New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-07


they lived They therefore alien to all rights IN
der this Government while they in that CONDITION.
enemies according to the law ofnaons and be Steyen)
objected to the President anybody else going down
there against the law and selecting individuals there
and giving them preference boys In the North
He knew that the President and he believed that the
Secretary of War were under Misrepresentation about
this matter and had appointed some seventy or eighty
cadets on the nomination Of few Senators who wera
in Washington Some boys IN his district had Deen
appointed as if from Southern districts, where there
was really no power to DO saen tsng Ss ne0sms s
from Ohio (Schepck went further than 10 put INTO
plain language the duty Of the officers OF the G3vern
nent so that those States still in rebellion should mol
be entitled to come in and have any of the privileges Of
the Government until they rehabitated. we couiu
very well understand how men thinking as ne en l
regard TO this matter should vote that the Rebel STATES
were entitled to privileges till they were declared ~
Congress TO be restored to the Union and should sup
port the amendment offered By the gentleman rom
mjxed character could for the substitute OF tho
gentleman from Maine (Blane) lie (Stevens) anG
those who thought like him would be sutlfying tnen'
selves by voting against the amendment OF the gente'
from Ohio (Schenck).
Mr.. BLAINE asked whether this amendment would
prevent the President giving an appointment 70
deserving and poverty stricken child OF ioyaiS' Id
East Tennessee
appoint son Of Semmes of JEFF Davis, this amend.
ment would not permit him. As Tennessee was about
TO come in she would not suffer. Congress was gong
TO open the door, and If Tennessee did not come IN sac
might stay out. He knew that members were
opposed TO it, but he supposed that she would rally
enough friends of the President to bring her IN Id s~
The question was then taken on Mr.. Scheucks
amendment (Mr Baine's substitute not being able 10
Be offered. and it was adopted-Yeas 90, Nays Ss'
The House proceeded as the business next in order
in the morning hour to call upon Committees FOR rev
ports beginning the call with the Committee on the.
District Of Columbia.
SEWERAGE IN THE DISTRICT.
Mr. ISGHRsoLL. from this Committee reported sub.
| ohl 0fa
plan of sewerage in the city OF Washington ana 20
provide for improvement and regulation OF inc
tide.water front of said city and OF the canals anu de
water courses passing through the same, as may be
to the public health Of said city and the gem
eral interests thereof The bill and substitute were
| ordered to be printed and recommitted.
Mr. CoNKLN in order to prevent its being brought
back moved reconsider the order OF reference ana
TO lay the motion to recommit on the table, wh'en,
after considerable struggle succeeded Yeas 'oS
| WASHINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Fire Department Of Washington City. which was
passed over informally
VARIOUS WASHINGTON MATTERS
| Mr. IyGERsoLL also reported bill TO extend thu
charter OF the President and Directors of the Fires
mems Insurance Company OF Washington City ano
Georgetown, which was passed.
| Mr. MERCER reported back from the same Commltte0
the House bill amend act TO incorporate the Mu1
tual Fire Insurance Company of the District Of
Columbia
| The House was engaged in its consideration wheq
the SPEAKER stated that the morning hour had eIpred}
The bill accordingly went over till tomorrow.
DISTRIBUTION OF THE REWARDS.
The SPEAKER presented report from the Presiden9
OF the United States in reference to the distribution Oh
the rewards offered for the arrest Of the assassns
late President Lincon laid on the table and ordered
printed.
OTHER DOCUMENTS Transmitted.
Also letter from the President transmitting a res
port from the Secretary Of State In answer TO resoue
lion Of the House. in relation to the Provisional Cow
OF the States Also areport from the state ne.
partment as the cost of printing and advertising fos
1 81. MT fpr 1-h1
TRADE WITH THE PROVINCES.
Mr. MORRILL, moved TO postpone special orders ia
order to take up the House bill regulating trade with
the British North American Provinces. The motion
was agreed 10.
The House then went into Committee OF the
Whole on the State OF the Union Mr. Raymond in thd
Chair an proceeded to the consideration Of the bill
| regulating trade with the British North Americau
Possessions "a synopsis Of which was photographed Oh
MI MORRILL, addressed the Committee in support Of
the bill. 1t had become necessary 0e said in eoDses
Quence Of the termination OF the reciprocity treaty on
the nth OF the present month That treaty had Decu
an i'll omened from the start. 1t had been hrst ex;
toted from by the armed raid made upon our fisher,
men in 1852 by the combined ornaments OF the Prov.
inces led on by the Imperial Government, and then
won from by the delusion that fayors would 0ege9
fraternity We were too old TO be again deluded, and
being quite able to withstand bite. unlikely to yield
TO a grow Henceforth we should treat the ProVincea
as friends unless they entitled themselves to be treated
as yores or as ranns proysed ample eGnyns
were obtained but in the meantime the object was me
creased revenue To show that the reciprocity treaty
was not advantageous to US, 1t was TESTIFIED
70 by the fishermen Of Maine, the lumbcrmeu
of New York Pennsylvania Michigan and Maines
the wool growers Of Ohio Illinois, Pennsy ana, New
York and Vermont the grain growers OF all the "est-
ern States and the manufacturers whose business Win
the Canadas has materially decreased; but when tho
provincial officials had acy confessed to the prosper>
ous gale they had enjoyed BY the tender OF terms less
onerous u.s. IL not less lucrative to them than those
OF the treaty. they felt that they could afford 10 treax
better in regard to the hshing interests ihvo'edH
He remarked that 1t was that If England desired
conflict with pretext might easily De optaineo
through collision among eager and exasperated Usher.
men touching her absurd headland Interpolation; bug
there was no lack of heroic pretexts elsewhere, ana
whenever the conflict came whatever the alleged
might be, by whomsoever preepitatedS
England knew that the Provinces would be gone for
over hook and line, bob and s!nker. But the
terms offered in this bill In relation to tho
fisheries did not invite repulse. On the contrary.
was believed especially from the frank and friendly
exchange Of views between the Committee OF Ways
and Means and the Ministers representing the Prov.
inces that the terms would be readily accepted by
most if all the Provinces, certainly by those most
in the trade The rates Of duty proposed in
the bill would afford revenue. and would not in any
case prove prohbitory; in other words he expected 70
take as much timber, coal and barley OF them Is hereS
tofore but before the sale could be allowed Alongside
American products the privilege must be bought with
a price equal at least taxes and often much
greater Even with those terms, commission sent "a
China or Peru would disclose other market 50 vaI<
liable That part OF the bill which gave up the nshin0
bounties might be looked upon with dstruet thar
anything else. The pittance proposed was small noe
much more than the duty paid by them
on the salt used in curing their nsh. an0
yet the determination in some quarters
10 regard that as New-England question and not q
national one had constrained even New England me9
to repudiate the measure, obnoxious because u Dao
been isrepresented. Hereafter seamen, unlooke0
AFTER must be entirely self educated and seiIrenans<