The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-05-08
TUESDAY MORNING
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
'-I1I wAsH1NaToN, May z.

race or color, and providing further,
thereby giving notice of the fact that
henceforth no State which the people
of any of the said territories may or
ganize, shall be admitted into the Un-
ion whose Constitution shall sanction
said denial or abridgement of the cleo
tive franchise. At the suggestion of
Mr.. Wilson, of Iowa, the resolution
was modified so as simply to instruct
the Judiciary Committee to inquire into
the propriety of reporting such bill.
Mr.. Eldridge moved to lay the reso-
luton on the table, which was lost by
vote of % to 76, and then the resolu-
ton was adopted.
Mr.. Lawrence, of Ohio, introduced a
bill to regulate the time and fix the
place for holding the Circuit Court OF
the United States in the District OF Vir-
ginia, which was considered and passed
It fixes the time of holding the Circuit
Court at Richmond, on the first Mon
day in May and fourth Monday in No
yember In each year, and authorizes the
adjournment of the session now author
lied from Norfolk to Richmond.
Mr.. Randall, of Pennsylvania, eX-
pressed the hope that the Chief Justice
of the United States wonld do his duty
now. and not shirk the blame from
himself to the President.
Mr.. Smith offered resolution, which
wns adopted, calling for information
from the various cabinet ministers in
reference to the number of clerks hold
ing Office under them, from what States
appointed, &c, specifying those who
have been in the Union army and in
the Confederate army, and stating by
whom the latter were recommended.
Mr.. Welker introduced bill to an
null The S6th article of the declaration
of the rights of the State of Maryland,
SO far as applies to the District of Col
umbia. It was read twice and referred
to the Committee for the District.
Mr.. Lawrence, of Ohio, offered "a reso-
luton, which was adopted, instructing
the Committee on Agriculture to in
ouire into the eXpediency of the re-
moval of the Department of Agrtcul-
ture to one of the Eastern States.
Mr.. Kelley offered resolution, which
was adopted, instructing the Committee
on Claims to inquire into the fairness
and propriety of the distribution of re-
wards offered for the arrest of JEFF. Da-
Wis and the conspirators to murder
President Lincoln.
Mr.. Stevens introduced ajoint resolu-
ton to amend the Constitution of the
United States, by adding anarticle pro-
viding that Congress shall have the
power to levy a tax or duty on
cotton exported from the United States,
which was read twice and referred to
the Committee on che Judiciary.
Mr.. Washburne, of Illinois, presented
a letter from Mr.. Bancroft, transmitting
the correspondence between Earl Rus
sell, Charles f. Adams and Mr.. Ban
croft, on the subject of Bancroft's stric-
lures on the English government, in his
eulogy on President Lincoln, delivered
before Congress. The correspondence
was read in full.
The Committee of Ways and Means
proposed to take off the tax on the LIST
Of July, and 1t might as well be done
now so as to let the business go on. The
Joint resolution was considered and
passed.
Tho Speaker presented message
from the President, calling the atten-
ton of Congress to the exposition of
fish and water culture at Areoehos,
France, and it was referred to the Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs.
Mr.. Morrill, entered into full ex-
PLANTATION of the bill. He said that in
revising our internal revenue law, the
question that met us at the threshold is,
how much revenue have we to show,
and how much Will our necessities re-
quire for another year? The last ques-
Secretary of the Treasury, who has
fixed upon three hundred and
fifty millions of dollars, provided
the appropriations of Congress
do not exceed the estimate of the same
it would be safe to rely upon including
the revenue from tariff as well as esti-
mate tax; and in making an estimate of
the probable receipts from the latter we
have year, and three-tourths
of the present year of experience, and
the data is sufficiently complete to be of
value. Our receipts for 1S64-65 were i'll
round numbers $4,000, OO0. The re-
turns thus far of 1866 show that we
may expect for the year an increase of
nearly SO per cent, or notices. than from
$500, 600, 600 to 1886, 00O, 600; one of the
largest and best paying consumers of
the products of the country during
the war was the Government, but is no
longer. War prices no longer rule, and
it is inevitable that manufactures must
be still further reduced in value until
we reach solid standard of gold as
recognized by the commercial world.
The tax on manufactures, therefore,
must be far less productive for the year
ending June 80, 1867, than heretofore, as
it will be computed at a less per centage
If our bill should be adopted, and "a far
less aggregate amount than as a general
rule. In season of falling prices tits
not gains but losses which must be call
culated at the end of the year. There
fore the tax on incomes and
the dividends from banks and
other corporations for the next year
cannot be expected to yield anything
like the amount derived from those |
sources for the years ending December
1854, and December 1865, nor can our
foreign importation be maintained
upon their present scale. 1t is very |
desirable they should not be as they |
are supporting large share of the la |
Dor of our own people, and because |
payment will, at present, be made
chiefly in United States bonds. Finan- |
cial disasters as well as increased de- |
preston to our industrial interest can
not fail to cause such influx of foreign |
goods as I'VE have witnessed the
present season; that trnde must in some |
degree be postponed until we recover
from the exhaustion caused by the war; |
until capital and labor can adjust itself
to the new condition of pence, or until |
we have something to exchange for |
British, French and German iron, wine |
and haber dashery, besides our national
credit. 1t is right however to look for
some increase of revenue in conse- |
may expect something from the States |
lately in rebellion, though not an |
amount in proportion to their relative
numbers. Never fruitful in taxable
resources, they have less now than
ever to obtain, outside OF COM
already passed in one or the other 70
tile two Houses for extra expenses.
On this account 1t will equal my expec-
tation. Taking sall these things into
consideration, as well as others not
necessary to mention, the Committee
on Ways and Means have felt willing
to report the bill as it stands, which
will reduce taxation for the present
year in round numbers about S75, 600.
It is also prudent to anticipate large
diminution from customs, as it ought
not to be expected to long continue at
double the amount ever obtained in the
most prosperous. times Our receipts