New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-30

oecessty Of our imposing heavy duties ana profess al
desire 10 adapt Canadian trade 70 the new 0ro0i
of things in the United States
NETWORK CUsToM-HoUsB'
, srccesssnI movement has been inaugurated
for the erection Of new Custom.Ho In new ioiA
The Post Office Committee, In concurrence WIN ~
Postmaster General and the New'York oelesS',oO' wiz
report bill creating commission toioca'e anu MAUI
plsns for the structure, 70 report 70 10nS'e'' ~
next session.
investigations recently made by the Commls-
,ioner OF Customs rea,iye to the smuggling on 'ne
1t ho,1e, have O. hib.ed the fact that the hostile
Indians Of Minnesota and Dakota have Tor iorg He
past been supplied with rifles Of the Enheid pa''erp "
English smugglers.
| INDIAN MOVEMENTS.
Gov. Fdmunds of Dakota Territory reports
| % the Commissioner Of Indian Affairs that large
hodv OF the Sioux, numbering from 500 to 800 are
their vay southwark having been driven out OF
be;r by the Of deep SHOWS, and the
consequent scarcity Of game. As their Intentions ap
near TO be friendly instructions have been issued oy tne
Commissioner OF Indian Affairs to supply them with
food.
Gen. Howard, Commissioner OF the Freed
,,n,s Rnresu leaves tomorrow for the principal cities
of Maine and Massachusetts,, where be will deliver adj
dresses on the condition Of the Freedmen in the South
err States.
INTERNAL REVENUE.
The receipts from Internal Revenue To-Day
we're o., 1929.
| To the Associated Press
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PROPOSED RECIPROCITY TREATY WITH THE
BRITISH PROVINCES.
Copies of the preliminary report On the
Treaty Of Reciprocity with Great Britain to regulate
trade between the United States and the Provinces Oh
British North America, prepared By (. ID. DERBY n'
the request Of the Secretary Of the Treasury were To-
day laid on the desks Of the members OF Congress- he
appends the draft Of bill to extend the present treaty
for the further Of year from the l7h OF Mareh
next on the condition that Canada shall repeal all
duties and taxes salt. cars, locomotives Vemces oi
all kinds machinery furniture. tools implements soap
starch boots shoes leather horseshoes and
pails harness. tacks brads, watches, music and mu'
steal instruments, clocks, tin and woooeb"are'
muslin deaines coarse shawls, satnets, and
sheetings and shirtings worth less than VI
pound and raised her internal tax and duty on sprs
TO at least rs cents per gallon. wine measure ana ds
ontinpe her free ports on Lakes Huron and Superior
The said treaty for extension shall also provide that the
United States may impose any Internal taxes on tue
productions Of the Provinces which they levy upon
their own products Of the same kind. The PRESIDENT
ia authorized to appoint two Commissioners or ENJOYS
TO negotiate treaty with the United Kingdom ana the
Proyinces either jointly severay to regulate inc
commerce and navigation between the respective YER
ritories and people Of said Provinces and the united
States on terms reciprocally beneficial 1t is 70
be made the duty Of the COMMISSIONERS 10
provide II possible for the permanent security
Of the fisheries Of the United States 10 re.
ceiye the free interchange OF the chiei produc's Vi
art and manufacture well the products OF the ior
est ana agriculture and other products between the
Provinces and the United States; to secure II possible
the dsconnusnce Of any free ports that may endanger
revenue and the assimilation OF duties on articles
,a,ed on the two countries and the removal Of all
charges for lights and compulsory pilotage and all
discriminating tolls and duties and for improved nav
cation between Lake Michigan ard the Mississippi
around the Falls Of Niagara and between Lake On
tario Montreal and Lake Champlan. All articles pro-
duced In any Of the Provinces which, under the pro-
vi.,on of the treaty for extension II made shall be
freely admitted into Canada from the United States
shan duripg the year of extension be freely admitted to
the United States from Canada, if produced In that
country.
SUPREME CoURT-PHILADBLPHIA CHBSTNUT-ST'
BRIDGE CASE
The United States Supreme Court to-day de-
cided the Philadelphia Chestnntst Bridge case Mr'
Justice Wayne delivered the opinion, asserting the
prpcpe that tie power under the Constitution to regu
late commerce extends all navgabie waters and does
not stop at State lines Bridges In the character OF
ferries He referred 10 the Delaware Blackbird Greek
case In which ChieJ ustce Marshall held that the dam
authorized there to be erected stopped anavigabie
stream but unless II came In conflict with law ofCon'
eress Il was a matter for Delaware herself OF which
the United States had Jurisdiction The Court could
see no difference between this and the chestnut ST.
case and could not amend the law OF Pennsyivania
authorizing the erection. The public good Is TO be
| consulted and Congress may. whenyeI II becomes
interfere II did In the Wheeling Bridge
case by special general Law within the sphere OF ats
constitutional authority. Tho Delaware River being
within the limits Of Pennsylvania, the Court could not
saw she exceeded her powers which could not be MADE
subject Of review by the supreme Court, which dis
covered nothing 70 disturb the decree OF the Clrcut
Cont Of the Eastern District oil PennsyVana WHICH -
| affirmed with costs.
| AFFAIRS on THE RIO GRANDB
| The President, in communication TO the
Senate Endorsed the opinion Of the Secretary of War
bst II Ia Inconsistent with the public interest 70 give
an snswer TO the resolution OF the 18th inst request
ing the letters Of Gen Sheridan and other ofcers OF
the Department Of Texas With regard 70 tne present
peciay 10 relation TO any violation OF neutrality on the
part OF the armies occupying the right osnk oil the
Rio Grsnde