New-York tribune., 1868-07-03

ot most of its time to-day on the
81 ,rnropriatiOn bill, which was passed. anu ol
C,Vn % relation 10 the Western Paclnc halnOau'
Dill 10 olso adopted. On the Appropriation BILL
VIM, viz Iobnsou offered an amendment TO give
n ooo 70 the Ladies' Mount Vernon Association 1or
.'ro;,s of the mansion and grounds OF washington
49,. no action was taken on IT. GOaI Asianu wac
aor as depot TO the Pacific Railroad Co. py % 10 T.
Tho Senate Finance Committee were IN session al
say on the Tax bill They have gone over nearly
""' tho Drovsions and will be ready TO report IT
,o.uorrow The most important change since the
.,spre passed the House is the striking out OF the
..o,,op imposing a tax on the retailers of distilled
60 A reduction of the tax on wholesale dealers
also TO be recommended
The proceedings in the HOuse to-day were dnl
and barren of interest. Mr.. Stevens introduced ms
hll for the creation of two additional States out OF
lhe Territory of Texas which was referred PACK 10
,he committee. Mr.. Hooper, from the ways ana
ue,ns Committee reported bill providing for a tax
ton ner cent on the interest of Government secn-
,,ties together with report taking strong Rronhd
soainst the adoption Of the measure The residue OF
the day was consumed III the discussion OF the SEN
ate amendment TO the Executive. legislative ana
Ina,cial Appropriation bill Mr. Blaine made tell
,no speech on the subject, refnting the charges OF
,ytrayagance against the Republican Party, and
.omnarinp the appropriations now with those of Bu-
,o,a,is Administration. The Senate amendment
t-hino ont the salary of the Presidents shorthand
r,ter was eoncurred in and after long discussion,
Il was decided &c make no Appropriation tOr the bu'
rean Of Education The tariff men are ANXIOUS
that the bin which was reported Yesterday Dy
the Ways and Msans Committee should be taken up
immediately and members Will try on Monday next
10 have it made the special order for some day during
Che week Gen Butler oftored the following Dill
TO-DAY. but objection was made and It went over;
An oua taxation and the interest the public debt
enacted on ne SeRac aud House Of Represeatat,Ocs
Of ne United States Of Ameried tR congress assn'V t
hs and ofbeT bearing securities Of the United
etaes payable TO any person. state nuhel pouS
S Sac OF OF not Corporate out the Treasury United
States there shall be charged yearly as YAK Ur es1S @
proportion; said tax shall be assessed dr,r anu cor
leeted by tIe totee CHARGED with paving interest
ppon the debt Of the United States IN the same currency
which said interest Is paI, ana su Tax s oD So ncone
from any Of the interest bearing securities OF The OhVeo
States. ..., ,,.--,, ,r,,, .,o eocro,or, ~
che Treasury be and hereby authorized and directed 70
receive from the holders of the securities OF te Uhteu
States any bond other form OF ndeDtinent bearing
interest at the rate Of six per cent or more per year 10
the amount oI SUO or any a i,ed States 70 nav the
holder thereof the person in whose name may oe
registered such of the Assistant Treasures as ne may
the present standard in half yearly io every
forever free Of al taxation or deduction by any authority
whatever go MI. A.. eooo,o,, %
be Treasury be and hereby authorized and directed IN
Ike manner TO receive such securities as are above
nyabe al the option of the United States after 10 years,
and within 40 years with interest al the rate OF u per
able in coin and said bond shall he free of all taxation OF
impOs by Congress or by state or municipal authority
The House will probably take up the Deficiency bill
tOmonow MIR Stevens it is understood, will offer
ar NJ Or
Der cent 10 the Government clerks. Many of them
were at the Capitol to-day, in expectation that 1t
would be called up. The general impression IS that
II will be again voted down. Mr. Seward has been
exhausting all his arts of diplomacy to secure ma
iOrity of the House in favor of the Alaska purchase
appropriation. 1t is authOritatiyey asserted, to-
night that he has obtained the promise of 100 men,
bers to vote for it,
The House Military Committee have ready 10 re-
port bill retaining the pay of army officers at the
rate allowed during the past two years. Unless such
action is taken the pay goes back to what 1t was be
fore the war. The Committee will report tavorably
on the bill to make the pay fixed salary instead OF
the various allowances that now make up their com
peDsatOn but il is late in the session that 1t VIII
have no chance of passing No action is TO be taken
this session on number Of bills that are before the
Committee increasing the number of offices in the
mttee have under consideration the report of mill
tary board which was appointed to revise the rules
and articles of war; also cOdifcatiOn into a single
oct of all the laws now in force affecting the army.
The Committee will report bill establishing new
system of military education. One College in
zach State on complying with certain cOndi-
tons is TO have connected with il mil
itary departmept TO be under the
charge of two officers of the army detailed for the
purpose and number of the vacancies IN the Lieu
tenantships of the army to be filled from among
the graduates of such colleges who shall pass the
best examination. The system is fully elaborated in
the bill which does not propose TO abolish West
Point but TO make the sys TEN auxiliary TO II.
The Committee will report hi for the relief OF O-
GERS who were com mnissioned and who reformed duty
but failed to get mustered iii by reason of capture OF
other cause; also bill for the appointments of Com
mission to examine the claims of New-York against
the Government; bill transferring the Indian Bu-
Teau to the War Department; and various bills TO
sell parts of military reservations arsenal grounds
etc. and TO grant the right Of way across the same
The Democrats here who are opposed to Hancock,
not only make telling handle Of his prominence in
the execution of Mrs Surratt by sentence of military
commission, but they comment with severity upon
circumstance which the Republicans have refrained
from auding to. 1t is this In 1865. thereabouts,
Cen Hancock accepted the Presidency Of the United
Service Oil Company which in the end, turned out
10 be gigantic swindle by which many honest men
lost all their savings An affecting case in point oc-
CURED here few days ago. when Quarternaster-
Sergeant OF Marines committed suicide by blowing
hls brains ont and left two letters assigning the
cause the loss of all his earnings amounting to 800
by the u. S. Service Oil Company, of which Gen.
Hancock President.