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o e i NO- 8,078, ‘WASHINGTON. e N AN BILL AMESDED BY THE SENATE AND m;::rmnll::]‘u‘g)“wx TOUSE—THE MISCELLANEOUS AF- JROPRIATION BILL—THK SECRETARY OF "ruf..:‘.“ VRY DENOURCED—THE HOUSE STILL DISCUSSING ’;m‘ TARIFF BYLL-FAINT HOPES OF ITS PASSAGE — FORTHOQAING VETO=THE TAX BILL. L TELEGRAYH TO 7! TRIBUNE. -3 WASHINGTON. Wedncsday, Feb. 27, 1867, nato to-day, bill was passed allowin: |||Ii::: Q%a Rebel States to be transferred h‘) u:t United States when either party feared he u\u.h no yeceiye justice in the State Courts, Sherman’s ((:::i yound Interest bill was taken up. The bill, as |u\»\4 a conple of weeks ago by the Senate, Was adopted a8 @ substitute for the House Dbil), with an amendment that no national bank shall either pay or recei ferest on any portion of its reserve, when depom.ed in any other national bank, and u:: N(l‘ompmmdnlz; it be held or counted as a paj e 4 f July dast. There was ir reserve after the 1st of ; ’:—Iy Jittle discssion on the measure. The friends of he House proposition were 80 few that the yeas and nays Were not called on the inal wote. Mr. Sherman made a short speech, in hidh he denounced the House billasa \-inl_:\lion of he faith of the Government, and charnncnzyd .the carther issuc of legal tenders as virtual repudiation. The Miscellancous Appropriation bill was taken up, aud discussed np 10 the time of dinner recess. Most of the debate was on the recommendation of the Finance Committee to strike out the section nhu}ish- 1:1g the office of Commissioner of Public Buildings. This was strongly opposed by Messrs. Wade, Howard, snd others, on the ground that, as the friends of the Tresident had made threats against Congress, it was yocessary 1o take the charge of the Capitol Buildings 1t of the hands of a man who sympathized with the resident. Mr. Edwunds moved an amendment in- usting the duties now performed by Mr. French to »1 engineer of the army, but without action on- this 1 executive session, lasting till the dinner hour, was beld. In the night session of the Senate the Miscellaneous Appropriation bill was resumed, after the pas- ige of a joint resolution for the erection of an eques- t ian statme to the memory of Gen. Scott. There was s lively debate on the action of the Secretary of the 4 reasury, growing out of a proposition to pay the Rebel assessors appointed in the South without being compelled to take the oath prescribed by law. ir. Sumner spoke very earnestly, and Arectly charged the Secretary with crimin- Jity. Mr. Chandler followed with less clagance 1d more vehemence, denouncing the Secretary in + ameasured terms, and provoking a sharp and angry s ply from Mr. Fessenden, who characterized the ( recehes of his predecessors on the floor as foul- outhed and unwarranted attacks upon an honest and faithful officer of the Government. The debate was indulged in to a wearying length. The House had the Tariff bill under consideration most of the day. Progress on the bill was very slow. There are in all two hundred and seventy-three smendments to the bill, as reported from the Ways and Means Committee, to be acted on by the House in Committee of the Whole. When these are fin- ished, the bill is then open te general amendment. When the House took a recess to-day, they had got to the forty-second amendment, making twenty woendments acted on in three hours, twenty-two having been disposed of last evening. At this rate the bill will probably not get through the House be- fore Saturday. if then. Then there will have to be a Conference Committee on the part of the two Houses, und in case the bill passes, the signature of the Presi- @ent will be required, all before 12 o’clock, Monday. Yhings look very doubtful, and the friends of home protection here look blue and feel demoralized. Too many fingers in the pie hasspoiled it. Mr. P eroy of New-York occupied the chair gl day while the bill was under discussion. He i€"very prompt and attentive, and saves much time that might otherwise be wasted. There is so much specch- making that scarcely an amendment gets through without a speech from some one. If there should Liappen to be an error in the grammatical construc- tion of & clause of the Dbill, and a motion is made to gorrect it, some one will object, and make a speech «n the subject before it is allowed. The proceedings re very monotonous to all, exeepting the tariff tobby, and henee the galieries rarely contain many wpectators. Morrill, as Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, has charge of the bill, and works energetically. The members participating in the debate mostly are Allison, Grinuell, Kelley, Gar- #eld, Hooper, Delano, Schenck, Dawes, Wilson, Le Blond, and Chanler. Friends of the bill participate in debate only when necessary to repel attack. Their e is 1o save time, and thus save the bill. At the early part of the evening session in the Honse the consideration of the Tariff was slow and tiresome, the arguments on materials for textile fab- rics being laboriously continued from the afternoon gession. 8o slow were the conclusions, and so prolix the discussions, that Thad. Stevens rather impa- tiently remarked that “if the friends of the tariff wonld hold their tongues and vote, leaving the Op- position to do the talking, the country would have a tariff ; otherwise not.” Later in the evening the work was more rapidly done, and the £2d amend- w ent, steel wire, was reached, when the Committee of the Whole rose and the Hounse adjourned at 104, Mr. Morrill gave notice that he would endeavor to press the tariff to a final vote to-morrow. Tremendous efforts have been made by gentlemen irom the North and West, backed by Gen. Grant, to induce the President to sign the Reconstraction bill, but it is all in vain. He has prepared a stiff voto, in which he maintains that it is uncoustitutional in every part. A Senator, who is in the confidence of « the President, and who talked with him to-day, says he will meet the issue fairly and squarely. It is the President’s intention to send the veto to Congress to- anorrow, without fail. The Senate Finance Committee have been engaged wl day on the Tax bill, and expect to get it ready to report to-morrow. They are opposed to nearly all *he npendlnrn(a proposed by the House which look rydnml changes from the old bill. They do not lieve it is good policy to make any reduction in ¢ bl at present, and therefore will leave the *-esent law substantially as it now stands. There is cqneidezable pressure from New-York City to get -lleu:::;lou tax suspended, but it will evidently not l'h{ Senate, in executive session to-day, had quite 1 animated debate over the nomination of Henry 8. sauford, Miister to Brussels. The Comumittee on Foreign M!.'lir«.u']mrled in favor of raising the posi- i’nn toa full mission. Beveral Senators, who do not favor it, not only made objections to it, bot insisted that Sauford ought to be rejected outright. The mat- ter wasdebated up to the hour of adjonriment, with- out any conclusion being reached. It will probably !»e resumed in executive session to-morrow, und the m:};;«ugi:n is that he will be rejectod. ] he Senate, in executive session, to- confirmes ll:(; n:;lmi’h‘ull‘xwl of James W. B nkwu:l “)i‘:”:;‘lflcl‘t‘(:: of Internal Revenne for i o PPy souri. the Sixth District of Mis- Unless the House accept the Loan bi § . the Sepate to<lay, there is very litlt)l:;“];‘.:;n::{‘illi):'w‘; auything being passed this session, for the Selml("' n.r,n uoarly unanimous against the House scheme. 'n“; Ways and Méans Committee will endeavor to E(-l the House to concur. They may Ve induced to do it rather than get nothing. ‘The New-England members suceeeded in getti aliodiad 1o tho Naval Apswopiation hill, whins pussed the house to-day. a provision authorizing the Becretary of the Navy to accept of the site of New- ¥oudon, Cony., for & naval station. A epecial niessenger, who was sent South a couple of weeks ago by the Judiciary Committee to sub- Pena certain persons to testify in the case of impeach. meob, wwved Lack to-uight, Laviog in charge g © New- couple of import by the Committee to-morrow. 3 mittee will report on the subject ¢/f impeachment on Saturday over to the XLth Congress. the law of Congress, passed during the war, author- izing the sale of real estate belonging to Rebels in payment of the direct thx was unconstitutional. This in the South, and has created considerable excite- ment among the purchasers of property under the law in the South. tend aid and facilities to citizens of the United States engaged in the survey of aroute for aship canal across the Isthmus of Davien. It authorizes as far as he may be able to do go without prejudice to the naval service, and without additional expense 10 the Government. been appointed Superintendent of the Coast Survey, ‘was sworn into office to day. held this evening, and was large and brilliant. The ant witnesses. They wikihe examined 1t is thonght the Com- and will ask to have the matter referred ¥ Judge Thomas of Virginia decided yesterday that decision, if sustained by the Supreme Court, will destroy the title to an immense amount of property The President has approved the resolution to ex- them to be farnished hy the Secretary of the Navy Prof. Pierco of the Cambridge University, having The closing reception of Chief-Justice Chase was Hon. John B. Haskin is indown. [t bl XXXIXTH CONGRESS—SECOND SESSION. BY TELRORAPH TO THE TRIBUNE. BENATE. THE NAVY. 5 Mr. GRIMES (Rep., lowa) called up the bill to amend a certain Act in relation to the Navy, which was published in report. 1t was passed, with an amendment Te number of Cadets to be ap- pointed atlarg 25 10 10. TRIALS 1N STATE COURTS, Mr. HARRIS (Rep., N. Y.) called up an Act to amend an Act for the removal of the eauses in certain cascs from the State Courts. It provides that this Act simil be amended as follows : "“That where a suit is now pending or may hereafter e brought in any State Court in which there is a controversy Dbetween a citizen of such State and & citizen of anoth State, and the matter in dispute exceeds the sum of $500, exclusive of costs, such citizen of another State, whether he be plaintiff or defendant, if ke will make and file in such State Court an affidavit statin at he Teason to, and does believe that from pre or locai Influence, e will ot be able to obtain justice in any State Court may file & petition for a removal of the case to the United States Courts.” 1t also regulates the manner in which the transfer of the case to the United States Courts sball be made. It was INGTON, Feb. 27, 1807, THE LOAN BILL. Mr. SHERMAN (Rep., Ohio) moved to take up the Com pound Interest Note bill, and it was taken ap. The question was on the Senate substitute for the House bill. The bill, as passed by the House, authorizes the Becretary of the Treasury to redeem compound inter- est notes with a new issue of legal tenders, not to exceed $100,000,000. For this the Benate Finance Committee pro- poses as a substitute the bill passed by the Senate recently authorizing the redemption of maturing compound in- ferest notes with certificates of lonns at three per éent interest. Mr. SHERMAN said the HBuse bill was a violation of the terms of the contract under which the compound interest notes werg issued, and to pass it weuld be noth- ing else than a repudiation. There were no facts to Justify such & measure, especially now when the credit of the country was #0 good that money could be borrowed anywhere at five per cent. He thought the Senate would agree that there should be no more legal tender notes issued. The Government had contracted not to do so, and in the strength of this agreement it had raise woney 1o carry the war, which it could not have raised without it. o this agrecment bow woukd The question being taken ‘on agreeing to the Benate bill a8 w substitute for the [House bill, it was agreed to. Mr. WILSON (Rep., Mase.) offered the following as an addltional section: “ That every National Bank shall at all times bave on haud in lawful money of the United Btales, an amount equal to 25 per cent of the aggregate amount of its notes in cirenlation and its deposits, and it shall be unlawful for any National Bank to pay interest ou Qepositsjmade in the said bauk, by any other bank.” Mr. SHERMAN said this proposed two gustinet proposi tions. The Committee on Finance had to-day agreed upon an amendment which be would offer in licu of Mr. Wilson's. It was as follows: “That no National Bauk shall either pay or receive interest on auy portion of its reserve, when deposited in any other National Bank, and the Compound Interest Notes &hall 1ot be held or counted as o part of their reserve after the first of July next.” Mr. Sherman's amendment was agre as amended was passed In the followl d to, and the bill and ning outstanding ok NEW-YORK, THURSD r{ K{l“rnvn of Newbnrgh, N. Y., of e Mexican War, and to cost not i8 to be made by Hen cannon captured in exmcdlnfi s‘aowo . Mr. GRIMES (Rep., Towa) moved to strike ont the words * over his grave at West Point,” and to insert the words “ in Franklin-square, Washington City,", but sub- sequently moditied it to read *in Franklfu-square, or such other place as shall be designated by the eeretary of War.” The amendment was agreed to, and the resolation as amended was passed, and goes to the House for concur- rence in the amend t. MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATION BILL. The Miscellancons Appropriation wes resamed. The question was on the amendment of Mr. Edmunds, to in- wert, in lieu of the seetion the House nlm{lnmuy the office of Commissioner of Prblic Buldings, and providing perintent of Public ce of Commissioner for the eleetion by the Senato of & S e off) Buildings, a section abolishin of Publig Buildings, and impos petent (W11 engineer, to be and with the advice and nual compensation of this officer shall be The amendment was adopted. The Finanee Committee recommended the adoption of an amendment guthorizing the Secretary of the Treasury 10 pay such Assistant Assessors as wero actuall employed in the collection of Internal Rovenue in the KebelStates Prior to the first day of August, 1666, compensation at the Tate preseribed by law. Mr. TRUMBULL (Rep., TIl) hoped thi§ would not be adopted. Thesc persons were l{l[mlllll!d in direct viola- tion of law, as they could not take the oath of office. Mr. SHERMAN (Rep., Ohic) sald the clreumstances which induced the Committee to report this were very simple. The Secretary of the Treasury found it jm- Lhoulhlls to get men in fome of the conuties of the Robel tates to discharge the duties of A”m""i‘ Assessory who could take the oath. According o law, t b must live in the connty iu which they held their office. The Secretary was compelled to dl;t']!clllw with a portion of the okth in particular cases, and it was now asked to pay theso men (In‘ll Il.!l o the 16t of August last, Mr. SUMNER (Rep., Mass.) said the Secretary of the Treasury was guilty of an iliegal_act, nay more,a ¢nme. He violated the law in appointing men who could not take the oath, and when complaint was made he replied in & notorious falsehood, that there weye no Unlouists in the South who could take the oath. This was nothing Jess than & notorions untruth, Congress had been too le- nient toward the crimes of this officer. He (Mr. Sumner) would not vote to pay these wis, Jet the Secretary of Lis owh poe i having, in the ‘onrse of hix remarks, re- 1 to Mr. Sherman a8 attemptivg to cover up a erime, HERMAN rose ot the conclusion of Mr. Bumner’s nd said this language was unpatliamentary, it sticranly, it was false, it ought not to liave been uttered in the Senate, e (Mr. Sherman) had noth- ing to say in reply to what Mr. Sumner had eaid abont the Secretary of the Treasury. He belleved Mr. Sumner a difficulty of sotos at officer. NER rose to interrupt Mr. Sherman, who, ield the flo how- cumstances attending the appoint quired for t Mr. CHANDL ) of the original jou now under discussion. The Cowmittee reported a bill of this because they knew that whatever crime $ero the matter belonged to the Secretary of the ngress ought eithier to impeach the eriminals, it out of his own pocket. Mr. CHANDLER~He ain’t able; he's ® pauper; he can 't pay thie hundredth part of it. Mr. PRUMBULL (Rep., 1) said there was more in- westion than s fow thonsand dollare. It whether Rebels or loyal men should be plac ice in the Rebel States. 1t would not do to way that this was juadvertence on the part of the Becre- tary, Tor one of the first things done h{ the lust session of Congress was Lo call his attention to it. Mr. BUCKALEW (D¢ Pa.) in commeneing o few remarks in defense of the Secretary of the ry eald that Mr. Sumner and Mr. Chandier sp protection given them by the Constitution, that the ahall not be held responsible elsewhere for what s in debate. They had no idea of being held respon the Secretary for l'ul||nihlm crimipal and & paup 1t was not for him (Buckalew) to qnestion the taste of such references to'a high public officer wno canmot Qefend himself on this floor, and can_ouly be defended in such remarks as other Senators may offer by way of reply o suel, ehiarg AND 1 Iaim would not exc ). SR (K Mieh.) said he was the author 4 e o e used the word pauper in a cant to say that e would be & the clalms suggested ban he thought he had. He (Chandler) didu’t ay that the Fec h-lur?' could'ut buy a loaf of b 5 ere from a little bauk out i Indiana and took o clerkship of sowme Kind which paid him about $,000. That was twice ns uch as be was worth, He (Chandler) wonldn’t give b than $1,000 & yenr to be n clerk lu his bank or iu bis mo dry goods store in” Detroft. He made & good enough clérk, but when he was raised to the office of Secretury Tie turned politiclan, and he was o better politiclan than Is & very bad politic e 15 & Worse Heq othing wbout politic the remark of M ) be held responsit Mr. Chandler sald ta literally Alluding wero not to say a few words Treasary. He had in vind known cer of u litt, President of th 1e rotary's action in op- Becretary nee of his Wen Were ap wessorn and ( minde o wistake, but there the 1en it Wax 10w pro- d thelr duty, nlul‘ll did authiorize ner prescribed by Sect to authorize the jssue o redemption or funding t ing debt of the United Btates, bearing interest at a rate nof per annum, principal aud jut novey on demand: and sald certificatés of temporary loan imay constituto and be Leld by sny Natioual Ban huldln#ornumnglh« samoas a part of the reserve pro- vided for in Bections 51 and 52 of the act entittled. “An Act to provide a Nutional currency secured by i pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the eircnlation and redemption thercof; approved June 3, 1864, provided, that not Jess than two-fifths of the entire reserve of such bank ghall consiet of lawful moncy of the United States; sad provided furthier, that the amount of such temporary certificates, at any thue outstanding sbhall not excead $100,000,000. 8rc. 2. That no National Bank shall either pay or re- celve interest on_any portion of its reserve, when de- roulled in any other National Bank, and the compound nterest notes «hall not be held or counted as & part of their reserve after the first day of July next. THE EXECUTIVE BILL, BULL (Re ported, hie Commit- ndment, t use bill, de- ain nations of the id s-);', :‘IMI acts dm‘ An'pursul ce thereof, or of his n the suppression of the late Rebellion agained the United i!la!e-,l ‘ " E EXECUTIVE VACANCY DI Etates notes and and for fanding th approved Feb, 2 ling three por t payable in lawf OSTPONED. House bill, amendatory of the act who sliall act as Presldent of the of a vacancy in the office both of resdent,” and moved $ts postpone- ent, for the reason that there was not suificicnt time remaining fora rmp(-r consideration of the subject during he present session. The lnollmlx 10 postpone was agreed to, THE OMNIBUS APPROFRIATION BILL. Mr. SHERMAN (Rep., Ohjo) called up i Appropriation Bill, whie wasresd, . e he following amendments to the bill, as it passed the House, wore recommended by the Finance Commjttee : $200,000 instead of §100,600, to eiiable the Lighthouse Board 1o redistablish lights and other aids to uavigation on the Bouthern coast; for reappropriation of the amount here- tofore appropriated for an bron lighthouse at South-Wess Puss, but which has been carvied to the surplus foud, £108,000; for a new lighthouse at Punta Arenas, Cal., 65,000, for o new lightbouse at Cape Blanco, Oregon, #75,000; for repairs and alterations in the New-York Cus. tom-House, §0,000; for furniture and repairs of the sa §7,000. Strike out the following: For a Custom-House M-,Vap(.n, Vt., §10,000; to strike out the ap) prlation of #2,500 to purchase the bust of Pulaki; to strike out the section abolishing the office of Commissioner of Public Bulldings, and authorizing the election by the Senaté of a Buperintendent of Public Buildings. The salary of the « 1 Appraiser of New-York City s fixed at $3,000, in- stead of as in the House bill declaring that it shall bo the same as that of the Appraiser-General of Boston. “:lxi‘. l‘:\u/l\“:v Sf;.pu Olito) hoped the Benate wonld not 3 Lot abo ¢ office of Ce strike out the sectioll abolishiug the office of Commlsslon rsely upon th eclaring the off ed Etates n ident and Vi v, Messrs, 8 I(MAEQ and WILLIAMS ;| (Re spoke In fave of tho Benate amendment. T T8 Mr. WADE contended for the Honse propositio had been threats of violence ukuuml('v‘nmrt‘mr by 4 e rr;m..r..m epokesmen of the Prosident, and the President Liad wever doue anything to coutradict these statements This being the case, he (Wade) thought it no more than proper that Cougress should surround itself with its the or- T BrxoN (onmson, ¢ Mr. DIXON (Johngon, Conn.) sald he had pevi any sich threats by any of the friends of the ‘,.Zmfi',‘.“’ Mr. HOWARD bad no_special information ou the subs Ject, but Mr. Dixon could not be ignorant of the uicnaces issued by the Johnsou-Rebel newspapers of the country. It was perfectly natural that they should make these threats after the speeches of the President, in which Cog- gress was spoken o1 as an unconstitutional body. The press of the South, and a part of the press of New-York, " Wfll s The National Intelligencer, which was the Presi- dent’s organ bere, frequently made theso thre If the President was determined to Inaugurate war against the Congress of the United Btates, Cougress ought to be pro- “nmi !::r 1t, and ready to protect Juu ‘with all the means o wer. Mr. WADE sald men threatened here a year ago to bhetore the people and come back wn& ennuzh':-e ?mnflf t 1o wake o majority, combined with the Rebels of hiey were then to get the President 1o recog- ess. He (Mr. Wade) did not 1110 curry out thelr threats., as the lawful Co Dhelieve they bad co But why did they ma Pending the con stion, Weut 1o Executly i T 108 PaNME NING EESS] GEN. SCOTT'S MONUMENT “Mn WILSON (Rep., Mass.) called up a joint resolu- &:!fl Dassed by the House at the last sceslon, directing the oretary of War to contract for the erection of an cauestrian statue in bronze, to the memory of Gen. Wip- BOOUa 19 bg plaged QYak Mg Bave ut Wost Polnt. L | My (Rep. pending propositio vn.yn.,‘ persons uid pot take the oath prescribed by law as ansls ssors fn the Robel Btates in the e i of i terual revenue, the Secgetary of the Treasury acted in violation of law, but the persons so employed belug guilty of 1o offense are entitled in equity to payment, and the Secretary of the Treasury 18 authorized to pay fhem the amount due them for their services 1o the 1st of August, 1866, Mr. CHANDLER sal and not with the assistants. 1 the fanit was with the prineipala When Rebels were appoint he 18 08 Assistal It #outh. In Mic appointed Copperlicads to o they alwiys selected Copperhend assistin: i ferred South € ina Rebels to Mic he could get along with the Rebels, from the (o Qfl’hrudu. Mr. FESSENDEN defended the Seeretary of the Troas at God defeud him upon bim, If any man belonging to what w Radical wing of ihe ad been in the position, and had done us the Secretary had of theke attacks would have been lim. As to the remarks of Chnndler, he | would to them, Decause he y 1o fitly express bis opinfon on the to the poverty of the Becres ¢ Chandler must d Mich on, the ablest financler ' poor wmun, wnd thot hip or flusuce was not th of_their pocket however, that Alexund the Government ever had, wen's knowledge of #t alway in proportion to t Mr. BUMNER replied bricfly to Mr. Fesscndes eharging the Sceretury of the Treasury with crimiuality in the appointment of these assis AbJG Attef further debate, the out action, adjourned, HOURE OF REPR The House met at 110'clock Pa.) d Lo dispense with the reading of the {hut was objected to by one of the upponents Of the Tanfl il HESTA “The reading of th v d 11 prov] » the 12th of March, g of the premises by hi nt to be handed to s’ Orphan Hom trol over the subject. The rules were suspended and the Jolut resolution was pased. AFPROTRIATION BILL Deen Postpo NAVAL The morning Lour havin e House went into the Committee of the Whole on the State of tho Unbon, Mr, DAWES (Rep., Mass) in_the €lr, and pro- cecded to the consideration of the Naval Appropriation bill il makes the followlng appropriations: For pay of officers and seamon, $10, 0; contin cent expenses of the Burean of and Docks, 1,067,000; Navy-Yard at Yortsmout 11, #6700 Yard at Boston, §127,000; "f a4 New- N/ ard ot Philadelplia, #61,016; Dryer at Philadeiphin, 55,000 for b at Washington, §20,000; for ¥- sagola, 030,3 for t Navy-Yard at Maro Tiand, Wrjoets o the Naval® Btution at Backetts I 000; for the Nuval for the pay of the civil firhor, Asylum at Philadelphia, $05,500 estabiishimentat the Navy-Yards, &c., $155,007; navigation apparatus, and supplics, $245,020 ; expeiises of the aval Academy, $253,015; for expenses of the Naval Obsérvatory, 922,500 for th i Almaunac, $13,000; bounties o 8500,000; expenses of ll‘vrullln{ tiouery, &c., $500,000; civil 3t yards, under 'the’ Burean wnd Hepairs, $63,000; for do., under t Engiucering, 84.00; for do, under Pensions and Clothing, $15,160 ; e expenses of the Ameriean Nautica Wschatged Bcumnen, transportation, sta: A-I:H.;hnwm ut o navy Construction, lurl'nu of Sleal aud Burgery, $135,769; for the Naval Mospital at Boston, "1,114:; for do. New. #12,600; for do. at l’-nnfl Iphin, 810,000, or do. gt Waslitugton, #6,00; for do. at Norfolk, b7,600; for do. At Mare Isjand, Cal, §20,000; for the Marine Corps, in pay, elothing, provisions, 313"7@2'3“3}"" 91,016,277 ; do. contingencies, #30,00; total, On motion of Mr. SCOFIELD (Rep., Pa.), the item -m - riating 635,000 tor Bugkley's patent dryer was stricken ut, he representing that it lAlnndml dlylmf l‘xnl:cr by m or hot Alr, which was kuowh aug practicéd be- fore the potentees Were born. 3 ‘ On motion of Mr. BRANDAGEE tm[-,. Co .),# parae graph wos inserted directing the Secre of the Navy to nccept adeed gift, when offored hy thn’% ate of Connect jent, of a tract of land on l.hs'l'nnme‘p“vrr. near New- Londgn, Conti .+ 'l water frout not kess than one bUo, cd States for 10 bo held by * Naval purpopos. b Y KENDALL (ke T Oumotion pointed lectors | AY, FEBRUARY 28, 1867. was appropriated for the Naval Station at Monnd City, On motion of Mr. SCHENCK (Rep., Ohio), $1,000 was & Bmprllll\d for the purchase of books for the Bailors’ Li- rary ot the Naval Asylum at Philadelphia. On motion of Mr. BANKS (Rep., Mass.), & Dll‘lfrfi[ih was inserted for the cstablishment of the offices of civil engineer, master carpenter, master jolner, master black- suith, niaster bofler-maker, &e., at the Navy-Vards at Kittery, Charlestown, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, and Wash- ngton. n motion of Mr. RICE (Rep., Mass.), & paragraph was inserted appropriating $1,600 for the pay 'of oo suitanle person, to be appointed by the Becretary of the Navy, to examine the archives and other sources of informatfon, and to collect the facts which way illustrate the history of the United States Nnv{. Mr. RICE (Mags.) moved an additional sectlon author- jzing the Secretary of the Navy to nse unexpended bal- ances not lapeed into the Treasury in repairs of Navy. Yards, such as have been _estimated for and have not Dbeen appropriated for fu thie bill. He said that the esti- mate for this purpose amounted to §2,700,000, but the Com- Tittee on Approprintions bad struck out the $1.600,000. The amendment wonld have discretionary power in the hands of the Becretary. 1t was only for the ordinary ex- penditures, The amendment was rejected. The Committee rose and reported the bl and amend- ment to the Honse. Allthe amendments were agreed to in gross, and the Dill 'was passed. . PRINTING THE DIPLOMATIC APFENDIX. On motion of Mr. LAFLIN (Rep., N. Y.) the Senato Joint resolution for printing additional copies of the Ap- rendlx to the hu-,omuuc Correspondence of 1865, was aken from the Speaker's table, and 5 E CALIFOKNIA LAND TITLE BILL. Mr. McRUER (Rep. Cal.) from the Conferénce Commit- tee on the House bill to graut land titles in Califorvia, wage a report which was agreed to. ¢ Benate recedes from its amendment, inserting Placerville, and the House recedes from its objection to the amendment, inserting Petaluma. THE TARIFF BILL. On motion of Mr. MORRILL (Rep., Vt.) the rules were suspended by a two-thirds vote, 73 to 36, and the House went into the Committee of the Whole, Mr. POMEROY (Rep., N. Y.) in the ehalr, on the Tariff bill. The amendments reported by the Committee of Ways . and Means being first in_order, their consideration was resumed, and they were disposed of as follows The amendments numbered from 20 to 30, in reference to wool, picking out the words, “ at the last port orplace,” &, #0 48 to Jeave the valuation depend upon the price in the principal markets of the countrys Mr. MORRILL moved to amend anfendment No. 20 as reported by the Committee of Ways aud Means, by strik- ing out the words “ and such commissions,” so that the clause should read *and upon wool of the first class im- ported unwashed, the value whercof in the principal markets of the couutry whenee exported to the United States, excluding charges, shall be £o mach per pouvd.” Mr. ALLISON (Rep., lowa) opposed the awendment, as having the eff reducing the duty on wool. The amendment was rejected. The amendments reported by the Committee on Ways and Means, numbering 20 to 3, were adopted. The amondment inserting woolen flocks in the para- graph taxing woolen rags, &c., 13 cents per pound, came uj Mr. HOOPER (Rep., Mags.) opposed the amendmient as s‘ pistake ou the part of the Committee of Ways and aue. Mr. KELLEY (Rep,, Pa.) showed how materfally neces- sary flocks o to the manufacturers of the country, as they entered lAr‘:;I( fnto the making up of satin wall waper, and otlier arficles of luxury, and very little into hu' wakiog of cloth. The amendment was agreed to,and the articlp of woolen flocks is to taxed 12 cents per pound. The next amendiment was 1o strike out of the Benate substitute the words * and on woolen flocks or shearings Joth the duty stmll be three cents per pound.” which was agreed to. ment striking out the Senate paragraph on , and jnserting in lien of it parsgraphs— 'n elothe, &c., not otherwise provided for, 15 per pousl and %0 per cont iud valorem; zephyr, 20 cents per pound and 30 per cent ad valore and end Jeas belte, or felts, for paper or printing machines, 20 cents s per cent ad valorem,” was adopted. Beunte paragraph per pound and 32 Toe amendment striking out th “faxing bunting 20 ceuts per pound and 30 per cent ud valorem,” and inserting paragraphs, * taxing bunting 20 conts per square yard and 36 per cent ad valorew ; aud taxing women's and children’s dreas goods, real or hnita- tion Italian cloths, and shmilar fabrics, uncolored, or in the gray, 6 cents per square yard and 30 per ceut ad va- ¢ ‘valued over 20 cents the square yard, ¢ ! and Inserting paragraphs taxiug carpets as was taken up busson aud AX- lnater carpots, and on carpets wo 0 per cout nd valor velvet carpets reiating , Welton_aud Tournay Jacquard wmachive, 0 m; Brus- Y ut velvet and tapestry velvet square yard and 35 tapestry Brussels carpets, 1 35 per cent ad valorem; v pet anu- is now, the hat Jess & 6 cents per sguarg yard to the 5 p &e., valued at 60 cents or less , and adding - cents per are yard the 45 p t ad valoreu on ollcloths, valited at over 50 cents, was adopted. e amendment imeserting dress silks in the paragraph twung Hobons, &c., at 70 per cent ad valoremw, wis i r cent 'nt inereasing the tax on unmanuface 510 920 per tun, Mr. SCHE K (Rep., ase the tax 10 $49, and spoke 1 sup- ment spposed it W Wis.) nsked what percentage ad valo wi ENCK sald that with flax at $250 per tun, & thx Of $15 would not be 20 per cent, ad vidorem. e modified his amendinent 8o as to make it 43 per cent ad valorem Mr, GARFIELD (Rep., Ohlo) defended the action of the Committee of Ways and Moans. ald nover, but once, in the history of this country had the tax on flax been o8 high as was now proposed mittee, and that was In the taniff of 1842, whet it wis #15 per tun. T It up to whut his cotleagie proposed would be proportion. The vofe wna taken by chenck’s amendment to make the tax 45 | valoremw, and resulted: Yeas, 56; Nays. 0. So the ment was rejected. Mr, BCHENCK then moved to make the tax §100 a tun, which would be only 40 per et v ) Mr. MORRILL oy that the way to i mote the linen maunfactorics ndinent wonld destr , and argued th of flix Witk to pro N the ndoption of th 1w of ene e ANARD (It tun. Negatived—49 to 50, Mr. BENJAMIN (Rep., Mo, woved to make the tax $50. Rejected—4i% to 49, Mr. SCHENCK moved to increase the tax to §0. No- tieing o Whispered remark of Mr. {1l that he (Schenck) wis i filibuster, be devicd that he was, and sald he was b up for a negle 1 interest of the country. or of hig swendment, und vs and Means for the ires anud the absence of protees 1 afenltural products, MORRILL combated the views put forward by Mr. Schenek, and declared that it Mr. Scliepek could sug- coed 10 establishing o tariff in accordance with his views, would destroy the linen manuf, ng nterost in the ud would consequently not get half the prosent price of flax. VY. LE DLOND (Dem., Obig) whila opposed to high I"n" generally, was i favor of giving to the agrleultiral nterests the saine protection given to the manufacturing )r‘ the West wonld make a bold stand ou ] futerests—he ho) khits and bave its sway in the estab- this bill, assert 1 Lishment of a tarift. Mr. DAWES (Rep. Interests, and while , Mass.) spoke fn defenso of Eastern presenting the largest manufactor. fng tuterests of any of his colleagues, e should say to the members of the West that, if they did uot want this Tariff bill, the East could ket along us well without it, The East was iu favor of the H.m“ nllr of protection, as applicd to all iuterests, while the gentleman from Ohio (Mr, Le Blond) sectned to be in favor of It only when ap- plfed to agricultural interests, Mr. LE BLOND declired Lie wanted no protection to olther t or Weet, He wanted to have the bars let oven and the West permitted to ind o market wherever t could. e wanted the utercst of the great muss of tie people, the conruners, protected Mr. DAWES was quite aware that the gentleman's (Mr, La Blond’s) preference wis to have indystrial pursuits carrled on in Enrope, where labor was only one-tenth ds Digh ue it 1 here, and thus reduce the labor of this conn- try topauper rates. But e (Dawes) went no step i that direction, but was (n favop of protecting all_clusses of fu- dustry fu this country. The gentleman (Mr. Lo Blond) had mentioned the large profits of Eastern manufac- ut had be Jooked at the immouse incomes of the k fmporters of foreign goods, amounting 1n sowe instances to §2,000,000, 83,000,000, 1l 4,000,000 & Year, s between encouragemont of such business and of the busl- {ness of manufacturors, where the advautages wero dis. tyibnted apiong the industetal people of this country, h would leave the gontlemaw (Mr. Lo Bloud) to fullow hi H would follow VENS (Rep., Pa.) at the r which tho course of arg ut had a good Tariff bill !mln'll he - sectionnl charac taken, aud despalred of Im\'lmf under’ suc mstances. Why did they talk of terest of the Eust, or the West, or of Now-York ! Their interost was the Interebt of Ameriea. If the East had no manufuctories aud uo commerce, whero would tho West find o warket for her products? As to the freo-trade pullc{ of Evgland, sho never made suoh a splend!d stroke n{wmy as whe sho lssued hor free-tradg edicts, be. chusc alia iad then god to n position where ohe could de all competition, and when »tvl got other conntrios to fol. Jow ber example it was the lnghest measuro of protec. fon sho could possibly adopt, this talk about free- rado Was the juerest hmwbug ln}) DOLAE ! "Ll OUSTAGH /38 SAKS 0 ALY ol 19 Tribune, crease the duty on flax to $40 per tun, which was adopted | w in & vote of 50 10 45. . The question then recarred on the amendment reported by the Committee of Ways and Means as amended and it | dent to inform the Honse whetlies was adopted. The next amendment re) Ways and Means was to increase the tax on hackled flax from $20 to uoxr tun. T (i oy bate, saying that lhtx»'se who did not want to see the bill talked to death, would vote for his motion. It wae, neverthelees, rr?cfluL Mr., FARNSWORTH (Rep., 111.) moved to amend Mr. Sehenck’s amendment, by mwaking the duty on hackled flax $80 per tun, Mr. ROSS v light which secmed to have broken in upon Lis collcagues on the Republican side of the House. Mr. FARNSWORTH epoke In favor of his amendment, contending that it was_only consistent with the amend- wment lucreasing the duty on manufactured flax to $40 per tun. Mr. THAYER renewed bis motion that the Committeo rise, in order to closo del prevailed, and the Commitiee rose. Mr. STEVENS thereupon reported from the Committee on Appropriations a Deficiency bill, which was referred o the Comnvittee of the Whole after the morning hour. Mr. MORRILL moved to_close debate on the pcndm* paragraph in one winute. Peuding the vote the hour o 43 arvived, and the House took a recess till 73, having dis- posed up to this point of only forty-tive of the amend- wents of the Committee of Ways and Means. EVENING SESSION. The House resumed its ion at 7:30 p. . MILITARY MATTERS. Mr. SCHENCK (Rep., Ohio), by unanimous consent from the Committee on Milif irs, reported ba with smendipents, the Senate bill to provide for a tem rary increase of the ?- of officers of the Army. The amendments provide for allowance of commutition of rations in the settlement of accounts of Union soldiers who dled while Leld as prisoucrs of war in the Rebel Btates or subsequently; for storckeepers in the having hereafter the rank of Cuptaiu of Cavalry, elcegt the ordinance storekeeper at le iefield A , Who has the rank of Major of \'»I:{ for allowinj where soldiers have lost their discharges; for allow- ing the additional five years' ration to officers on the retired list. The amendments were 2, to ¢ bill passed. greed On motion of Mr, PAINE (Rep., Wil the Secretary of War was directed to communicate the report of the tour of inspection of Major-Gen. Rafus Iogalls durivg the year 1u06, Mr. ANCONA (Dem., Pa,), from the®ommittee on Mili- tary Affairs, presented an adyerse report on she bidl for extra travel pay to soldicrs who were Usckarged ju dis- tapt territorics. Laid on the table. THE TARIFF BILL. Debate on the flax paragraph being closed by order of the House, the House went into Comwittec of the Whole on the State of the Union, Mr. POMEROY (Rep., N. Y.) in the ehalr, and resumed consideration of the Tariff bill, the first question being on Mr. Farnsworth’s amendment to increase the tax on hackled flax to $50 per tun. The vote was taken, and the amendment adopted. The amendwent of the Committee of Ways and Means, as thus amended, was adopted. The next amendment reported by the Committee of Ways and Means was to take Russia hemp out of the Senate paragraph taxingdt st §25 per tun, and 0 tax it $40 per top. Mr. BENJAMIN (Rep., Mo) moved to amend amendment by taxing Ruseia Lemp $0 per tun. Adopted. The amendment, as thos amended, was adopted. The next amendment was to increase the tax on Manila, Jtalian and all other hemps unmanvfactured, from 25 to 30 per tun. Adopted. straw from $1 10 § per tun. Mr. BCHENCK (Rep., Ohio) moved to inerease the tax satistied with 3. Mr. Schenek’s amendment was rejected, and the amend- ment of the Committee of Ways and Means was adopted. The next amendwent was to inerease the tax on the tagy of flax or hewp from §5 to $10 per tun. lflrf FARNSWORTH lltc}?., 11.) moved to increase the tax to#28. Rejected. jl;‘lrf'l' w%n (Dem., Ohio) moved toincrease it to#15. | set! Rejected. men were kill T USCHENCK woved to locreaso it to $20. Re- mxr::t Jeeted. The amendment reported bythe Committee of Ways and vlllts‘:.“in Means, making the tax $10, Was adgpte The pext amendient was to inerease unmanufactured, sisal, grass, ete., from Adopted. The next amendment was to strike burlaps the paragraphs taxing linens four cents per yard and 3 per cent ad valoren, Messrs, SCHENCK (Rep., Oblo), GRISWQLD (Rep., N. Y., HOOPER (Rep., Mass.), and CONKLING (Rep., N. ¥.), opposed the umendpent. Rejected. The next amendment was to add to the IE proviso thut burlaps valued at not over | square yard sbould pay 35 per century ad valorem. My. HOOPEK moved to add the words “and crash.” | Adopted. The nmendment, as amendod, was adopted. The next amendinent was to strike nnn% the paragraph taxing guuny cloth, ete., pound. Rejected. The pext amepdinent was to tax guony bags 25 per cent ad valoretn. Rejected, The next amendment was to add to the paragraph tax- ing jute yarns 80 per ceut ad valorem, hemp or tow yarus single, valued at not ovey 24 cents per pound. Messrs, GRISWOLD, CONKLING and SCHENCK op- posed the nmendment, gnd Mr. MORRILL advocated it. The wmendmeht was rejected. The next amenduent, the 58th, was to strike out of the paragraph relating to railroad iron the words “ permittiog the fwportation and use by any corporation of railroad jron at any time within ten years, on paying the duties imposed by law, netwithstauding any act of Congress to the contrary.” The proviso refers to the Pacific Railroad, whicl 18 bonnd to use ouly American fron. The amendment was adopted by & vote of 85 to 11. The pext amendment was to insert a paragraph taxin cotton tics made of hoop-iron 3§ cents per pound, whic) wus adopted. The next i the tax nn{nu $ 1o $16 per tun. bags out of ce cents per mendients were to make the tax on iron per square foot and 35 per cent ad painted, 4 cents per square foot and machinery, f“Yklnrl. &c., from 2 to 24 cents per pound, which was adopted. The next amendment was to change the tax on chains rods not less than § of an inch” in diaw- cents per pound. R Towa) opposed the amendment of and Meaus; he held that the duty agreed on by nate was quite large @nuufll, rauging even over the rates io the tariff of 1861, which was cousidered a very high tariff. On the same articles of iron the increase Was from 86 to 208 per cent. Mr. MOREILL advocated the awendiment reported by the Committes of Ways and Means. The awendment was adopted. The next two amendments were-to reduce the tax on chiaing, loss ¢ of an iuch in diameter, and not less than N of wire gauge, from € to 5 cents per pound; and . 9 of ou chains less than No. ¢ wire gauge, from 8 to 7 cents per ponud. Adopted. s next amendment was to iucrease the tax on anvils 24 to 8 conts per pouid, CHANLER (Dem., N. Y.) moved to reduce it to 1} ts per pound. M .ho RILL opposed the amendment and expressed the shawe he felt at the fact that, notwithstavding the Avealth of this country in iron ore, ne- anvils were e Tere under the preseit duty of 2j conts per pound, and he slunl-lml whether any would be made under the duty of cents, Mr. Clhinnler's amendment was rejected, and the amend went Of the Committee on Ways and Meaus adopted. The next amendment was to lncrease the duty on ham- wmers and sledges from 23 to 3 cents a pound. — Adopted. Tho next amendinents were to wake the tax on wronght- fron nuts, bolts, or rivets, not gxceeding four iuches in lengtls, 54 cepts per pound. Adopted. The next amendment was a tax on wrought-iron wash- ers, 5 cents @ pound. Adopted. Fhe next amendments were to Inerease the tax on wrought iron tubes and flues from sic. to de. per pound ; on wrought-iron hinges and bed-serews from sc. to 4c. per ‘pound ; on galvanized iron, tes galvanized, and Ton ¢ per pound; on cut nails and spikes from 14c. to 1je. |m\|m‘. Adopted. The noxt amendment was 1o increase the duty ou horse shoe nails from 5 to 6 cents l“" pound. P LE BLOND opposcd the amendment, and Mr. GAR- FIELD advocated it, showing that the proposed tax was really o small one, cousidering thut those uails soid for 30 centa por potnd. Mr. 81 S (Rep.. Pa.) suggested that if the friends lold thely fongues and not talk so of the tarlft would much, there wonld be sowe chance of having the bill passed, but otherwise not. [Laughter.] The wmendment was adopted. Tho next amendment was to ndd to the ing acrow boits less than & inches jn levg! 45 SILL (Rep., Pa) moved to insert tho words vy finished,” wnd spoke in favor of it. CHANLER called attention to the fact that Mr. O'Nelll was violating the rule luid down by Mr, Bteveus. Laughter.] 8 ; 'A'hfi Aumcudment |m:I-ourd by the Committee on W and Meups wai adopted. . The nest amendments were to jucrease the tax on puddied and blistered steel, &c., from 3 to Jj cents e pound; on east and shear steel, from 4} to 6 cents; on stoel rods, not exceeding § inch n diamoter and not Jess than § fueh, from 9} to & cents per pound, with 10 per cent ad valorem: and on the sawe, less thap § inch in Alaweter, from & to 4§ cents, With 10 per cent ad valorem. Adopted. Tho next amendiment was to fucrease the duty on steel wire, not less than No. 10 wire gauge, from 6 to 5} centy Plfllll‘l]lh tax- L9 cents per a; por pound, with 20 per cent ad valorem. Adopted. The Committes then rose, having progressed as far as remonstranee been made by thi i d by the Committee of | solidation A[ All"t(h):vfil;lnlmn &tfi%‘fimm—fl it to $50. ment moved to rise and close de- | that ('fiem.. 1) expressed his pleasure at the | o'clock. The nest amendment was to icrease tho tax on fiax | reports b} TORRILL thought that Mr. Scheuck should be | Jeave. Five sottiers have aragraph a | Infantry, who, on Oct. 21, with & force couslsting of cents per | self, Private Robertson, Company H, 1st Cavalry, and PRICE FOUR CENTS. mder the snpport of a foreign nation, cannot bexregarded otherwiso than as being hosfile to the peace, and ing the safety of this republic, and requesting Nfi ‘l con. T any into asingle confederacy, under the im) rule of English Prince, and whether the e been glven in avy wlye!;omnmmsfi.“ o 0"’: e CONKLING (e r. CONKLING (Rep,, N. Y, Mr. RAYMOND nlovpl'd to nu’l;?"l:tgh& rulee. On the ADJOURNMENT N vote being taken there was no Holuse, this resolution rewmainit e nBalsped et ness 10 Come np to-morrow morving, adjourncd at 10:20 R - THE FENIANS. ——— ADJOURNMENT OF THE ROBERTS CONVENTION AT UTICA—RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED, , and this tiwe the Molion | py TwLrcRAPE To THE TRIBUNE. Urica, Feb, 27.—The Fenian Convention adjonmed. this evening after a session of two days. The delegates on the state of the Union | g1 departed in high spirits, and a more intelligent and patriotic body of Irishmen never assembled in this State, They say that at no period of the Fenlan organization ‘were their hopes so highi or their prospects brighter. 16 is understood that watters of the very highest importance have transpired in sccret session, but, owing to the injunction of secrecy, they refuse %o give even the elightest information, save in rolation to those matters which are intended 3 ’5::‘&" cemmm‘n:vnrl 18 “x:e J..n.«.‘.’..fi.ufl’-.?i.-fl'ffn'y‘.“& e A matathoe And.yoarey W haONME ok SrESeHY lose thelr time iu trifling, or in vain pursuit after sibilities, and from what can be judged, the new ki of Ca i1l have no easy work to perform erve nada w1 Army | The feeling of the members, as lation to the strong in its cxpressed outside, in iz of the dimendcd nentraity bil, wad or,zand the belief was uM that the sunties | dominant party in Cougress would be trme to pledges in this regard. The rwmor that Dart has been renlrwlmed U. 8, Distriet-Attorney caused the greatess l;«h v l:m The following resolutions were ordered to bo ublished : Resolved, That all ecircles within®his State report to headquarters promptly each wonth the cordition of thent ctive circles, as required by the. titution. solved, That the Fenian By of the Btate of New-York. In couvention assembled, renew their of fealty to the cause of Irish indcpendence, and their brother Fenlans in this and other States to vere in the good and holy work until our native free from an alien despotism. Resolved, That we have the utmost confidence in ability and integrity of President Roberts, him our thanks, and pledge our earsest and undi efforts in prosecuting to a succeesful result the great P. CUNNINGHAM, Utica, ¥. B. GaLLankn, Buffalo, P.O. DAY, Buffalo, THoE. BELL, Albion, Cowmittee. Previous to the adjournment, the Convention passed resolutions thauking the Mayor of Utica, Gen. James work of Irish Independeuce. 8. E. FELKINS, Medina, MeQuade, for kindness shown the Brotherhood wiving the use of the City Hall during their deliberations. ————— THE INDIANS. S —— the | GOV. ARNY IN COLORADO—DEPREDATIONS IN ARIBONA. AND NEW-MEXICO. BY TRLNGRAPH TO THR TRIBUNE. 8T, Lou1s, Feb, 27.—The Democraf’s Junction Cify correspondent says: r Gov. Arny of New-Mexico has just arrived from Sants Fe. Heavy suow Lad fallen in New-Mexico. Gov. Arvy that the Indians on the Plains are disposed to bo peaceable, but those in Arizoua sud New-Mexico are st on the war path, and have committed a number of muiry ders during the past month. The military cawp on Tias been broken upand the troops Bove T s nnm-mfl-fi driven off. the settiers valued at over $20,000, [ miners on the Membres River have Megsila for ne to. rotection. Oue hundred and nvengn horges and roules same time ¥, eep were driven awi a the Pearce River. One thousand ive hundred lud had left the reservation mear Fort Goodwin, Jan. 2, New-Mexico, where they will doubtlesa darnuulhm tha tlers and commit murders and other outrages. ed near Los Cruez. OnJan. 20 o from the vicinity of Laos, while cam) ches, made an unprovoked assault on the Moquin Arizona, and carried off a woman and 11 A 700 head e Gov. Arny the woman and 7 ehildren were V. wol their nuynd:nml all the stock returned. OFFICIAL RECOGNITION OF GALLANTRY IN INDIAN nfl' ont of |y cingToN, Feb. 27.~Malor-Gen. Steele, commanding in the Department of Columbia, iu general orders Fort Vancouver, W. T., Jan. 1, anuounces the gallantry Oapt. John H. Walker, Sccond Battalion United States bim- three civiliaps, defeated a band of 30 Plute sa w) hrd been committing depredations ju the v Camp C. F. 8mith, Oregon, Gen. Stecle alto ¢ol the condact of Lieut. H. B. Dutman and his de of Compgny I, 1st Oregon Inrunlryh',ho with Klamath Indians from Fort Klawath, eon}uucm i 8 e, Caly » emall detachment of troops from Cam) under Lieut. Small, 1st United States Cavalry, a6th of October, in the vicinity of Lake Albert, and completely routed a baud of Snake Inciane 10 In this engagement, lasting three hours, 14 nufi Killed, more than 20 wounded and 15 lodges, togethor with Winter supplies for 100, were destroyed. —— CANADA. ———— BY TELEGRAPE TO TEN TRISUNE. MoNTREAL, Feb, 27.—Judge Monck gave a decision yesterday intbe Royal Iusurance bond robbery, the capias grauted by Judge Burehelsh, on the that as the cause of action for debt aroge in a foreign conntry, the right of o capias here did not exist. The case hat been inscribed for conrt review iu March. prisoners remain in enstody |n~mm;§ the decisiony of tribunal. The insurance rmn}mn{w ) ro!mbly ':ny case to_England if they fall in thelr ol le&t: o flu here. The Guzelle's special says that naiwe of “Kingdom of Canada” for the new federation has been changed to the ** Dowtnion of Cs OFFICERS OF THE NEW KINGDOM. Under the Coulederation the Hon. Jobn A. McDonald i8 to be Lieutenaut-Governor of Ontario, or Canada, and the Hon. John Rose, M. P. for Montreal, Quebee, or Lower Canada. 1t is reported that they be knighted. Rose was the leador of the A moveent in 1847, Tho Lmports at this port last week were $416,00 in exeons of the corresponding period last year. P AR THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT. * e THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE CONVENTION—ADDRESS BY MORACE GREELEY. - BY YELBGRAPE TO YHR TRIBUNR. HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 27.=The Temperance Cone vention met this morning at 9 o'clock. A Commitige ta prepare a bill i which would be engrafted the views of the Convention was appoiuted, the Hon. John Cesans of Bedford being Chairman, A Committee, consisting of J. N. Stearns, the Rev. M, McMurray, and N. M. Pratt, was, on motion of Mr. II& of Laucaster, appointed to wait on Horace Gi and invite him to the ~3r of the Convention. afterward he was escort #d 1n, and on being i made a brilliant address. slo referred to the old babit New-England of drinking rum, and said be re that o one eccasion, at the funeral of & was the subject of remark and astonishment tbat no had been provided. Fifty Iyeun ago liquor was used Ing - every occasion — political, military, religlot soclal; in a word, #oirits was & ::I Tabit, and even children commien ‘ed on cider as soon they were old enough to lift a wug. He related an Qote of am Irishman who refused to driok rufh while a work in th st-field, aud drauk buttermilk, aud, sult was ot disastrous to the man, it was consid Wy Djs companions & most extraordinary feat. T Was, however, now an admitted fact that men are i bets ter mmhlhllh for ll:bur wllllolul rum lhfil&:’vlf‘l;’:.l. % he line is drawn in Pennsylvania s e 3 5 H do not drinkg & & those who drink and = those Who intoxicating liquors; and, a8 the tempérance agitation prosses forward, men Wil embrace it. As his observations Jproven, l|=5 value of agitation was seen outside as well emperance ranks. He then veferred to drink England and other parts of Europe, and conterded there 18 now comparatively less itoxicatin a%m& thore than years ago. Respectable hotels i country are not llrtuimg houses as in this country, Y iyg drink Liquor in the regularidrinking shope. i Lulmluml believed that the temperance cause will o forward, perhaps gradually, but surely; and wmouy Other things to do was to couvince drinkers who do n‘ get drunk of their danger. - Children, too, should be warned, and, if properly won, will grow up under tem- perance influence and Tmcm-e. Mr. Greely conclnded urging a systematic n1 tution in every town and |th‘lhlaHml ultimate victory must attend their efforts. On motion of Mr. Patton a vote of thanks wi tendered the speaker, the motion being adopted great applaise. » All the resolutions offered during the morming very radieal. One called upon the medical pnm"': remiemaber their great responsibilities in prescyibing 3 dangerous and much-abused an article as aleobol, an recommended that it should be dispensed carefully 1l other drugs; another denounced as a dangerous i the use of alcoliolic stimulants in the forw of tonic bitte fufant cordials and other nostrums, and recommesy the passage of a law preventing their sale; another recated the manufacture and use of domestic wines. awendwent No 82, lesving still 199 to be considered. Mr. MORRILL gave notice that e would to-uorrow 4ry and pross the Tarff bill to & final vote, . swow -3 7118 KINGDOM OF CARADA. Mr. nfvuosu utnl;., N.X) asked leavo to offer a reso- Tutfon, declaring that tiie establishment in the lumediate DIGAMNLY of WS UAligl GINIG o & R ST RGRASLY) most. un&nunl report from a committec was that by the Committee on Organization, which em! an of a central assoclation to combine all the mwrfiu organizations, and to be known 1< tiw “Biata mperi 15wy Union.” Jawes Bi ' &u unty, was lummy‘:fi! uow organization, Soon after imorn journed sine die. Thus ended proba! 981 (OMPOTALOS CONYENLM eves bl ! i Hlate