New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-14

FROM WASHINGTON.
PASSAGE OF TEE REVENUE BILL.
THE TAX ON BANK CIRCULATION.
Wg FRAUDULENT FLOYD ACCEPTANCgS.
rlANIO STRENGTHEN THE REGULAR ARMY
The Plea Of tie Paper Manufacturers.
qhsRcasting Of CopperheadSia the Senate
me Price Of Negroes in 2srissouri.
CAPTURE OF REBEL CLERGYMAN
Ihs Plea Of tie Paper Manufacturers.
qhsRcasting of copperheadsia the Senate
rne Price Of Negroes in Irissouri.
CAPTURE OF 4 REEL CLERGYMAN
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WARRINGTON. FridIy Feb. -, 1859.

49, Wv. aaA Means bill, as reported itOm lhe III
-. cor,u;,tee which inslly pRssed by vote OF
y,oLtb. dsser.oTs being Senators Cnrlile Pow
AZ pioLsrdsou. and Wal. This Amendment If to
,be section taxing bank circulation, which, as insy
,,,ed TO BY q vote Of - to l6, imposes tax OF
op..hsE Of one Der cent semi-GnnuaDy on the whole
average circulation up to April l. 1885, AMI one per
cen. sem. Auaually thereafter.
TIE FRAUDUltxT FLOYD ACcEPTANCEs.
TIE discharge Of the Judiciary COMMITTEES by TIE
House to-day. FROM further confederation Of the me
mortal Of Messrs Pierce Il Bacon, in tbs matter Of
tail yd eccept.nc-r, leave, the opinion Of the Al
t-ney General TO tie effect that The Government,
h lot liable uron these acceptances unmpsAchsd.
STRENGTHENING THE ARMY.
II 10 rruored in military circles that plan will
b adopted to increase Tie regular army end key up
tSe ypr.t d. corps of tho volunteer service by law
saihorzirg commanding generss TO transfer entire
volunteer regiments 10 the regular service IN re-
ward Of bravery on battlc-heds 1t is said that
tlar,s viii be inserted in the act. excluding from
this raRsf.r officers Of tie regiments absent from
Sgh,s In all the incidents Of TIE service, even 70
confirmation by the Senate tie volunteer regiments
thus selected viii instantly become regulars.
TIE PLEA OF THE PAPER MANUFACTURERS
Tie parer ,nsnuf 5cturrr. embassy, admitted before
the Ways and Means Committee to-day, denied
boldly the charge that they had combined to put up
Che rce of psper confessed to their association, and
sSeribed 70 IL the Object Of mutual Improvement IN
tie art Of making paper-InakiDg aud nothing else
charged the newspapers with excluding them IRON
sdefense before the public, vowed that their brsi-
mes. was no; profitable ore, ascrbed the rise Of
paper wholly 10 sthe Increase of tie price Of rags,
aud asserted that the duy paper was e'sary 10
their bus nefs which was 80 uaromune7atlve anu
risky that seveI-oghths Of the manufacturers had
failed in tue last few years.
The Committee were unquesiiorably impressed
b. the statements and arguments Of these nlemen.
II 10 thought that they changed votes.
THE ORGANIZATIONS or An AFRICAT ARMY.
Senator Wilson msie report today adverse to
the House bill providing for tie organization OF an
African army, Oh the ground that the law Of the
last session cOners all the powers in the premises
covered by the bill.
PAY or INSPECTORS OF CUSTOMS
Senator Fcssend.n reported from the Judiciary
Committee to-dsy bill making tbs compensation If
Inspectors Of Cugtcms of the port Of Nsw-York 4
day frou and after the LIST of January, 1863
THE DEBATE IL TIE sENATE--COrPERHrADs
RoASTED
Into the nidst OF the discussion 10 the Senate on
che Wars sud Meaus bill to-dsy, series of passages
n arms were inte1ec'ed Which excited the livolest
interest in tho unusually crowded galleries. Senator
Fssseldon admirable reprocf Of Senator Powell Left
liule OF that seemingly irreproesible Coppcrbead
Senator Cherdler's vehement aud eloquent phlpric
10 respopss 10 Senator Richardson uganri Rstels
and their allies, North az well as South called forth
frsquort spplause
FOREIGN SLED WHEAT.
The Commissioner Of Agriculture has received
the Marsdeu whea. purchased for the Department
BY Col. r. j. Johnson during lis rcceLt sojourn IN
Erslsnd ls Conmissoner 10 the lDierhIoLal Ex-
bibil;On. a very choice Spring variety. highly pop
ular IL the North o! England. |, Will DO jud.ciousy
6s.dbutod by The Department.
TUT PROPOSED MEDIATION.
A dis.inguthed Nassachusetts statesman, 10. now
b public lifo in private letter writer weeLs ago,
expressed regret tina, England ead Rossia had H.;
sceepted the proposition Of Napoleon to mediate in
Cur affairs in order that Opportunity might be af'
foIdcd 70 ttate tue case Of TIC country suihOTia'
lively to tbs civilized world.
PRICE Up SLAVES IN MISSOURI.
A Senator received dispatch yesterday from
springfield, No., stating thu; at an auction winch
led Just takon place, slayes had been sold a. $40
apiece the same day, bu. before the dispatch was
seeeivod tie Senate wa voting appropriation Of
5000 head for the emancipation VI slaves in Nile
souh. ........ ~
There Is still 40 opportunity 10 amend The Bill ia
the House 10 - to cut down the tots. appropriation
frou twenty millions 70 ten mlOhs and TO require
Emancipation TO be absolute and Immediate.
THE COLLISION BETWEEN SECRETARIES
WEILES AND SEWARD.
When the correspondence between Secretaries
Welles and Seward 10 published, II IL ever be, II
eersaialy will be found 10 have tho Characteristic"
We have sseribed 10 it, notwithstanding tho DENIAL
that The Tune, has been directed TO make OF It,
CAPTURE OF A REVEREND HFDEL
The Rev. DR.. Wilmer, once Of Philadelphia, ana
a er,ncnt aud shining light 10 Episcopaey' now Of
yc9ao,u and the Rebel Church South, 10 in gr'e'
In the Capitsl Prison. His flight to AichmoDa WIN
twenty franks, last year, is history. In oompan!
viii Two Britirh uobsmSn hs this week veatufed 70
return North. ....., - -
They aropp.d him on tho Chesapeake sh9,e' no
VS. taken IN his solitary voyage across ana 0'o's',
he;s 10 the War Department snd qnss''onea ara
sssrcbsd. uis ssrnoo-book, greatly 10 winners
sscp,,tm,nt, betrayed letters OF Introduction from
,.r DAVIS 70 Sided, and other Rebel beauties
.,-oss. The lining OF the dvines coat, more to biz
s,..,shrseus, developed Confederate bonds and
eesy<ity. .rs -.
no sOuld not imagine bow thsy got there. His
pagers fally accredited btn Is the representative Of
be Episcopal Church 6otth to the Church Of
p,I M. .;o,. ,,;.s;oo xvhich wss In W. dOo Ia