New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-05-08
Consideration Of the Revenue Bil-lmpOrIani
speech by Alr Morrill, Of Vermont.
GEN EI2AL BCSIN ESS.


THB MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK.
TIE doors Of the Merchants National Bank remain
open and the officers remain there making promises Of
future redemption but with prospect Of being able TO
fulfill them II appears thai there was on deposit from
The Interior Department oI, account Of Indian funds
$32937 Post Office Department, dead letter fraud waste
IsItT fund, and discussing clerk. $1,000 Treasury DE
laIiment 5000 and other Paymaster and Quarternas
ieI 500 lt3 total s5s 900 Gen. Spinner holds above
The Necessary for the redemption of the notes OF
ile bank about $40 CO., leaving loss for the Govern
ment of s547 OOO without having recourse 10 stockhold
eJs or counting upon the probable OF large
portion Of the notes Of the bank the bank recovering
OF having anything from the general assets Of the
The official inquiry now going on will soon demonstrate
tie amount OF the private deposits their liabilities and
assets. Information from Baltimore indicates that moth
ing Of any will be recovered from Bayne BaLe
4 Go. Of Baltimore.
FINANCIAL FURRY.
Tie failure of the Merchants National Bank has caused
general feeling OF dissatisfaction among depositors IL
other Institutions aud to-day quite was made upon
,ome others, and large amount of deposits have been
removed to Jay Cookies the First National and .he
United States Treasury There other suspensions
however, and it is announced by Maury a Co. that they
will resume tomorrow.
CASH IN HAND.
On MAY l. there was,in the varous pnblc Chpostarie
$242373O 49, for which there Government securities
held by Gen. Spinner amounting to s36,ll45oO.
THE PETROLEUM DUTIES.
The only members Of the House to-day who tiled to
prevent the taking Oh of the crude petroleum
three members who always vote against every measure
introduced by the regular committees VIZ Chanlef,
ROss, and Harris.
THB ASSASSINATION AWARDS
The House to-day nearly unanimously directed the Com
mttee Claims TO examine into the awards og the cap
ture of Booth Harold Atzerod and Payne The action
of the Military Board in attempting ignore the merit
and brains to which the country indebted for these
arrests and hand the offered rewards 10 the tools
and not TO the directing officers whom they admit
titled TO the credit, will lie sanctioned
by Congress, it being fragrant wrong and too
rreeedented principle tobe sanctioned by law There IL
reneray credited that the award finally agreed To
ty Judge Holt and Adiutant-Gen Townsend not their
bret figures and that they induced 10 take The prize
laws Of the navy, which are matters Of chance and,
ignoring all merit and justice TO divide The promised
amounts by chance.
VIRGINIA FREEDMEN
The Inspector General Of the Freedmens Bureau Viz
gnia has just reported 10 the Assistant Commissioner at
Richmond the result of thorough investigation Of the
sars of the freedmen in the State Of which he has just
completed Inspection his report The whole ID com
paratyey favorable He represents the various coored
schools generally well attended and the prejudice existing
against the freedmen slowly, but steadily diminishing
The sanitary condition of the freedmen has im-
proved throughout the State that all Bureau hospitals have
been abolished the employers in compliance with the
terms Of their labor contracts, furnishing The requisite
medical attendance The demand labor greatly exceeds
the supply in all portions of the State The wages Of the
male freedmen average about $l2 per month, including
food, quarters and medical attendance.
INTERNAL REVENUE.
The receipts from Internal Revenue today were
q, l23 2O5
PERSONAL.
The Count de Laseyre Of Paris epember Of the
French Institute and until the accession ~ Louis Napo-
eon prominent representative in the French Assemblies
arrived in town to-day The Count IL inea deseendent
II the Marquis de Lafayette.
Brevet Col. Is. Z. johnson, V. X. G.. and Col. John
Mansfield have been ordered to report to Gen Howard
duty in the Freedmens Bureau.
FREEDMEN WANTING TO WORK.
The assertion that the freedmen will not work dis
proved to-day by incident which at time threatened
result seriously The excavation of the Washington
Canal commenced this morning when large crowd
VI coored present clanorous take possession
Of the job 80 anxious they 10 work that they seized
possession of load OF shoyels brought the canal and
with difficulty dspossessed of them aud afterward
threw stones at of the laboers engaged in digging
The police, however, prevented any serious difficulty and
at the present writing all is quiet As the work progresses
labor will probably be found for large number Of the I'M.
employed colored people Of the city.
THE PosT-oPTcg BILL AND THB AMENDMENT
The vote by which the Senate to-day agreed 10 recon
tider the vote by which the amendment 10 the PosOhce
bill to prevent the President from making any removals
during the of Congress is thought by the bes,
Informed Senators TO be conclusive Of the fate of the
amendment. The bill will will be passed tomorrow with.
Ont the amendment and the same principle Will then be
Suf Into another bill and viii be passed at once.
THE NORTH wBsT.
Tie Senate Committee Cd Pubic LRpls ksse several