The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-06-25
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News e. Oin New York

i NEW YORK, june S3.---The morning
papers have the following specials from
Washington ,i-rsyr7 -se.. o..
The Ways and Means Committee will
probably complete the tariff bill today.
They have finished the wool clause and
| liked the rates a5 follows: ;c On cheap
and common wool six cents per pound
OH clothing and cOnbing woods valued
at less than thirty two cents per pound,
ten cents per pound and ten per cent.
adyalorem; OH clothing and cOmbing
woods valned at over thirty-two cents
per pound, twelve cents per pound, and
one per cent advalorem. This is in ac
cordance with the terms agreed upon by
| wool growers and man ufacturers Z .
The iron clause was also complete d
| to day, and considerable increase
agreed upon, although; the pecise tax
cannot be ascertaihed. A number OF
iron manufacturers have been in the city
for two or three days booking after their
! interests, and abont an equal number OF
| free traders are also at work TO Keep the
duty as It's; ~ q. ;H.
The Western men have lost the flax
seed clause Instead of 40 cents per
'bushel op seed, and ~ cents per gallon
on oil, the COMMITTEES have only placed q
tax of 80 cents on each bushel and gal
Ion. The committee have agreed to
recommend duty of 6 cents per pound
on foreign ingot copper, aud cents per
pound on fine copper for the benefit OF
the Lake Superior Manufacturing Com
pany. ~
The Tribuue's Special says: The Com
mittee to whom was referred the reso.
luton of General Schenck, in relation to
the repeal Of the neutrality laws, have
not reported, but it is understood that
the report when made, will be favorable
to the Feaians All the discussion in
the Committe have condemned the OK
treme measures taken to enforce the
law
The Worlds Special says: The Com
mittee strongly sympatize inthe Fenian
| movement, but do not think 1t eXpedl-
ent to take any action in the matter.
Leading Tennesseeans who have just
arrived here are very confident, that the
Legislature which bad just been con.
yened, will not adopt the Constitutional
Amendment. They are very doubtful
W. ether n quorum can he present at
IDlS sthSbu VI h''A'' Va
members arc opposed to 1T on the
ground that It is not extreme enough,
and now that IT is known that the
President is opposed to it, its defeat Is
regarded AS certain.
A special TO the Post says it is report,
ed that Chief Justice Chase has decided
against the project for funding the pub
lie debt in long time bonds, to be exempt
from taxation
II is understood in Washington that
| the widow of General Iturbide has oh
tanned assurances from Napoleon that hel
child, now in the hands of MaxlmllIan
shall be returned TO her.
Mr. McRuer introduced a bill to relin
ouish the title to the town of Santa
Cruz, California, which was read twice
and referred to the Committee on Com
merce. Cd
Mr. Washburne, of Massachusetts,, re
ported q bill for the payment to Ober
| Nauson & Co, of New York, of $4,000,
compound interest notes with Interest
thereon. which were mailed in October
1865. directed to Ober, Hanson d Co.
New Orleans, aud which were lost b!
the sinking of the steamer Republic
provided that security be given to in
demnify the government.
Two more cases of cholera are reported
to day, but patients are said to be reeoy
| arinU