, 1866-05-07
FROM WASHINGTON. !
The New Tax Bill to
Come Up To-day:
Amendments Adopted in Commit
tee Since its Report to
the House.
RAILROAD IRON TO BE PLACED
ON THE FREE LIST.
Savings Banks Deposits Ez,
empted to the Extent Of
Fiye Hundred Dollars.
Aggregate Reduction in Taxa
ton About $75,000,000.
Statement Of Funds in
the Public Treasury.
CESSl0N OF LOWER CALL
F0RNlA TO NEW YORK
CAPITALISTS.
LATER EUROPEAN NEWS
PROBABLE SETTLEMENT Of
| THE AUSTR0.PRuSSlAA
| Difficulty.
Unsettled Relations Between
| Austria and Italy.
| The Armies of Both Powers
/ Placed on a War Footing.
| PROSPECTS OF TIE REFaRN BILL n TIE
| EAGLISH PARLIAMENT.
| The Chinese Rebellion
The Armies of Both Powers
Placed on a War Footing.
PROSPECTS OF TIE REFaRT BILL II THE
ENGLISH PARLIAMENT.
The Chinese Rebellion,
An ARMY OF FIFTY THOUSAND REB-
ELS KILLED OR TAKEN
PRISONERS.
FROM WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, Mayo.
TUE NEW TAI BILL
The Committee Of Ways and Means hare done
60 much work the tax bill within The last week
that the measure the5 will lay before the House
morrow morning for its consideration, under the
tpecial order made ten days $50, may almost bc
called ne'y bill The committee was engaged upon
1t all day ycstetday, and the manuscript copy IL not
even yct all ready for the printer. The changes arc
manly those Of addition in admins ratlye points
Of the measure. and these ase 80 numcroue that the
new hill wall contain not less than twenty printed
pa.ea more than The old one did. Considerable
additions have been made to the ftce list, thopeh
with Ole OF tWo excertfone they nre Of no impoE-
tance- They are a. follows: Crude eoda, aIuni-
nate Of toda. yeaHt powders, cobalt, manganese,
productions Of rlceroiype1r. paper statners color,
horee fakes the ttavor1ng extracts for family use.
ihrn for hrnifInE purposes, paintings, statues and
croupF. and statuasy produced By artists as works
Of art, hoop ektF1s. wire railroad trpn and deer
tkins dlessed or smoked. The most important
article IN ibis list IL, Of coufsc, railroad lron The
present duty ie s360 per ton, and the revenue ~
cctpts for last year. from this sonrcc. wefc two hnu
dred and eighty-Gre thoueand dollars. 4 change
Las becn made In duties on susar, and the rates
HOW tiand Is follows: On sucar not shove No. II,
Dutch standard, one cent per pound ahore No.
II, and not ab1re No. IL, one and halr centa per
pound; and above No. IS, two cents per pound.
a caanEc nas h'so becn made on
me o"'5 IN enok1nH 'ooaeeo, and
there Is now but one grade aud one rale, viz: On
smokiue tobacco OF all kinda, including that nade
Of Stems. or in psrt of Stems, and all mutations
'hereof, twenty cents per pound. 4 new ctanee
1cstes Tux OF three per cent. al r1tor Oh shre.h-
aoe maen'nes; ahothef new clause continues the
prrscut tax Of one and two dollars, aecort1nc 10
!ut: snus. or roa watches Jhs tak on Tic gross re-
1hc e1is,,pg i.w, .iz.:-1hree ner cent The c1,p,e
..,.h -. ~, =. ..n....,' r.. esut -ne e1slse
maeb nov
have in Government securities and ali deposa les
sale. @ tch.naie prodaee and OH ohee coo%, sst
s''icken out, and the tag upon thetr safe.
:. roa1sca ~ ~. san, Nv tnn',s 80. 49,
:, reoueeo ~ one cent LOT every auuufed aoAafs.
The receipts last year from the duty on brokes's
+alcs Of merchandise, &C., were nearly FIX
hundred thousand dollars, II t. befeyr1
. ~ " epe@ea ~ 'ac easnGes
tl! was originally reported, ten days ago. hnt II II
not impossible That uthers INV be decided nnon
before II is laid betorc thc Home to.mn7ntr 1hc
ua'1'4an VI 'n7 Na3s anu taeans Iomfnittot. toe
CoH1mAfloncf OF Internal HeSenne. and the
-,r-+, t..,. l., ..,ta..,.s". F.t" ~ sFe
~ TO tho aggregate .educt,on In the bnrcn n t,x
-, ~ - -"u1~s'14 ~ NaS neteea VI t"A-
aHou, WHICH, "1A oe maoe u Ice olA 10 passed ~
1t comes IRON tho hands Of the Com
mlsftf. lie dtH1cuItica connected With
the Fnbject arr 10 great and multigofu
lint thrr h.vc hcc+, ,h,e N ,r1- .,,n.e.,.s..s
L1,,., "ff.
.aAe 4eo"@t'on' II 10 otAe'eo &nat tue cnanee IN
the tax On incomes viii make reduction Of nearly
tweuty millions Of dollars; that On general n1snu.
fac,nrrs ,f n.,on, fu.lre uffuons ,h,t m e,,th;n
80 hno.. 49, 80. -. ,,,,."'.. ~
"oe "e3 aAo euoeo " not teee 'aau eaHtnL!onstaa1
on ofo2ef ea!ef. OF nearly t"o and halfm,lltous
that on tobaeco md cigars, ot eight hundred thou
snnd that On eurar st1d 1noa.sea nnd t,e rcer,nsa
ar xrr.- ,,.sre-. ,r . h.,t . ,,,i,io, =, -. AZ.
e4e ~ VI u~' iu'a'oo a. Ae7stf 'nas
" eoa',' o' .asec nonofed tnonsana mat On falt
! Of over one mlIIon: tb., m rrnde
petroleum. Of ahont m. ,,,,,,,,. ~,
~, r-o.. ..n.,r.. - oae io'.no'' &aat
! w e1oet 'eee1p1s. ol nearly hTe millions; aud
&ast On nu o'ncf ARTICLES OF something like twenty
mtI1fQre: Tins making m nrcrcfrntc rndnr+,or T.,
l 49, -. "H" F1$"
TfeasuF, dnds hiu1eclf much better on> through
/ The unexuccfedly smalf e1ncn.cs of thr l,tt et1
| ,ro,,,. a-,a ~ ,x,.--o,,.5;- go - -
u'outos' a"s tne ss... M.se 'eeepts 'soto
revenues and customs that may seem al drst slight
a* a greater reduction might have been 1nsdt.
hnrino ,bo balance ~ tho .nn, l., ~. n...t., 1.t
r-,,,, ,.ra.,,a" sst y. ..s ~, ~ oota
to. fe'eaoet hua cueto1ns' moi 10 % osesnalsnccd
BY the feeeipts from the South, and It is thought