The Portland daily press., 1868-02-14
WASHINGTON.
TIE TAX pILL-TAxATIoN OF NATIONAL sANK
SToCl.

TILE TAX pILL-TAxATIoN OF NATIONAL BANK
SToCE.
WAsHrEcToE, Feb. 13-Dealers and others
interested in petroleum from PHILADELPHIA,
Pittsburg and other cities, were before the Com.
mittes Of Ways and Means to, day. The new
tax bill is to be reported TO the House in about
three weeks.
The President has approved and signed the
bill providing that the words place where the
bank is located and not elsewhere" in section
81 OF Inc national currency account shall be
construed and held to mean the State within
Whieh the bank is located, and the Legislature
ot each State may determine and direct the
manner and place ct taxing all shares of Ma
tional Banks located within them; the said
States are subject to the restriction that the
taSation shall not be q greater rate than is as
ssssed upon other Inoneyed capital in the
hands OF Individuals residents of snch States,
and provided always that the shares of any
National Bank owned by any non resident Of
any State shall be taxed in The city or town
where said bank is located and not elsewhere
PAYMENT OF .. 5. BONDS.
The United States bonds of 1S47, which ma
tured Dec 3lst, Will: it i understood, be paid
on presentation at the Treasury Department.
or at the Office Of the Assistant Treasurer in
New York, interest being allowed to the first
Of January last.
DEFEAT OF THE ALABAMA CONSTITUTION.
The following telegram was read in the Sem
ate to-day by Senator Patterson:
Montgomery, Ata, Feb. 13-To Hor. D. I. Pa
terson, Senator from Tennessee The ratifica-
ton of the Constitution is defeated nv over
1900 majority. What is the prospect for the
passage Of SheFman's bill respecting A laba1ua?
kSlgned,) ID. ID. DALTON,
Governors Secretary.
MOVEMENTS AND SENTIMENTS OF JOHN G.
--- DREcKINRIDGE AND OTHERS.
q letter received here from American citi-
Gems at BEIRUT Syria. dated Jan. ID SAYS john
Y. Breckinridge was there the first of the
mcnth making inquiries in regard to travelling
through Syria. He denied all claims to the
privileges Of citizens of the United States, and
appeared much affected while convcrsinp upon
anlirs in his country. When asked if he in
tenqed TO return to America, he said he had no
WISH TO become MARTYR and should not re-
turn until he could do 80 in nersonal safety
but tA2t no other country could be his home
ID also said with reference 10 affairs here +hot
as the war was over and the appeal to the
sword had been decided against thosa III
whom be had been associated, he was now vii
ling 10 shoulder his gun like any other man in
defence of his country. He however smoke nj
matters here in the tone of foreigner.
The same letter states that Jacob Thompson
and other leading parties OF the South during
the war were wandering about Turkey
THE CONSULAR AND DIPLOMATIC APPRoPRIA-
TIoE BILL.
'lS SpAHuiaT anu ulpiOudtlC appIupEiaNlOh
biil, reported on the 1Gtb differs from the one
originally introduced. 1t restores the appro-
prlatlon for the salary of Minister to Portugal,
ana provides Commissioners and Consul Cen
egai to Hayti and Liberia instead Of ministers
me olll contains no appropriations for Minis
ters 10 Greece and Rome 1t reduces the con-
tsl 6lg gent fund Of the State Department from
9o3,o0O to $4,000; omits the salary of Second
assistant Secretary of State, and fails 10 an
RIopriate money for the following objects. For
Examiner Of Claims, rent of STATE Denartmert
building, superintendent of Statistics do
patches by cable, and boundary coTonoi;ss ~
Washington Territory The lin corta;,,s ~ d
provision that no Consul Generals ConS,,le
consular agents or commercial agents sill tn
paid except those specified in the act and al al
laws and parts of laws providing tor the nav ~
inent Of any other consular officers than those
il this act specified are hereby repeated. and
all monies received for fees at any vice consu.
late or consular agency of the United States
beyond the sum Of $1,000 in any one year, shall
be accounted for and paid into the Treasury in
the same manner as other monies received by
consular officers of the United States. The
number specified in the act Is about 160, leay-
ing UPWARDS Of 900 copsus and commercial
agents to be no longer paid. The total sum
appropriated BY the bill Is 81, 26S,934.