New-York tribune., 1868-03-20
WASHINGTON.

HIS EXCELLENCY cTIAGRNED-HE WILL Fight
TO THE LAsT--HIs COUNSEL IN DESPAIR
THE INTERNAL TAXA SUPREME COURT CON
TINGENCY-FREEDMEN'S BUREAU-TIIE PRUs-
SIAN TREATY LEGAL-TENDERs FOR BANK
NoTEs-FLoRIDA CoNSTITUTIoNS-INTERNA
FIONAL COPYRIGHT - REVENUE STAMPS -
DAVID wILM0T--EIGHT HOURS DAY-IOWA
RAILROAD LAND GRANTS.
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wAsHNGT0N, Thursday March 10, 1865
We have no new developments relative to the 'n-
parchment Of the President. The Board of Man-
ayers held session to-day and examined one witness.
whose testimony is not considered important The
members of the Board spend large part of each day
and night in studying the law authorities acts and
precedents in any way bearing on the case,
so that there may be no unnecessary
delay in answering any objections or points which
the counsel for the defense may raise. The story
that the President intends TO resign is authorta-
lively denied. He intends to fight 10 the bitter end
and will do all in his power to make the struggle rs
long as possible lie holds daily interviews with bis
counsel and to-day was in consultation with Messrs
Stanbery Black Curtis. and EyaitS several hours
1t is generally understood that his counsel
are satisfied that they can not present
very strong case, and that privately
they despair of an acQuittaL Mr.. Johnson is deeply
chagrned at the equanimity with which the country
and his friends especially the Northern Coppcrheads
and the Southern Rebels take his impeachment. His
Excelleney was under the impression that his tIai
would lead to something like revolution-perhapS
disarTange the finances plunge everything INTO us
order and stop the work of legislation. lie s nort-
fed in learning that the world get along without
him, and that instead q annoying the country, he
has only called down trouble and ndeule upon
himself
The Senate spent most of the day on the bill TO
exempt certain manufactures from internal tax.
numbeI OF amendments were offered and rejected,
among them one by Mr.. Trumbull TO reduce the
whisky tax to one dollar gallon. which Mr. Davis
moved still further to reduce TO fifty cents. MI
sherman appealed TO Senators not TO commit them
selves this important question until IT came mp ID
another form; the amendment was defeated with
out a call of the yeas and nays. An amendment was
adopted in Committee OF the Whole yesterday, Ie-
tanning the tax on the following named articles in
addition to those excepted in the House bill; tur
pontine coffee roasted or ground, aud articles in
tended as substitutes for coffee, spices and mustard
refined sugars and the products OF sugar Teiineries
sugar candy aud confectionery and diamonds
emeralds precious stones aud limitations
thereof and all icwelry. This amendment
was voted down in the Senate to-day The bill was
passed with but three votes in the negative namely:
Messrs Corbett, Fessenden, and Fowler. Mr. Grimes
would have voted against il If he had been IN hisi
seat but he was absent and had paired. The bill
now Goes back to the House for concurrence in the
Senate's amendments The following is the text OF
the bill.
BE IL eaacled de That an act TO provide internal
Revenue support the Government 10 pay interest on
tho public debt and for other purposes approved june
sO 1861 and all acts and parts OF acts aedaory OF so
only much Of the sand sections aud amendments thle9
relates 10 the taxes imposed thereby on gas naue o Goa
wholly OF IN part Of any other material. on Illuminating
lnbrcatng other mineral oils OF articles the Prouucls
ofthe dstllaOn redstlatOn or rebnng icfnue petrO
Ieum or Of a single distlllaOn Of coal shae, peat AS
phaltun, other bituminous substances On wines
therein described, and snuf, and all the other manu-
Of tobacco including cigarettes, cigars ana
ProSdcd. That the products OF petroleum and bItumn
substances hereinbcfore mentioned except iuhuh
stng gas shall from after the passage Of this act
be taxed Onehaf the rates hXed by the s'u seeoh
SEC Nothing in this act contained shall he construed
TO repeal or interfere with any law regulation, or pro
vision for the collection of any tax which
April A. D. 1855 and nothing herein contained shaii be
construed repeal Of any tax upon machne5y OF osef
articles which have been or may be delivered on con-
made with the United States prior to the passage
SIC g. That after the lst day Of April ne1t no allow
sBce for drawbacks account of Internal taxes pad
tc n1Unfacture on which there is Internal tax at the
time OF expOrtatOn and no claim for drawback on any
article exported prior 70 June So lsJ sh be alloMe.,
nlss presented TO the Commissioner OF Internal Revenue
within three months after this act takes effect IN
manufacture by hand or machinery any goods wae' % OF
merchapdize not Otherwise sPechesy taxed Is "I
Tor aIe of any arccs or compounds otherwise spe
cicay taxed or shall put up for sale in packages with
MS own name or trademark thereon any articles OF com
pounds otherwise specifically taxed ana whose annual
seS sAece& Of s So 81 ana he amount Of sales within
year beyond $4,000 shall be returned mohthy 10 ,ne @
shall be assessed by the Assessor and pad nOny as
other monthly taxes are assessed aud pad
The House to-day passed the bill designating
successor 70 the ChefJuStice in case OF his death
removal or inability discharge his duties; also
the bill continuing the fTeedmen's Bureau an addi-
tional twelve months from July next. The House
then went into Committee of the Whole on the ClYl
Appropriation Bill the various clauses and items oi
which gave rise to animated debate. Mr. Logan
moved 10 amend the appropriation for necessary ex-
penses in carrying into effect the several acts OF Con-
aress authorizing loans and the issue of Treasury
notes from s15OOOOO 10 sj6O49i which with the fol
lowing proviso was passed: Provided that none of
said sum be used to pay commissions for the pnr-
chase SALE OF conversion of bonds notes OF the
limited States The amendment TO lay up the rev
enue vessels i'm the Northern lakes next taken mp
and discussed at great length and finally itself
amended so as 10 apply TO all revenue cutters not IN
aetnal use The Western members were IN favor OF
the amendment aud although il encountered con-
siderable opposition from Representatives from the
Middle aud Northern States, it was adopted. The
House adjourned pending its discussion, and it comes
MP tomorrow as unfinished business
The Senate Foreign Affairs Committee held special
meeting this morning 10 consider and decide on the
second clause Of the new Prussian rreaty. Several
members of the Committee thought that the clause
IL not sufficiently specific, bot after careful scrutiny
they at length decided TO allow il to stand rs 1t was
originally negotiated by Mr.. Bancroft and they sc-
cordingly instructed their chairman to report it to
the Senate and TO inform that body that sentirely
"A fulI he of