New-York tribune., 1867-02-15
WASHINGTON.

COMNITTEE-CURRENCl OONl RAJ ilOt"
~ rsL reHAPH TO fHE TRIBUNE
WASHINGTON. Thursday, Feb H. 1867.
In the Senate to-day, after a painful ntelml''eh'
debate of four years. the League Island Dill was
passed and now goes TO the President for ms sish"
tnre Its passage was strenuOusly but maVahHlsS
resisted by MesslS Foster, Dixon, Riddle ara lS"
others Motions were made TO take mp lls' 'iio
Eliot bill and then the Stevens Military he'oh'iuo
t,on hill They were taken up. but not acted upon
In the course of short debate, Mr.. FcSScnden ln"l
GATED his preference for the Blaine amendment
which was voted down in the House yesterday pro
yidng for representation of Rebel States upon ihon
sdOpting the Constitutional amendment ana uecICe
inc importial suffrage He will probably offer tins
proposition when the bill comes up. MI She'i'ah
ea,lea nm his bill for funding compound interest
notes. and it was passed without any other deo"'e
than a short explanation from MIR. sherman as
amended As passed, it provides for the funding out
the compound interest notes in three per cent certi
,ates. not more than $lOOOOOOOO of which shall be
outstauding AT one time An unsuccessful effort was
made 10 Get MP the Niagara Ship Canal BILL AT =
o'clock recess till was taken The evening session
was set apart for the consideration of bills from the
Pension Committee.
In the House to-day there was little Of interest
The principal matters presented were the blI 10 Ie
imburse the Loyal States for troops furnished "ulhS
the war; the bill Of Gen. Paine for organizing ana
diSciplnng the militia; and the Tax bill The lOr-
mcr was taken mp on the motion OF MI bla'he' ana
was debated by Delano, Randall of Pa. Boyer VII
son of Iowa, and Thayer of Pa. After several at
teupts to lay the bill ON the table, it finally
referred to the Ways and Means Committee Oy
aVoto Of 81 TO a. Paincs bill was then taken up
and discussed the Democrats delaying action by call
ing for the Yeas and Nays at every opportunity ana
much time was consumed in reading the bill on mo-
ton of LIE Blond The bill finally went over by the
expiration of the morning hour The Tax bill next
came np and ehcited debate from Sloan, Morrill, Al
Eson Darling Ward of Kentucky BrOomaH, ana
oherS the license tax on dstilleTs being the p1nci-
pa subject of discussion in the afternoon session
Ward was in favor Of reducing the license from $oO
10 SlCO and alludingtO whisky which kills at n hund-
red wards. said he knew how the thing operates"
which remark excited much laughter ON the floor
and in the galleries During the meTiment he dis
cOncertedly remarked that he guessed some other
members knew how the thing operated too he
ING 80 quick to infer his meaning Allison hoped the
amendment would not prevail. Darling was IN favor
of increasing the license thOHSdHd dollars, citing
certain matters in support of his proposition connect
ed with the Devlin & CO. frauds in New-lork The
discussion continued during the evening session.
Ihad Stevens was unable to leave his house to-
day. on account of sickness brought on by fatigue
and excitement resulting from his speech III the
Honse YESTERDAY. He fainted in his library this
morning aud was carried TO his bed, and has been
unable 10 see visitors since. He is somewhat better
this evening
Several leading Republicans. Members OF CONGRESS
and Others among whom were Raymond, BirehJn.
Hubbei Buc.and, and DclanO. held pEot,a,t"d
caucus last night this city FOR the purpose Of as
certaining whether q compromise might not yet be
d. 4 IL. .....1l lltQ
conference lasted until rmidn ght but no conclu-
sion was reached and another meeting is being held
tonight with an additional number of invited
guests There seems to be little doubt that the Pres
ident is willing to agree upon plan Tor the purpose
of accommodating the views of majority of Con-
gress provided they would meet him halfway but
II appears there is nobody that can speak for the
majority Hence the difficulty in bringing about the
proposed arrangement.
MI Morrill,, Chairman Of the Ways and Means
Committee received dispatch to-day stating that
his mother was lying at the point Of death. lie will
leave the city at once, and be- absent about week
Or ten days. which will seriously interfere with the
progress of the Tariff bill in the Committee, as
nearly all the members have left that important
measure to his guidance. They will 20 on with it,
however, with the view Of getting il before the
House as speedily as possible.
II is the intention of Senator Wade 10 insist upon
taking up the Louisiana bill Tomorrow, and continue
its consideration until disposed of. ii is The purpose
of the Senate TO pass both that and the Stevens mill
tary bill before "Wednesday next, which is the last
day they will haxe TO enable the bill to be signed
vetoed by the President and returned before adjourn
ment
The vote in the Senate today showed that the
friends of The Niagara Ship Canal have Strength
enough to carlS that measure. Senator Chandler,
who has charge of it, intends to put It its passage
this week
The Ways and Means Committee have not bad
time to arrange the bin which the House instructed
them 10 prepare TO prevent any further contraction
of the 4OOOCOOOO grecnbacks per month during the
present year As the Tariff bill disposed Of
they will take mp that subject and report the bill
immediately to the House 1t does not stand the
ghost Of chance OF becoming IA law this session.
The House Committee on Appropriations have had
under consideration for the last two days the Senate
amendments to the legislative Executive and
Judicial Appropriation bill, and have cOucuued in
nearly all Of them. They have also ready to report.
the Sundry Civil Appropriation BILL which amounts
70 several milhon Of dollars and as the
Chairman lAlr SteycnS) recovers from his indisposi-
tion, they viii be reported and acted upon. Nearly
ali the items in the Appropriation bill passed.
But few remain indispOSed Of
In the Investigations into the alleged frauds in the
New-York Custom-Iouse by Ilulbmd's Committee
il is said there was IN the summing mp large guam
tty OF the most important testimony missing. The
testimony implicated certain high officials in the
frauds. 4 high officer of the Custom House is eX-
pected TO arrive toni ght III charge Of deputy ser
geant-at-arDls of the House
The suit arising from the mffianly attack OF
Beyerdge some time last year on Mr. Painter. cor
respondent of The Philadelphia Inqaigr, was decided