment to authorize the Secre- tary of the Treasury to execute to the Choctaw Indians bonds of the United States of the aggregate amount of $250,000, of the date of July 1, 1866, bearing interest at five per cent per annum from said date, being in execution of treaties between the United States and the Choctaw uation and of a law of Congress. Mr. BUCKINGHAM moved a further amendment, di- recting the Secretary of the Treasury to issue to the Choctaws the bonds appropriated to them by an act of Congress of March 2, 1801, passed in pursuance of treaty obligations. A genera: discussion ensued as to the liability of the government for the payment of the interest on the bonds during the time for which the Choctaws were engaged on the side of the rebels during the rebellion. ‘It was stated that the treaty of 1866 was based upon the hypothesis that the former appro- priation was a forfeiture by reason of the fact of the rebellion, and was designed to fix anew the time from which the bonds should date, Mr. SHERMAN said the Choctaws, as a tribe, joined the Confederate States and drove out the loyal por- tion of the tribe, and that this $260,000 had been paid to that loyal portion and charged against the Whole tribe on the books of the Treasury. Mr, Davis argued that the payment to afew strag- glers who sefused to go with the mass of their na- tion did not constitute a diseharge of the obligation to the tribe itself, Mr. BUCKINGHAM’S amendment was finally re- jected—yeas 17, hays 92. Davis was also voted The amendment, of Mr. ee 24, Nays 25, dotted P. M., after a brief executive ses- le Look @ recess unl evening, At half- sion, the Evening Session. BILLS PASSED. At haif-past seven o'clock the Senate met, and the calendar being taken up, the following bills were To carry into effect the decreesof the United States District Court of Louisiana in the cases of the British vessels Valant and Science, the brig Dashing Wave and oar, and the schooner Flying Scud and cargo; and of the District Court of Southern New York in the cage of the English schooner Sibyl and cargo. RESOLUTION POSTPON ‘The House joint resolution granting the right of way to the Memphis, El Paso and Pacific Railway Company, from El Paso to the Pacific Ocean, was in- defigiiely pape SETTLEME! JUARTERMASTERS? CLAIMS. ‘The bill for the settlement of claims for quarter- masters’ and commissary stores furnished to or taken by the United States, within the States In re- bellion, during the late war, came up in order. Mr, CHANDLER moved thatit be passed over, Which ‘was lost—yeas 14, nays 32, The question recurred on the pending motion to recommit the vill, with instructions to the Commit- on Claims to provide for the adjudication of claims in tie Court of Claims, Mr. HOWARD, in opposition to the bill, denied there was any obligation in law or morals requiring the government to indemnify its citizens wno hap- pen to bein the enemy’s country, There might exceptional cases, and he would act upon all such individually; but as a class such persons could have no indemnity in law, as 'y constituted @ part of the hosile people and were subjeot to all the rules ot war. To hold the contrary would be to make the government pay the expenses of both sides of the war, Mr, ROBERTSON, (rep.) of S. C., insisted upon hav- ing a test of the sense of the Senate upon the direct question of the bill to determine whether the losses i Lora men of the South were ever to be recog- nized. The motion to 7 was defeated by yeas 12, he question then ment or Mr. Willia di ring the act to provide poly for the examMiatiof and not to create any obli- gation upon the governinent for the payment of the claims, Several Senators objected that tue provi- sion Was superfluous, Mr. WARNER adding that it ‘Was an insuit to all claimants. Mr, WILLIAMS advocated his amendment as a spe- cific limitation of the purpose of the bill, Without it this leeeeaven Would be the first step by Congress towards paying for all losses of the rebel States dur- ing the war. It was the first step that was fatal in that direction, and if the doors of the Treasury were noW opened to them the people of the South would bankrupt the government, because experience had demonsirated that it was not dificult for any claim- “ to establish the kind of legality required by the pill, Mr. FOWLER, (rep.) of Tenn., believed the object of legislation should be, as far as possible, to miti- gate the asperities of war, He wouid regard the re- Tusal of the government to pay the claims of loyal men for losses of war, by neglect of the government, as the act of a highwayman. When those men pledged their faith to the United States it was with the distinct understauding that the government would protect them, The government failed to pro- tect them and permitted their homes to be desolated and they to be driven out of the country and out- raged in every way, When the government came at last and beheld their ruin it took their property for its Own use; and would 1: now deny compensation ‘There was no law, human or divine, to warrant the government in thus. pillaging its own friends, Mr. RICE, (rep.) of Ark., hoped the vote on the amendment wouid be a test upon the general ques- jon of the liability of government upon the class of claims referred to, Mr. EDMUNDS, (rep,) of Vt., urged that in allowing evidence of loyalty to be shown, either by conduct or speech, the biils would permit the payment for stores taken from General Lee or any other man en- gaged 10 rebellion against the government. any man Who fought the government ali day might be paid by showing that he talked loyally all night, Mr. DRAKE, (rep.) of Md., considered the fatal fea- ture of the bill to be a requirement upon the Quar- termaster and Commissary General to pass upon a claim upon the e¢ parte statement of the claimant, without any opportunity to the government to be heard in the case. Mr. Nye argued that the principle of the bill was unsound, and would entail upon the government enormous liabilities, Mr. Hows, (rep.) of Wis., replied that the govern- ment could not evade the payment of a great debt upon the ground that the debt was too great. If needs be at should gine in the efforts to liquidate its obligations, He advocated the bill at length upon the considerations of justice and policy, claiming that it merely provided a method for the settlement of the claim. He deprecated all discriminations as to Joyatty between citizens of diiferent States, Without @ vote the Senate, at half-past ten o'clock, adjourned, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ' WASHINGTON, June 6, 1870. BILLS INTRODUCED AND REFERRED, By Mr. WILLARD, (rep.) of Vi.—To facilitate tele- graphic communication between the United States and the Bermu@a Islands, By Mr. VAN WYCK, (rep.) of N. Y.—To aid in the constraction of a military and post road from West Point to Cornwall, N. Y. By Mr. MORRELL, (rep.) of Pa.—To encourage the building of ships for foreign trade, by allowmg draw- backs on imported materials and equivalent allow- ances where American materials are used. By Mr. Jones, (rep.) of N. ©.—Incorporating a branch of the contemplated Southern Trans-conu- nental Railroad Company by the name and style of the North Carolina Western Railroad Company, By Mr. Hanis, (rep.) of L For the appoiniment of a committee to consider the system of leveeing the Mississippi lands. By Mr. NEwsHaAM, (rep.) of La.—To provide for the payment of loyal claims for property taken or de- stroyed by the United States Also to provide for the repairs of the levees on the Red River between its mouth and Shreveport. By Mr. PROSSER, (rep.) of Tenn.—fo authorize the President to submit propositions to the Spanish government for a settlement of the difficulties in Cuba by arbitration or otherwise, Also to provide for tae care and instruction of idle and vagrant children in the District of Columbi Also to create @ board to prepare plans for the provement of the public grounds, the closing of the canal and the improvement of the river front in Washington for commercial purposes. By Mr. ARNELL, (rep.) of ‘Tenn.—To establish the freedmen’s homestead commission, Also to authorize the payment of bounty to colored men enrolled as slaves, By Mr. CONGER, (rep.) Of Mich.—For building a custom house, &¢., at Port Huron, Michigan. By Mr. SARGENT, (rep.) Of Cal.—To repeal the act of March 2, 1867, fixing the time for the reguiar mectings of Congress. Also granting the right of way in California fora canal for irrigating anu other purposes, By Mr. JouNsON, (dem.) of Cal.—Granting pre-emp- tion rights to settlers on certain lands in California, By Mr. WILSON, (dem.) Of iinn,—For the improve. ment arbor of Ounlutte, Minnesota. Also authorizing the Huron Bay and Lake Pepin Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Mississippi river. by Mr, Tar (rep.) of N Granting public lands to the Great Nehama ‘y Railroad. by Mr. MCCORMICK, (rep.) Of Arizona—ror the sur- vey of the northeastern boundary line of Arizona ‘Verrivory. By Mr. NEGLEY, (rep.) of Pa.—To encourage the estabiisument of steamship lines to the ports of Europe, India and China, By Mi. CLARKE, (rep.)’ of Texas—To create a port of delivery at Houston, Texas, By Mr. RGENT—To amend the act of June 20, 1868, linposing taxes on distilled spirits and tat co, so as to allow the same drawback as is alloy on iron and alcohol, THE TARIFF ON COAL. Mr. WARD, (rep.) Of N. Y., offered a resolution instructing the Committee on Ways and Means to report at the earliest practicable moment a_ Dill abolishing the tariff on coal, so as to secure that important article of fuei to the people free from all taxation. He moved the previous question. Mr. KELLY, (rep.) of Pa., suggested the reference of the resolution to the Commuitvee on Ways and Mean: Mr. Cox, (dem.) of N. Y., suggested extending it to salt also. Mr. McCakTa#yY, (rep.) of N. Y., made a order that it was @ tax bill, and should be sidered in commitiee, ‘he SPEAKER Overruled the point of order. ‘The previous question was seconded—90 to 62, Mr. CAKE, (rep.) of Pa., demanded the yeas and nays on ordering the main question on the resolu- nays 27. ig on the pending amend- olut Of rst con main question was ordered—yeas 106, nays.76. Mr. MAYNARD, (rep.) Of Tenn., moved to lay the resolution on the table. Mr. BUTLER, (rep.) of Mass., moved to reconsid the vote by which the main question was ordered, s that he might offer an amendment to include salt. Mr. Cox would like to have included also tea, cof- fee and sugar. He desired to have a square vute on taking ail laxation off these necessaries of life. Mr. Woop, (dem.) of N. Y.—Give us a square, honest vote On all these articles, ‘The question was first taken on Mr. Maynard's motion to jay the resolution on the table. The House refused to jay the resolution on the tavie—yeas 79, Nays 112. Mr. BUTLER, of Mass., withdrew the motion to re- consider, lest 1t might endanger the resojution, The resolution was then agreed to—ycas 113, nays 7% PERSONAL EXPLANATION. Mr. KELLEY, rising to a personal explanation, complained of personal allusions to himself in a speech not made in the House, but published in the Globe, purporting to be a speech of Mr. Getz, bu which he said contained inherent evidence that some malicious wag had imposed it as a speech on the proprietors of the Globe. Mr. Getz, (dem.) of Pa., assured his colicague that he would have spoken the speech if he had had an opportunity, and that he meant no personality. He thought his colleague was over sensitive in finding a@nytuing personal tn it. SUSPENDING THE RULES. Mr. DAWES, ( ) of Mass., moved to suspend the rules for a sesomution resending #0 much of the order of the House as ¥ equites an adjournment daily at five o'clock. after some discussion the rules were not sus- pended—yeus 128, nays 6$—less than two-thirds in the affirniative. Mr. SCHENCK, (rep.) of Ohio, then moved to sus- end the rules, #0 as to rescind the rule fixing the hour of meeting ut eleven o'clock and the hour of adjournment at five o'clock, ejected—115 to 60—less than two-thirds in the aflirmative, Mr. Dawes made another modification of the mo- tion to rescind that part of the rule which requires by y rey at rive o'clock a leave i¢ to a ma- jority eacn day to fix the hour of meeting. Mr. Bussum, (dem.) of Wis., 8 on a that the gentlemen on the republican side should attend to Public business instead of wasting time in tinkering with the rules, Mr. DAWES replied that that was the very thing he Was doing—atiending to the public business, This time the motion prevailed, yeas 136, nage Oe and the hours of meoting and adjournment are lel untixed, GENERAL BANKS’ REPORT ON CUBA. Mr. BANks, (rep.) of Mass., moved to suspend the rules and to assign Tuesday of next week and from day to day for the consideration of the majority and minority reports of the Committee of Foreign Aifairs In reference to Cuba, he stating that he would not allow the subject to consume more than one or two days at the farthest, The House refused vo suspend the rules. Mr. BANKS (hen modified his motion by confining it to one day—Tuesday, of next week. Mr. FARNSWORTH, (rep.) of [U., Said that his objec- tion was that the subject of Cuba should not displace other public business, He considered that an oul rege and a humbug. he motion was agreed to by a vote of 134 to 20. Mr. BANKS called attention to the fact of the recent publication of what purported to be the report of the Comunittee on Foreign Affairs on the subject of Cuba. It was published, be said, without the tauthority or knowledge of the committee, and he regretted ex- ceedingly its publication. 1t Was an imperfect report ota statement read to the committee on the 7tu of March last, and had been kept confidential. He added that he had asked and obtained the consent of the House in March last to report the joint reso- lution, but that action upon it been prevented by the Appropriation, Tariff and Internal Revenue bills. He asked that the majority and minority re- ports might be published in the before the day assigned, It was so ordered, BILLS REPORTED, Mr. Dawes, from the Appropriation Committee, reported the River and Harbor Appropriation bill and the Sundry Civil Expenses Appropriation bill, which were made special orders—the first for next Thursday and the last for Wednesday of next week, He Lestiry that these Were the last of the appropria- ton bills. FUNDING THE PUBLIC DEBT. Mr. SCHENCK, chairman ol the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the bill to authorize the re- funding and consolidation of the national debt and for other purposes. Recommitted and ordered to be printed. ‘The bill is as follows:— SEcTION 1. That the Secretary of the Treasury 18 here- by authorized to issue, in @ sum or sume not exceed- ing im the aggregate ' one thousand millions of dol. lars, coupon or registered bonds of the United States, in such form as he may prescribe, and of denoinina: \lons of fifty dollars, or some multiple of that sum, redeemable in coin of the present standard value, at the plea sure of the United States, after thirty years from the date of their issue, and bearing interest payable sem{-annually in such coin at the rate of four per centuin per annum, which said bonds and the interest thereon shall be exempt from the pay- ment of all taxes or duties of the United States, as w from taxation in any form by or under Staié, municipal or local authority ; and the said bonds shall have set forth and expressed upon their face the above specitied conditions, and shall, with their coupons, be made payable at the Trea: sury of the United States. ut nothing in this act or in any other law now in force shall be construed to authorize auy inerease whatever in the bonded debt of the United States, SEc. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby autho- rized to sell and dispoe of any of the bonds issued under this cat not leas than their par value in coin, and to apply the proceeds to the redemption of any of the bonds of the United States outstanding and known as five-twonty bonds, at their par value, or he may exchange the same for such tive-tweuty onds par for par; but the bonds hereby authorized shall be used for uo other purpose whatever. ‘Ske. 8 Bhat the payment of any of the bonds hereby au- thorized after the expiration of the said term of ihirty years shall be made in amounts to be determined froin time to time by the Secretary of the Treasury at his discretion, ani by classes, to be diatinguisned and described by the Wate and numbers, beginning for successive payment with the bonds last dated and numbered, of the time of which, the in- payment or redemption, the Secretary of the ‘Treasury ive pubile notice ; und the Interest upon the paruicatar elected wt any time to be paid shall cease at the ex- of three months from the date of auch notice. 4. That the Secretary of the Treasury Is hereby au- ‘and instructed with any coin in the Treasury of the United States which, in bis opinion and discretion can be conveniently applied to that vurpose, to pay at par and can- cel any aix per cent bonas of the Uniled States of the kind Known as five-twenty bonds which have become or shail hereafter become redeemable by the terms of their isaue ; but the particular bonds tobe paid and cancelled shall in all cases be indicated and specified by clas te number m the order of their numbers and tasue, beginning with the first numbered and issued, public notice to be given by the Secretary of the Treasury, and in three monthe after the date of such public notice the Interest on the bonds nu selected and advertined to be pad shail cease ; but it shal be competent for the holders and owners of any of said bonds sospecitied for payment to exchange the same for bonds iasue | Under the authority of this act at any time before she end of the notice provided for in the second section of this act, ‘See. 5, That the United States bonds purchased and now held in the Treasury in accordance with the provisions relat- ing to a sinking fund, of section five, of an act entitled “An ‘act to authorize the iunue of United State notes, and for the redemption of funding thereot, and for funaing the toating debt of the United States,” approved Februnrg 25: 12) and all other United States bonds which bave been purchased by the Secretary of the Treasury with surplus fundsin the Treasury, and now held in the Treasury of the United States, shall be cancelled and destroyed, n detailed record of auch bonds so cancelled and destroyed to be first made in the books of the Treasury “Department, Any bonds hereafter {esued to suid Sinking Fund and ail oiher United States bonds redeemed or paid hereafter by the United States, shall also in like manner pe cancelled and destroyed ; and tae amount of the bonds of each class that have been cancelled and destroye! shail be deducted, respectively, trom the amount of each class of the outstanding debt of the United States. In addition to other amounts that way be applied to the redemption or payment of the public debt, ap amount equal tothe Interest on all bonds belonging w6 the aforesaid sinking fund shall be ap- d, as tho Secretary of the Treasury shall from time to direct, to the payment of the public debt aa provided for in nection five of the act aforesaid. Sec. 6 That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to receive old coin of the United States or bul- Tin on deposit for not less than thirty days, in sums of not less than one hundred doliara, with the Treasurer or any As- sistant Treasurer of the United States authorized to reces the same, who shall isue therefor certificates of deposit, made In ‘such form asthe Secretary of the Treasury shall and said certificates of deposit shall bear interest ‘a rate not exceeding three per centum per annut amount of gold coin or bullion #0 deps drawn from deposit at any time subse from the date of deposit, afte ing sai Treasury for the payment of the said certihoates, and the excess beyond twenty-five per centum may be applied, at the aiscretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, to the payment or \d certificates of deposit, shall be retained in the redemption of such outstanding bonds of the United States heretofore issued and known as tue five-twenty bonds as he may designate, under the provisions of the fourth section of this act. And apy certificate of deposit issued as aforesaid may be received at par, with the interest accrued thereo in payment for any bonds authorized to be issued by th act. Pa REDUCTION OF TAXATION. The House then, at twenty-five minutes pas! two o'clock, resumed the consideration of the bill to r duce taxation, the question being on Mr. Schenck’s motion to lay on the table the motion to reconsider the vote whereby the main question was o.dere lus amendment to the first section of the bill. ne fillbustering Movement was inaugy in a mouion that the House n morrow at tweive o’clock, satory motion the motion to recon- sider was laid on the table and the amendment was agreed to by 139 to 43. Mr. SCHENCK then offered as an amendment the second section of his tartif bili,tbeing the tree list sec- tion, apd moved the previous qnestion on the section, Mr. HOLMAN, (dem.) of Ind., expressed the hope that the previous question would Bol be seconded, in order that he might move toadd to the free list tea, coffee, salt and coal! Mr. SCHENCK remarked that the committee would report a bil in reiation to free coal and that that bill would be open to amendment. The previous question was seconded—102 to 40— and the amendment was agreed vo. ‘The stems of clay and fulle arth and sponges were struck outof the list, aud the item cyanite was inserted, Mr, SCHENCK then offered as an amendment the third section, relieving from tonnage duties vessets: in the coastwise trade and isheries. It was agreed to without division. Mr, SCHENCK then offered the fourth and last se tion, modifica so as to make it apply only to im- ported goods in bounded warehouses.’ It was agreed to without division, Mr. SCHENCK then moved the previous question on the engrossment and third reading of the bill. Mr, Brooks, (dem.) of N. Y., called for tellers, say- Ing that he wanted to see the gentlemen who re- sisted free coal, free salt, free hides and timber, and that he wagsorry there was no way of having a re- cord of those who, by sustaining the previous ques- tion, kept these articles out of the free list. The previous question was seconded, and the bill was pass by a vote of yeas 160 and nays 35—all the negative votes being given by the democrats, The foilowing 18 the bill:— Skorton 1. And be it further enacted, That on and after the 3ist day of December, 1870, tu teu of the duties now tm: posed by law on the articles hereinafter enumeri vided for, imported from foreign countries, there aball be levied, colected and paid the following dultes and rates of duties’; that is to say -—On teas of all kinds, fifteen cents per pound. Oncoffee of all kinds, three cents per pound, On chicory, succory, dandelion root and acorn coffee, raw, ground, burned cr prepared, and on ai substitutes for coffee, hve cette per pound. On’ cacao or cocoa, two cents per pound, On cocoa leaves or shell, one cent per pound. ground or prepared coffee or cocoa, five cents per pound ; and On chocolate, seven cents pei or granulate other than refined stove dried, which quality above No. 12 Dutch standard in color, by being boiled ih a vacuum pan, OF crystalized in & vacuuth pan, or clayed, or liquored in moulds, or purged in centrifugal machines or by vacuum process, or filtered throygh bone: black or. ite. equivalent, sball be regarded as ciarifed sugar; and provided further, that the Secretary of the Treasury shall, by regulations, prescribe and require that samples be taken by Inspectors, 40 a8 tO get_A true average quailty, and that the sald samples be severally preserved in bottles and marked for future identife and that the weights of sugar Imported fs aball be marked distinctly by the Custom House welgher by scortug the hgures indelibly on each package. On molasses from sugar cane five cents per gallon. On tank bottom, ayrup, sugar cane Julce, meladoy concentrated me. Indo or ‘concentrated molasses, one and threefourth cent per pound; provided that all ayrup of eugat, syrup of sugar eane juice, melado, concentrated me'ado or concentrated molaskes, entered under the name of molasses, shail be tor- feited to the United States. ‘On pimento, and on black, white and red or Cayenne pen- ver, ive cous ver ound.’ On ggawid pimento and on : eed ground pepper of all kinds, ten cents per gound, Qn sina, Foot, two cents per pound. On ginger, ground, fivi Per pound. On clugamon and on nutmegs, twenty. cen and, (On mace, twenty fire conte per pound.” Oa more than one pint each; and wine ia Peppa gan shalt each pay in ad ‘ oer en 6 quan inden of eactien iowa per gallo om tag other sparkling wines in bottles, dozen, les containing each us quart and more than “one "pint; zen cvntainin, ot more than ‘One plut each; and in bottles containing more than one: each shall pay, in addition to six dollare per dozen two dollars per gallon on the quantity In excess of one quart; liquors coplainiag more than twenty-five ich ‘shall be entered under the ited to the United States. And that ) brandy and other spirituous iquors imported in bottles shall be packed in packages con- less than eu bottles iit each p pack- and all auch bottles ball pay an adiitional Ju three cents for each bottle; no awlicwance made f¢ unless such breakage is actually as- count and certified by a Custom House ap- praiser; a0 much of section fifty-nine, of an act entitled KAn,uct to regulate the collection of duties on. imports and bear aaprnred March 2, ad ‘as provided for allowance reakage, Is hereby repeale: On brandy and other spirits manufactured or distilled from in or other materials, and not otherwise provided for, two oliars per proof gation: provided, that each and, évery ige of wine gallon of measurement shall be counted ax at fenst one proof gallon; and the standard for dotermining the proof of brandy and other spirits, and of wine or liquors of any kind imported, shall be same as that whicti fs defined in he Koo jon'of the “Act imposing taxes on distilled nd tobacco, and for other purposes,” approved July 1368, On cordials, liquors, arrack, absynthe, Kirsch wasser vermuth, ratifia ms other similar spirituous beverages, or bitters ning spirits, and not otherwise provided for, two dollars per proatgalion; provided, that any brandy or spirituous liquors imported in cases of less capacity than fourteen gallons shall be forfeited to the United states. On all manufactures of cotton, the quality or value of which can be estimated or based upon measiirement in aquare yards ‘and not otherwise provided for, if unbleached, tive cen are yard; if bleached, tive Cents per square yard, and in centum valorem ; if colored, aikion thereto ‘ten per stained, painted or printed, in whole or in part, tive cenus per square 'yard, and fn addition thereto twenty per centum; provided that if the duties imposed by this section upon the Manufactures of cotton shall \t to leas than thirty-five per centum ad valorem, then the duty aball be at the rate of thirty-five per centum ad valorem, On wools on the skin, the same rates as on other wools, the quantity and value to be ascertained under such rules af the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. ‘On flax straw, five dollars per ton; on flax, including flax straw, and all flax not backled or dressed, twenty dollars per ton; On flax hackled, knowo as “dressed tine,” forty dollars per ton; on hemp, whmanufactured, forty dollars per ton; om the tow of flax or hemp, ten dollars per ton; on manila, sunn ubstitutes for hemp not otherwise provided twenty dollars per ton; on jute, Sisal grass and Other vegetable Bbres not otherwise. providad for it this ach, fifteen dollars per ton; on jute buts, ten dollars per ton. On iron in pigs, seven dollars per ton; on scrap iron of every description, six doliars per ton, provided that nothing shail be deemed serap iron except waste or refuse iron that has been in actual use and ix titonly to. be remanufactured. ‘On steel railway bars, one and one-half cent per pound; and on ail railway bars made in part of steel, one and one- quarter cent per pound; provided that metal converted, cast or made from irou by the Bessemer or pneumatic pro- cess, of whatever form or description, shall be classed as steel, ‘On nickel, forty cents per pound; on alloy of nickel with copper and on nickel oxide, thirty cents per pound ; on nickel or speiss, twenty 4 per pound; on ores of nickel, ten per centum ad valorem; on aibate or white metal, argentine, German siiver and the like mixed metals, and on alluminium and its alloys, forty per ceutum ad valorem; on manufac tures or articles of nickel, albata or white metal, argentine, German silver and the like mixed metals, and on allumiuium’ and its alloys, forty-five On. watches, watch parte of watches and Watch materiaik, twenty-tive per nad va lorem; chronometers, box or ship, oF paris thereof, tweniy- five per eentum ad valorem. On live animais, thirty per centum ad valorem; provided that animals specially imported for breeding purposes sball be admitted free, upon proot thereof satisfactory to the Sec- retary of the Treasury, and under such regulations as be may prescribe; and provided (urther that teams of animals, to- Jing their harness and tackle, actualy owned by persons immigrating to the United States with their famslies from foreign countries, and in actual use for the purpose of such immigration, shall be also admitted free of duty under regulations as the Seeretary of the Treasury may prescribe. ‘On oranges, lemons, pineapples and grapes, tweaty per centum ad valor and on Himes, bananas, plantains, shaddocks, mangocs and qpcoanuta, ten per cenlumn ad var lorem; provided that no allowance ‘shall be made for loss by decay on the voyage, unless the anid los ‘all exceed twenty- five per centum of the quantity, and the allowance then made shall be only jor the amount of loss in excess of the twenty-five per centum of the whole quantity ; on Zante or other currants, and pranes wud plums, two and one-half centa per pound, ‘On books, bound or stitched, not otherwise provided for, and on all printed book matter, in sheets or otherwise, tif teen cents per pounds on pamphlets and on periodicals in pamphlet form, except as lawfully transmitted by mail, ten cents per pound. On iurs of ail descriptions cut from the skin, ten per centum ad valorem, aod on fur skins dressed twenty per centum ad valorem. ‘On neatsfoot il, and all animal, whale, seal and Sab oils, twenty cenis per gallon ; on of! made of {inseed or flaxseed, thirty cents per gation —seven pounds and a huif of weight to be extimated as a gallon. ‘On hempxeed and rapeseed, and other ofl seeds of like character other than linseed or flaxseed, one-half cent pound; on linseed or flaxseed, twenty cents per bush fifty-six pounds; provided that no drawback aball be allowed on otleake made [rom imported seed. On sesame seed ofl or denne oil, and cotton seed oil, thirty cents per gallon; on sesatne seed, ten per centum ad valorem. ‘On opium, one dollar per pound; on oplum prepared for smoking, and on all other preparations of oplum, not other- wine provided for, ten dollars per pound; provided that opium prepared for smoking, and other ‘preparations of ‘opium deposited in bonded warehouse, shall not be removed therefrom for exportation without payment of duties, and uch duties shall not be refunded. On morpbia and on all salts of morphia, one dollar per ounce. SRO.2. And belt further enacted, ‘That on and after the Bist day of December, 1*70, in adaftion to imported articles now by law exempt from diity the following articles herein- and provided for shall atso be free:— crude; acid, nitric, not cheinieally pure; 4d, sulphuric ; weld, merle and men and lacterin ber, gu Ammonia, crude; annato seed; antimony, or crude sul- phuret; utola, crude; asbestos, not mantiactured ; articles Imported ‘or the use ‘ol the United States, provided that the price of the same dit not include the ‘duty; articles, the growth, produce and manufacture of the Uniied States when returned in the same condition as exported; provided that proof of the identity of such articler be made under regula ns Lo be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury ; and if auch artices were subject to intern tax at the time of exportation, such tux shall be proved to ee before exportation and not refunded; and all 1s heretofore passed prescribing regula- ch importation are hereby rey . red; barks—viz., quilia, Peruvian, Lima, calisaya, and ail cinchona barks, cinelia albu, pome granate, croton, cascartiia, and all other barks not otherwise provided for; veladonna, root and leat; bromine, bitter apples, colocynth, uinitida; berries, nus and vege- taples for dyeing, or vsed for composing dyes, not otherwise provided for in this bells and bell ms only to manufactured ; factured; bones ground and ealcined, ash for manufacture of phosphates and fertiizers, bé maps and charts, «pecially imported in single copies, an: not for sale, of which no editions are printed im the United States; and books which have been printed and ufac- tured more than twenty years; burr stone in blocks, rough OF Unianulactured und Hot bound up tuto millatoweaybuebu leaves. Citrate of lime, columbo root, cantharides, castor or cas- toreum, catechn ‘or ecttch, catgut or whipgut, unmapufac- tured; Conl, antoracite; coculus Indicus, coniam, cieuta or hemlock, seed and leal; cudbear, collections of antiquity, pecially imported and ‘not for sale; chalk and chill sto Unmanufactured; cork wood or cork bark, untnanufactured carmelian, unmanutactured; cattle tixh bone, cylonite, Diamoni dust or bort and rough diamonds, dragon's blood. y broken and Ot ge, emery ore oF rock, not pulverized, not ground; esparto, or Spanish grass, or pulp of. Fibrin, fn ail forms , iresh, for immediate consump- tion; fish for bait, Hint and ground tint stones, follac digi- tally fashion plates engraved on steel or on wood, colored fur skins of all iinds, not dressed in any manner. broken in pieces, which carmot be cut for use, and fit only to be remanuiactared; guano and other animal ma- nures; gums, Arabic, Jeddo, Senegal, Barbary, Isast India, Cape,’ Australian, gum benzoin, copal, sandaracy dainar, gamboge, cowrle, mast Inc, tragacanth, ole: banum, guiac, myrrh, betel! ibanum and all otherwlse provided for hi and horn tips; hide nemiock bark or benbane leat, ber, and mith of ; ory, unmanufaotire stactared; juniper and laurel berries, button, stick, shell or dy it factured ; ie ally imported by 80 to neourage the saving of human life; lteorice root; Itmas and all lichens, prepared or not prepared ; logs and uomanu- factared timber not otherwise provided for, and ship timber. Madder root of all kinds, ground, and ground mungeot or Indian madder; manna; toss, Iceland and other mosses crude; musk and civet, crude, in natural pods. Nitrate of soda, or cube nit Onk bark, orange and or otherwike prepared; ore Mquid. alm nuts and palm nut kernels, palm and cocoanut oil, paintings, statuary, tountains and’ other works of art, the productions of American artiste residing abroad; provided that the fact of stich production be verified by the vertiBente of any consul or minister of the United States, endorsed upon the written deciaration of the artist. Paintings, statuary, fountains and other works of art, m- ported expressly for preentation to national Jastitutions, or to any State, or to any municipal corporation ; philosophical and scientific apparatus, instrament, and preparations, statuary, caste of marble, bronze, alabaster, or plaster of paris, paintings, drawings, etchings, specially Imported, ta good faith, for the use of any soctety or institution, ineorpor- Sted or established tor philosophical, educational, scienti Or literary purpotes, or encouragement of the fi and not intended for sale; phosphates, crude or native, for fertil- izing purposes; plants, trees, shrubs, roote, seed cane and sy, imported by the Department of ‘Agriculture, oF especially tmported tor cultivation and.not for sale; platinum vases or retorts for chemical uses, OF parts thereot ; muriate of. juassia wood. ings, of cotton, linen, jute and hemp, and paper waste, or waste or olipy nga ot any kind at only for the manufacture of paper, including waste rope and waste bagging; rhuvard, Feeling, etude, not otherwise provided for; ross leaves. Saffron and saltower; sarsay crude; seaweed, not otherwise provided for; scammony, or resia of scammouy ; sandal wood; seeds, cardamon, caraway, coriander, fen greek, fennel, cummin and othér seeds, not otherwise pro- d for; senna, in leaves; sheils of Moo Sper conte ‘not ufactured; abrimps, or other shellfish; skeletons and other preparations of anatomy; silkworm eggs; apecitnens of Datural history, botany aud mineralogy, whet "imported for cabinets as objects of taste or sefence and not for sale; sjulls or sella, sulphur or brimstone, crude; aweepiogs of al ndied or eel, not preserved, OF achill, in the A, OF cassada; tea plants; turtles. Wacetate of copper and lye of, and beet-root ashes: wood, Fite, poplar, or other woods for the manufacture of paper; worm Siete m ake. $. And be it further enacted, That section Sfteen of the act approved July 14, 1882, and section four of the got tm amendment thereof, approved March 3, 1865, be and the same fare hereby qo amended that no ship, veasel, steamer, Doak, barge or dat belonging to any citizen of the Uni States, trading and arriving from a port of the United States, although touching or stopping at # foreign port on the voyage, or trading from one port or point within the United States, or employed In the bank, whale or other fisherieg, shail hereafter, be subject to the tonnage tax or ‘uty provided for in said acts; and the proviso in section 108 Of the act “to provide interyal revenue to suppors the govern- tent, and to pay interest on the public debt, and tor other Purposes," approved July &, 1864, Fequfring an annual spe~ Pinta to be paid by boats, barges and Baty, 1s hereby re Pele And be ft further enacted, That all imported goody CONTINUED ON TENTH PAGE.