New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-03-02
FROM w ASHINGIUN.
TIE WAYS AID MEANS BANK TAX AMENDMENT
National Measures Pending in Congress-
rrotice to Deserters from the Po-
tomae ARM.
stcst1,9y SEWARD S CONFIDENTIAL DISPATCHES.
SECRETARY SEWARD CONFIDENTIAL DISPATCHES
One of the Dispatches Sent Unknown tt
the President.
4 Third Congressional Mileage Proposed

The bank tax amendment TO the Ways and MsAn'
bills agreed upon at the meeting of the seeonu oon
rittee of Conference was in these words:
"Ard all sucb banks associations ana i,ui' 20
shall also be subject 10 and pay GUY OF ohe-rhi
of one per centnm each baii year iroin snu nv.
ApriI 1868 upon the average amount OF ho'es OF
hills NOT otherwise taxed herein, and outstanding as
enrrency daring the six months next preceding the
return hereinafter provided Tor, snd 'ne rave OF '
or duty imposed on the crculatloh Oh assOoi'.iO"s
which nav be organized under the act TO proviae
National currency secured by pledge OF United
States stocks approved July %, 1868, and 10 pro.
vide for The circulation and redemption thereof shall
be the same ga bat hereby imposed on the circulation
of all banks ASSOCIATIONS, corporations or lndVou,
ais, but shall be assessed and collected as required
by said act"
This amendment applies to the amount not touched
BY the original House bill, as well as to the excess
over The smouot in the graduated scale, making the
tax two per cent per aDnum. The amendment re-
specting the tax on deposits is this:
And all banks, bankers, associations, or corpor-
atoms, excepting savings institutions, sdaii pay.
tax of one eighth Of one cent each mouth on the
average amount Of deposits over aud above the aver
age amount Of its circulation, commencing the nrs
OF April, 1863"
NATIONAL MEASURES PENDING.
When the miscellaneous appropriation bill, the
indemnify bill and the amendments TO the tarlfi shall
have been passed by the House, It's labors Of
national character will be done, bills Of local ana
personal interest only will remain 10 consume the
kst hours of the session. Ii is doubtful if the tariff
would have been touched If the pressure for the
remission Of the duty paper had not been respected
by almost every representative As measure of
iuslice ss well as wisdom notwithstanding the
persisleney With which Mesers. Morrill, and Horton
10 the Ways and Means room oppose the remission
q, ill ,.Ia pH hyt ha
certainly.
NOTICE TO DESERTERS.
Deserters throughout the north and west bad
better pack their knapsacks, and hurry back to the
Rapabanuock. Gen. Hooker is about to iaue an
order giving them just 20 days in which to save
themselves from the fate TO which he has made up
his mnd TO subject deserters
SECRETARY sEwAED's PRIVATE CONFIDENTIAL
DISPATCHES.
A fact personally known to eight Senators bears
apon tie issue made By Secretsry Stewards organ
With those who aver thst be has sent dispatches
some If which were not exclusively formal, 10 our
Ministers abroad. without the knowledge Of the
President. At one Of tue interviews between the
Committee of the Senate Republican caucus and
Mr. Lincoln, the aters siteution was called to the
following disp4ch 10 Minls,er adams, marked " No.
z& confidential"
DEPARrxENr OF STATE WAsHE6TOS, July 1862
sIR Your dispatch Of Juoe 20 no 76 has been received
Il Is satisfactory to know the, copy Of my di,paIch
No 30 has been received and read by Easl
Russell The fubj-c. It preserts 10 one Of mo
mentions import L. q II the extreme sdvocaes
OF African slavery and il most vehement opponents WAX
ACTING IN CONCERT TOGETHER TO PKkciPiTArE srRyLE
sxR-,he former b. making the most desperate attempt 70
overthrow the Federal UBioo the LATTsG by DEMANDING An
.f,l. Il
noot .. they .sy, only legitimate way Of saving tue
Onion.
seServe remarks the military situation FOR day nearer
10 the departure Of the mail
Lam, Sir yoer obedent servant
WILLIAM ii. SEWARD.
CHARLES FRANCIS Adams esq &c.
TIL. President on hearing this brief but highly
important Dispatch The essential point in which we
i,aeise), expressed his surprise and remarked that
be had never beard 0: its existence before.
THIRD MILEAGE FOR CONGkESsMEN.
Tie House Yesterday tackled on the Miscellaneous
Appropriation bill an amendment providing for
third mileage. II Ii doubtful whether, when the
question comes up, sufficient humber will call Tor
the Yeas aud Nays. If they he not called, third
mileage will DO voted. majority Will hesitate 10
put themselves upon the record IN favor oil SUCH Il
proposition. If 10 gets as far as the Senate 1t VIII be
choked quickly.
A CALLED SESSION OF THE SENATE.
There will he a called session OF The Senate imine-
diatey after The adjournment Oh the Ath Of March,
at which unfni,hed Executive business VIII he DIS
posed OF. Probably most Of the pending military
nominations will lie over until alter the 4th. Nomi-
nations vet 70 be made under the Copscription bill
must also be passed upon.
CONGRESSIONAL MILEAGE.
TIE House in Committee Saturday adopted an
amendment 10 the miscellaneous BILL giving mileage
for THE session, voting down Mr. Fenton PROPOSE.
ton TO redace mileage Ior Senators, Representatives
now 40 cents per mile. lis thought in the House
this amendment may yet prevail.
THE PRIZE LAW.
The bill amendatory OF the Prize Law, introduced
by Senator Grimes yesterday, has been subjected TO
the criticism Of eminent Eastern lawyers. II aims
70 cure the defects and evils OF existing scts which
they have observed in their practice. 1t provides
follows:
SEC. l. For the early sale of prize property such
sale 20 be stayed by appeal
SIC. 2 An horizes tbs War and Navy Depart
meats 10 take vessels and munitions OF war ut the
appraised value.
requires sales 20 be advertised, and guards against
fraudulent combinations.
SEC. 4. Changes the I'd Section of the act Of
March, 1862, with regard to counsel for csptors.
sEc 8. Provides That one Of the Prize Commits
sioners shall be a retired naval 0lcer.
SIC. 6. Regulates witnesses lees.
SEC. z. Declares that appeals shall lie from the
District Courts direct TO the Supreme Court.
rup n,e.,opr.,rpr urTwPFy THE SENATE