The Portland daily press., 1864-04-02
From Washington.
WAsHINGrnN. Anrll l.

WASHINGTON, April /.
| In the House TO day, Mr.. Wsrde, Of New
| York, from the COMMITTEE on Commerce, re-
| ported a Joint resolution setting forth among
other things in the preamble, that by the trea-
ty made by the President on the 18th of Sep
TENDER, 1854, for the purpose of extending
the reciprocity trade between the North
American colonies and the United States.
nearly all the articles which Canada has to
sell, are admitted into the United States free of
duty, while heavy duties are imposed on most
| of those articles which the people Of the
United States have to sell, with the intention
oil excluding them from the Canadian mar
ketS, and that the President, during the ;1Gih
| Congress caused to be submitted to the
House an official report, setting forth the inc
| quality and Injustice existing in our present
intercourse with Canada, subyersiye of the
true intent of the treaty, owing to the subse-
| quent legislation OF Canada; but it being de-
sirable that friendly relations should be con
tinued between the United States and the
British North American provinces, and that
commercial intercourse should hereafter be
| carried on between them upon principles re-
| ciprocally beneficial and satisfactory to both
parties, therefore
Resolved, That the President be authorized
and required to give notice to the British gov
| eminent, that it is the wish and intention of
| the government Of the United States 10 ter
| expiration Of ten years from the time the trea-
| ty went into operation,-such notice to be
| given at the expiration of said term of ten
| years, to the end that the treaty may be abro-
| gated as soon as il can he done under the pro-
| provisions thereof, unless u new convention
shall, before that time. he concluded between
| the two governments, by which the proyis-
| ions shall be abrogated or so modified as to
| be mutually satisfactory TO both governments:
aud that the President be and is hereby auth
orized TO appoint three Commissioners, by and
| with the consent of the Senate, for the revis-
| ion OF the treaty, and to confer with other
| Commissioners duly authorized therefor when
ever it shall appear TO be the wish of the gov
| eminent of Great Britain to negotiate new
treaty between the two governments and the
people of both governments, based on the true
| principles of reciprocity and for the removal
of the existing difficulties.
The following nominations of Brigader
| Generals OF Volunteers were confirmed by
the Senate to-day: Col. Patrick f. Connor,
Sd California Reg, to date from March 3Oth,
1858; Lieut.. Col. Gabriel r. Paul, Sth Regu-
lars, from 18th March, 1868; Col. Alfred DUFF
fie, LIST. r. i. Cavalry, from June %, 1862 Col.
II. l.. Eustis, 10th Mass, from Sept H. 1863.
Representative kasson's amendment to the
National Bank BILL which was adopted to-day,
providing that the tax shall be such as may
from time to time be imposed by Congress in
lieu of present taxes, is preliminary to the in
PRODUCTION Of a bill now pending before the
Committee of Ways and Means, prescribing
other rates OF taxation applicable to such in
stitutions. The amendment of Representa-
tive Blaine, of Maine, providing that every
association may charge on any loan or dis
count interest at the rate prescribed by the
law Of the State where such Institution shall be
located, which was agreed to In Committee of
the Whole, was afterwards superseded by re-
storing the original provision of not exceed
ing per cent