New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-02-16
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
BILLS REPORTED.


Mr.. STEVENS (Un., Penn, from the Com
mittee Ways and Means, reported oil autAo izIs
the appointment Of Assistant Register Of The
Treasury also, bill extending the time for the with
drawal Of goods from the public stores and warehouses
TIRE PACIFIC RAILROAD.
MI STFvINS also reported bill from the Select Com
mi,tee on the Pacific Railroad granting public lands TO
the Peoples Pacific Railroad and Telegraph Company
by the Northern route.
Mr.. WNLL.cE delegate from Idaho Territory, intro
duced bill 10 establish branch mint in that territory
All the above bills were appropriately referred.
TIE PROHIBITION OF SLANLRY.
Mr.. WINDOW On. Mimi introduced joint rcsolu-
ton proposing amendment 10 the Constitution Of the
United states, with a view Of prohibiting slavery
" the Committee on the judiciary.
DEPARTMTST OF REVENUE.
On motion Of Mr. WILSON 0in, Iowa IN was re-
solved that the Committee the Judiciary be iDstruct
ed to inquire into the cxpediency Of establishing an x
Revenue to which shall be intTusted the charges Gus
toms Internal Revenue, Currency, etc; ana that the
Committee report by bill on Otherwise.
THE ABOLITION or SLAVERY.
Mr.. ARNOLD (Un., H. offered the following reso
fntioIs: -
e,OIred That the Constitution of the United stetes .hoad
wherever ei.i and 70 prohibit it, extension in every
Mr. HOLMAN Dem. Ind) moved that The resolution
b. laid upon the table. Disagreed to-5s against z"
Mr. WILSON suggested thai tine resolution be referred
e. the Committee on the judiciary, which has charge OF
Mr.. GENoLp objected to the suggestion.
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YEAs--Alessr Alison Anderson Arnold, Ashley Bsly, |
Baldwin lMa,' Baxter BeaIrAn, Blgir OY Vi, Blow,
Boatw ell Boyd breudasee BroonL COBB, Cole, Creswel
Dsvis ma, bov ny, Dawes, Dixon Donnely Drsgs,
Dumol,. I;siey 5o tsins OF, tIs-E' Carte d. Gooeh
finlbard, Isuoses 5ian tKsiey keyoss .NGhl L9sr
ONeiIi re Or.h Pate o Pelham PIE Poiueso, Price
Rice Mssl Rice (Els.l; RoIls u. ~ scbeeS, scOaed
Shannon, sitlcGs Sgud'ns Stevens, Thyer, Thomas Up
sou, tsa laikenburg Waslogme (lll. WaAlou!n dies
"Hssy i-la g 1hs " Hh Iao Ar,,no pdwr
tiiiel, BIZ. Bteo1s, Brown Wsl, cly cesio,h Coz
Ganson Order, Hal Harans Harrington, Harris (MdL
Herries, Ho,re Johnson tObol kellogg N. ", Ktrau
s4d, hMhsBbo ~ NtE Sias Ma @ Nom 30 ono
Perry, handsI Pa Randall ly., Robinson, Rollins cio
Ro.s Scott STEELE n. W ste strose Stuart, Sneel, &
a. White. T. W. While Winfield, =. Wood.
SHlr CANAL AROUND NIAGARA FALLS.
Mr.. Arnold Un. Ill reported BIZ. or the consiruc
ton OF Ship Canal around the alisof Niagara.
INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL.
3lr. SfEyRNs NTa. Pa.) from the Committee On WAYS
and Means, reported the Indian Appropriation bill for
the year ending with Jule la65.
USlRoRX sYsrIM or BASRRUPTCY.
Mr. JENcKEs II n. r. L., from tbs Special Committee.
reported bin establishing uniform system o: hank
raptcy. II was ordered 10 be printed aid recommited
INCREAsE or 1HE INTERVAL REvESUE.
Mr.. SrEyESs In. Pa.) iroIn the Committee or WAYS
ana Means, reported bgc. the Sena.es amendments 70
the House bill f.. increasing the internal revenue end
for other parposes.
Mr. SfFvEss explained the differences between fhe
bill il passed the House and the Sfnates amendments
maintaining mar the la.or were preferable 10 What had
boeB agreed upou by the House a. TO the tax spirits
and the date il Mas 70 60 into effect The Hons, he
said, ought 10 accept the Se!ates amendments becase
they consistent with lie principles eetolOc de.
clared by Legislation, mandy that taxes should be
prospective al articles. The Committee we're Of
opinion that pledge 10 this effect had been given TO
the country, and manufacturers had y yht 70 rely upon
II Hs basis or their ri5iDess a. revenue measure.
che Dill from the Senate much better than that Of
Che House The amount OF spirits hand which the
House proposed 10 tax, did not amount 10 more than
200 900 barrels, or about lUD01G Of gson This al
40 cents per gallon would produce Si,OO4On0. BIT
nobody Who Lad seen the operation OF The Tax Law could
suppose that more than half this quantity would bc
taxed yielding s20O00O0 On tie other hand the
Senate bill after the lst Of Jarua! next would yield
e4oVO. 000 or el5GODO00
tERsANDO WOOD (Dcm., " " replied saving fhe
effect 81 the motion Of Mr. Stevens 10 concur In the
Senaes amendments was practically to restrict the
revenue proposed 10 be raised by the bill This was
most extraordinary proposition coming from the quar-
teI il did. Those whose duty il 10 protect the rub
lie interests had no+ tuCuholcd tie Committee on ii.
nance. This done by those who tlrDnced .be civ
Iookuc after ;heir private incrests SO far from
there bcBg only $1,000 barrels OF splits on hand he
Wood knew three gentlemen In New York neither oil
whom was speculative trader, who had almost half Of
that quantity on hand. Instead OF lie spirits hand
Welding only four Millions tie tax would produce ten
uilEpnS NJ dollars
Tic debate was continued until 4; O'CLOCK bat 40
action was taken Oh the Senste's amendments.
GOvERENfST FOR soCIHtRS Stalls.
M. DAVIS In. Md. from the Select Committee on
Jnsurrectionary States, reported bl, which or
.lefed be printed giving 10 certain States. whose
GoyerunenLs have been usnrpeG or overthrow re-
pubhcGn form OF government Il
Among other things it provides gs ice appointment
of Provisional Governor charged with the civil admin
Il TuiiUn Of the States until the State Coz ernneDt c
ny means Of elections be reSstablsLod All slaves
within the Territory declared free aud any person
hereafter in the Rebel pablo sece Is declared not to
b. a citizen Of the United States.
zlo Hoase tten adjourned.