New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-03-18
THE EFFORTS TO AMEND THE TAX BILL
Military Combinations and Reflections
GENERAL HUNTERS DEPARTMENT
Return Of the Rebels Toward Manassas
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be upon wooden cannon.
THE TAX BILL.
The Tax bill is having distractng time OF
il. The guack medicine men have been here
in O stringent force, aud the omnibus proprle-
tors, umbrella and parasOl manufacturers, dis
tillers, nillers, bar and pig iron makers. drug
importers, newspaper publishers, tobeccopiStr,
rock oil reiiners, paper makers, hoop skirt men,
hat manufacturers, bill brokers, indeed, large
number of the interests which profess to be
uneqaaiy burdeued by the bill. Concession,
have already been made in Committee to the
iron makers Ia making the tax specific instead
Of I'D valOrem; 30 the newspapers. making The
advertisement tax instead Of 5 per cent, and
on net receipts instead Of gross; to tobacconists
reducing il on leaf and stem, ard raising 1t on
the manu- acture; to tho ccsl-oil distlllers, VIZ"
will be destroyed by the competition OF the
rock oil combined with the tax proposed. To
umbrellas and parasOls change from specific
to five per cent ad valorem. To hooP-shirts
the same and 10 omnlbuses entire freedom
from the tax on passengers. 1t was shown
that il would be fatal 70 them III the conpet-
ton with the horse railroads. The country
will be astonished to learn that the tax has
been stricken off from the manufacture OF
-four. This was effected by delegation OF the
Rochester millers, who showed that it would
be fatal TO their business oil along the line a.
fected By the Reciprocity Treaty. The tax
would enable the Canadian millers TO undeTseii
ours in our own markets. This was conclusive,
of course. But no sooner was the -four tax
stricken out of the Int than new difficulties
arising out of that most unwiso treaty began
thruDging into tue Ways ana Means Committee
room: aud the influences that shsl most DIS.
turb the principle OF this TAI bill, mako it un-
equal, ard create Dissatisfaction, will proceed
from the urreciprocal Canadian reciprocity
The Committee invite discussion, upon TINS bill
IA the newspapers, and will be glad 10 receive
information and suggestions concerning 1t.
MILITARY Combinations.
The Senate ia Executive Session to-day con-
drmed the following Brsadier- G enerlls, alter a
protracted session Of nearly four bours: Gems.
Barry, Asboth, German, Palmer. Emory, T. l..
Price, A. j. Smith, 81. X. Patrick, isaac L.
DUMMY Of New-Jersey, IL. Berry of Maine,
Orris I. Terry of Connecticut.
REJECTED And SUSPENDED.
Gen. ID. +. Sckles ard Paul X. George OF
Hampshire we're rejected. Gen. Lock
woods nomination is suspended.
TIE vote in this case Vas unanimous. No.
a voice favored tho solitary suggestion for
further delay
GTS. III STIR'S DEPARTMENT.
The limits Of the Department TO which Gea-
eral Hunter has been assigned having been in
correctly stated. it may mol be improper to
say that it comprises the States OF South Car
DINA. Georgia, and Florida. General Sherman
Will be retained in the Department under Gen
eral Hunter aud General Brannan, probably
also. We congratulate the country on having
one right man in tho right place; man who
will give a hearty welcome to oil loyal iug.
tiyes, whatever their complexion, who viii not
call South Carolina 3 sovereign State, ard
masters Of slaves their " natural guardisDs,'
Who will with energy and celebrity press toward
point. whore beyond all others within the area
OF the Rebellion the Nation wishss 70 see the
Stars aud Stripes flying.
RETURN OF REDEIs.
II ia Sad that brigade Of Rebels, con.ist-
ing of infantry cavalry and artillery approached
within mlje Of Manassas iast night, but d!d
rot venture TO attack our ouiposts there.
RIss II BCLL RUN.
A party OF yisitors to Manassaa. who had
lcrded Boil Run before the Saturdays storm,
On attempting 10 return, iound the stream 30
swollen that they were unable to cross, and
were obliged 10 stay another II hours.
WENDELL PHiLLiPs's SERMON OS EMhHCrh-
TiON.
Il was he lith Massachusetts Regiment to
which Wendell Philips preached the Gospel OF
emancipation YESTERDAY He told the soldiers
that If they were not oil Abolitiouists Ike him
gelf, they were all lankeei and would give
him bearing. Later in The day Mr.. PHILIPS
had tho temerity TO visit Gen. McClellans
The General commanding was
absent.
TIlI NEw-yORK COINAGE DEPARTMENT.
The House Committee on Commerce, at their
meeting to-day, considered at length the bill TO
establish coinage department in the Assay
Office al New-York.
DEATH or CAPT. PECK.
Capt. W. W. Peck of the llth Infantry,
formerly Of Chicago died to-day.
PERSONAL.
Governor Spragae is here.
THE CARRIAGE OF TIE MAILS.
Senator Sumner will tomorrow introduce q