Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-01-30
FROM WASHINGTON.

which the payment of the principal of the public
THE INTERNAL REVENUE COMMISSION.
- The Internal Revenue Commission consisting Of
David A Wells, of Troy, s. s Hayes, of Chicago, and
their report and it is now in the hands of the Secre
tary of the Treasury, who will probably transmit it
his own approval of its recommendations. The chief
general feature of the report is the recommendation
OF large reduction in the internal revenue taxes,
and iee!s sd sures are presented to show how this
can be safely accomplished. They also recommend
the entire reorganization of the internal revenue
system that it may be administered on MOTE ecc-
nomical and efficient basis. Among the specific re-
c0mnendations Of the commission is the removal Of
the tax on all printing and publishing material.
tax on cotton will be strongly advocated, and bill
will be submitted with the report for its imposition
The report is not ONLY approved by the Secretary Of
the Treasury, but by all the members Of the Ways
| and Means Committee who have examined it. 1t is
Toiuminous and very interestlng comprising seventy
| closely printed pasc,.
INCREASE OF BANK CAPITAL.
IT has been understood that Secretary McCulloch
did not approve of the proposed increase of one hun
| dred millions in the National Bank capital 1t is
proper to say. however, that Mr.. McCuloch is In IA
vor OF this increase which every day shows to be
more and more necessary to the development of the
so amend the National Bank act as to require tho
banks to redeem at New York, Boston or Philadel-
tToller Clarke and adopted it sdicult to see what
objection there can be successfully urged to propo-
sition which not only results absolute rcdurt:
OF ten millions OF the currency hut changes hun
dred millions Of irredtemable greenbacks into ninety
millions nf National BanknOtes, equally well secured
ledeemable at the business centres and subject tD
the legitimate business demands cf the country and
yet not inHating the circulation when the business
does not require it. as Is the case with the present r
| redeemable legal tenders
THE RECIPROCITY TREATY.
Copies of the preliminary report on the treaty of
reciprocity with re$t britain to regulate the trade
between the United States and the Provinces of
British North America, prepared by j. IL. boey at
the request Of the Secretary of the Treasury were
| to-day laid on the desks of members of Congress-
lie appends the draft of bill to extend the present
treaty for the further term Of year from 18th
March next, on the condition that Canada shall re-
peal all duties and taxes on salt cars locomotives
vehicles OF all kinds, machinery furniture tools, i'm
pLements soap, starch boots, Shoes leather horse
shoes and horse shoe nails harness, tacks, brads
watches music and musical instruments, clocks tin
and wooden ware, mousln de lanes. coarse shawls,
SatneS and sheetinss and shirtngs worth less than
one dollar pound, and raise her internal tax and
duty spirits to at least seyentyfve cents per gal
ION wine measure and discontinue her FREQ ports on
Lakes Huron and Superior: The SAID treaty for eX
tension shall also provide that the United States may
Impcse any internal taxes the productions of the
FroTlnceS which they levy upon their own products
of the same kind.
| The President is authorized to appoint two COM
United Kingdom and the Provinces, either jointly or
SeVeraly, to regulate the commerce and navigation
between the respective territories and people IF said
Provinces and the United States, on terms recpro-
eally beneficial. 1t is to be made the duty of the
commissioners to provide, possible for the perma-
nent security OF the fisheries of the United StateS to
secure the free interchange of the chief products Of
art and manufacture. well the products of the
the Provinces and the United States; to secure, if
possible the Gist0nnuance of any FREQ ports that
may endanger revenue and the assimilation Of duties
on articles taxed by the two countries and the
moval of all charges for lights and compulsory pilot
age, and all discriminating tolls and duties and for
| improved navigation between Lake Michigan and
the Mississippi around the Falls OF Niagara and be-
| tween Lake Ontario, Montreal and Lake Champlain.
All articles produced in any of the Provinces which
under the provision of the treaty for extension, if
made. shall be freely admitted into Canada from the
United States. shall during the year of extension be
| ifprocured in that country.
| THE PRESIDENT ENDORSES THE ACTION OF TIE sECRK-
TARY OF WAR.
The President in communication to the Senate
endorses the opinion of the Secretary of War that
not consistent with tho public interest to give
IN answer to the resolution of the 18th instant the
letters of General Sheridan and other officers of the
Department Of Texas, with regard to the present
condition of affairs on the Southern frcnt!era and
especially in relation to any violation of neutrality
| on the part of the Grmy now occupying the right
| bank of the Rio Grande.
DECISION OF THE T. s. SUPREME COURT IN THE CHEST
NUT STREET BRIDGE CASE.
Ihe United States Supreme Court to-day decided
the Phlladelphia Chestnut street Bridge case. Mr.
Justice delivered the OPINION asserting the principle
that the power under the Constitution to regulat
commerce sxtends to all nayigeblo rivers and does
NOT stop at State lines Bridges are In the character
| Of ferries He referred TO the Delaware Bachbird
Creek case. in which Justice Marshall held that the
dam authorized there to kc erected stopped a navi-
gable stream, but unless it came in conflict with
law OF congress 1t was matter for Delaware herself
of which the United States had no Jurisdiction.
The court could see no difference between those
cases and the Chestnut street case and could not
nui the law Of Pennsylvania authorizing its cree
ton. The public good is to be consulted and Con-
gress may whenever it becomes necessary interfere
as it did in the Wheeling bridge case, By special OF
general law without the space of its constitutional
authority. Tho Delaware river bridge case is within
lhe hmlts n pennsylvania. The court could not say
she eXcc5:s her powers and dis covered nothing to
disturb the decree Of the Circuit Court of the East
costs
NOMINATION BY THE PRESIDENT.
- Inc President has nominated Col. james L. Nc
Dowell to be postmaster at Leavenworth Kansas
Colonel John s. Wrght 51s regiment New York
Volunteers. Shepherd Rifles has been brevetted
Brgadier General fov conspicuous gaantry at Pc
Mr.. srAxroNs RECEPTION.
Among the visitors at the elegant closing reception
Secretary Harlan. Attorney General Speed Post
master Dennison, Senators Ramsey, Dixon. Nye,
de Montholon. the Spanish Minister, the Danish
Mhlster' lieutenant Genera! Grant, and Major
Senerals General Hancock, Stanley Megs Eaton Dyer,
DIsTRIDUTIGy OF PRIZE MONEY.
Ih9so who are interested in the prizes Charlotte
derness, Nausemond, Monticello, A. d. Vance Nal
veTn, Matanzas and Launch No. g. may be gratifed
to know that the Navy Department has sent the lists
to the Fourth Auditors office and that they will be
ready Tor the distribution Of shares in about two
months
An UNEXPECTED MEETING OF DISTINGUISHED MEN.
y esterday morning General Wilson and the rebel
a
Ialh L raIlroaa company. In snort time the Hon.
John COYode, of Pennsylvania also entered Il was
not long before he was followed by General Geary.
These four wellknoTn men thus accidentally met in
tue same room. The event was strange, to say the
least There was time when General Geary sent
MS compliments TO all the leading generals in the
southwestern rebel army. The rebel chiefs had as
Sembled in q certain tent to hold council of war
While engaged in this, General Geary brought six
guns to bear upon the party The next morning the
rebel Bishop Polk sent voyage on the river
styx and two or three others fell wounded, but the
IL oh
capped He Is now the president of express COM
pany, whose Office is located on Sixth street. His
arrangements for the transportation of goods to the
southern part of our eountry.-PhiIa. Press, 2sd.
LITERARY VANITY.-There is much knowledge of
human nature. as well as keen satire, in the tale
which Addison tells of the atheist, who, bewailing
on his death-bed the mischief his works would do
after he was gone, quickly repented of his repent
ance when his spiritual adviser unhappy sought to
alleviate his grief by assuring him that his argu-
ments were so weak and his writings little known
that he need be under no apprehensions The dy
ing man had still SO much of the fraty of an author
IN him as to be cut to the heart with these cousoa
t0n5; and, without answering the good man, asked
his friends where they had picked up such block
head and whether they thought him proper Der son
to attend one in his conditoD.-EdRJoUgk Reuielg.
LITTLE THINGS.-Springs little things, but they
are sources of large streams; helm is little thing
but it governs the of ship; a bride bit is
pegs little things but they hold the parts large
buildings together; word, a look smile, frOwn,
are all little things, but powerful for good or evil
Think of this, and mind the little things Pay that
little debit 1t is promise, redeem tit shilling
hand it over; you know not what important events
hang upon it. Keep your word Sacredly-keep it to
children; they will mark it sooner than any one else
and the effects will probably be as lasting as life
Mind the little things.
A New METHOD OF Observation-Disclosures the ac-
qualntance of a mOneyed stranger and familiary
handing him apple filled with strychnine to eat ,
IS the latest mode of preparing him be quietly rob-
bed: Some robbers handled a returned Californian
in this way night or two ago at WellsyilIe Ohio
time the strychnine previously placed in the apple
began to take effect causing the gentleman to fall in
helpless condition on the pavement, where he was
discovered at late hour in great agony robbed of
all his money and everything of value about his per
SON. Apples tamiarly dealt out by strangers shoul6
hereafter be considered unhealthy.
COUNTERFEIT.-The Comptroller of the Currency
on Saturday last, received counterfeit of the
national currency, of the denomination of $50 on
the First National Bank of Indianapolis Indiana
The general appearance f the bill is calculated TO
deceive, but 1t Will not bear close scrutiny The
engraving is and poorly executed hut the let
terlng is considered well done; the United States
treasury stamp is faint and the ink paier than upon
the original. The numbering is the same the figures
being thin and poorly defined. The back of the bill
with the picture Of the Baptism Of Pocahontas' IS
poorly engraved The paper is inferior to the paper
upon which the genuine is printed.
The Columbia correspondent of the
Charleston Neva furnishes the following list of egs
lative waGgeries:
he fOljnyriur, 1;zt g.