, 1863-12-22
NATIONAL ASSESSORS CON
TEWT1ON.
Final Action and Adjournment.

Especial Correspondence Chicago T1ibune.1
CLKvE1AxD, o., Dec 10, 1853.
Even such busy people as Assessors must
indulge in occasional relaxation, and the
Convention, by way Of recreation, gathered
for socinl supper at the Angler at o'clock
Thursday evening. Mr. Page, Of Chicago,
the President of the Convention, occupied the
chair.
ALL the Convention again resumed business
in m evening session. which might properly
be termed q midnight session, "a 1t did not
adjourn till about 2 O'Clock a. m. The ses-
sion was held in the gent1emen's parlor. of.
the Angler. The gentlemen were thus
anxious to press business forward as thew
was drawing to close, aud they Wero
anxious to adjourn In time to reach home be-
fore Sabbath.
MANUFACTURED.
The report of the committee on this eub-
jet was submitted BY HI. Presbrey, Of New
York, Its chairman. This report vas great
length and 1t is impossible to make room for
It IL our columns- It wiu almost completely
revolutionixc the law On the subject Of man
ufacturcs.
About 2 4. m. the Convention adjourned to
2AGNA VA AAAAay AAVAAAA4Ss Ut Az y [4VCA.
=. THIRD DAE-F1NAL SESSION.
Alto o'clock Friday morning, the Conven-
tion ro-assemb1ed for its final session. After
the usual preliminary business had been
transacted. letter was read from the Hon.
Joseph J. Lewis, Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue, to the Convention, By his Secretary,
Vim. F. Downer, Esq. The letter was couched
in terms OF high but we'll mer3ted compli-
ment, thanking the Convention for the in
k-.xH T+$C3 tzns+ f~r3 EnI& T.
Internal Reycnue- Votes Of thanks to Messrs.
Lewis and DoWner were passed by the Con-
vention
The members then resumed the considcra-
tion Of the reports Of committees, the re-
mainder Of which, after cmendation and al
We had hoped to furnish our readers with
full abstracts Of all these reports, but the
Committee Of Publication someWhat arbitra-
rily refused us the privilege Of copying them,
and We are forced to rely upon few hurried
notes for our brief abstracts Of the remaining
reports
ON TEE LAW, TO PAGE 81, INCLUDING SPIRITS,
ALE AND PORTER.
The committee on this subject submitted
very full report through its chairman, Mr.
Budd, of Pennsylvania, which was the sub
ject Of 3 lengthy debate. The bulk Of the rc-
port consisted In recommendations for
change in tie law, transferring certain duties
T
the Assessors and their assistants, which Is Of
no interest to the general reader The fol-
lowing important recommendations were
adopted by the Convention:
! That q tax ofone-cighth Of one per cent be
levied on the gross amount Of full sales Of
!: goods and wares sold at other than the places
f; Of manufacture, but nothing here shall be
(, construed to affect dealers whose gross annual
F.; receipts do not exceed one thousand dollars.
j That the tax on malt liquors be sixty cents
per barrel, conditioned that tie tax On malt
be thirty cents per bushel, and that the use
+: Of substitutes for malt in the production Of
T. liquors sold as pure malt liquors shall be
+! made penal odcnse. -
! h That the tax on distilled spirits be sixty
cents per gallon, from March, 1861, to July,
cnty-fye cents per gallon, and from and after
the latter date one dollar per gallon.
;. A motion that the tax on hops be five cents
; apound was lost A motion that the tax on
malt be stricken out was also lost.
! Auction sales. slaughtered hogs, eattles s.
! York, Clair1nan Of the Committee
:, Stamps, dc. were reported on by Mr.. Clapp
!; OF Massachusetts, Chairman Of the COM
:: unittee.
Finance WAS reported on By Mr. Ritchic, Of
! Massachusetts, Chairman of the Committee
!enssed, amended and adopted We regret
that the arbitrary rule Of tho Publishing
/ conm'ttee has prevented Ms from obtaining
abstracts Of them.
!: Mr. Sedgwick, Of New. York, offered the
following resolution which was adopted:
ReAolred, That this Committee respectfully sug-
gest, in view Of the many tncongfuities Of tho
present excise Law, that The Commissioner Of In
etatfe 50 universally affecting the Interests ct the
whole people may be more plaiu and simple in its
provisions and more easily understood
/! Mr.. Emerson, Of Pitts6cld, Mass, offered
+, the following:
RESOLUTIONS or THE RATIONAL CONVENTION or
UNION.
WHEREAs, The Assessors OF Internal Revenue Of
the United States, in Convention asse mb!ed. In
fn Io9s 5S aa 9 6aos md e
hare been officially and personally brought into
.. intimate connection with evsEy community and
1anities Of Witnessing the univereal sentiment
o. ioya1y Tniea IN Rsfades the Loyal States and
; WaEEAs, Ihcy deem It not impcrttnent to
sie tSs e
hearty witness. not only to this sentiment Of toy-
atty which pcEsades our people like tho atmos-
1hc Government luz been borne with uaITereal
assent: therefore,
!Re%6;eed, That the loyal people Of the United
tions to 1he Assessors st the United States loyal
and most generous acquicEccnce in al the sacdd-
pTess c 40 unSoy n 1e6eoa and re.asa @ The integrity
ii the bcst government that the world has ever
seen that they have shown that they arn not only
Snon 81 ssf e Pass
shown devotion Of their hearts to the same holy
work
ii Government. and the imposition Of any and al
burdens ofsactidcc, has met with the enthusiastic
and unqualified support Of tho people Of the Uni
ReeofrfG. That a pract1cal and intimate expert.
encc Of many months with the financial measures
q dc tleaeut and the ac1lon o. congress N % f1s
the ability which has characterized the recon-
mcndatione Of the Secretary and the Intelligent
it haf developed TO the world and given assurance
to poetcs1tx, that Our prosperity and freedom Will
be perpetual, and that the hopes Of humanity have
gained from our sacrifices Of treasure and blood
the assurancc Of final triumph.
Rsteed Tint We tcnder to re soldiers ~ IN tns
he @ u 1s s N H. oe
TO each and all OF the representative OF frec iabo1
tn csery rank and position the hearty ssSaow!edg
t dutiet I have IL Other nattons been deemed ob
: noxious, Of their unprecedented ryaiT In thcll
Snsss nee Res ase g o
! ofthe Union, the Constitution and Law, declaring
that they bear in their hearts The love Of hamai
Rbe and the,r ce1 sa e1 to extend III
Of tie record of his Convention. and Be oommuni
I Lead Of The Department: nf the Treasury.
Tic resolutions were unanimously adopt
. cd.
= Resolutions Of thanks to Colonel Ross, tn
popular and gentlemanly proprietor Of th
Angler House, and to the President, VIC
: Presidents and Secretaries Of the ConVentls,
: for the able and faithful manner in Tlic1
: they hare discharged their duties, were unan
imous1y carried
=: A committee ofnine, Of which c. n. En-
: erson, Esq, Of Pittsde1d,. Massachusetts,
, publication Of the proceedings Of the Con
!. . Ttntion.
, Of Illinois, the President Of the Convention
y MAS made Chairman, was Hpointed with m
= tborIty to Gull another sfdH1ar Convention
. one year from the present time, dceme
$ cxptdie1t ut that time
- - At 2 In the afternoon motion was mad
~ 10 adjourn. The President, after few gract
fnl words Of yaledictory,- put the motion
4 and the Convention Was declared adjou1ne
~ s;se lie.
T.! The Committee on Publication met imm'
J. diately after the adjournment Of the Convcl
i tiou, and resolved to prepare the proceeding
n Of the Convention for publication in time
Il lay It before Congress Immediately a1ter u
.: Christmas holidays.
e.: Mr. Emerson. Of Mass-, moved TINT Con
,e 1nittec Of nine be appointed by the Prcsldcl
n. Of this Convention (who himself shall be OF
Ir Of thc,n} to prepare and print the proeee'
- im:s and present them In person to the Con
~ missioncrs Of Internal Revenue and tho Con
~ mittcc Of Ways and Means In Congress. II
Committee arc:
Peter Page, ILL.,; C. n. Emerson, G. G. Day!
A Mpss,; o. T. Prcsbcry, N. T.: g: 4 Halsey. N.
N o. r. soathyoth, "a; c; \: Fo.dick, Ohio;