New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-18

~, Soto today admitted to IFS membership
=, -, cloot from North Carolina James ~
1t,,+t end John Pool. and the Senators eject Ioln
I.,,isiopo. John /. Harris and Nm' llII h'noNs'
NJ Cottes BILL providing for the issue Oh tlteo pei
cont temporary loan certificates TO redeem inc ooi-
oouud Understanding note was passed Nlu'o"U -
iiyision. The amendment offered by Mr.. IrnmDull'
- 70 tbe monthly sale of 100000 of gold,
80 rejected Mr. CONFESS made another effort 10
u nm the bill for the protection of American citl-
go but IL was laid aside for the purpose o.
considering the Deficiency bill, which engaged
the attention of the Senate the REMAINDER
If the dav Senator Chandler offered an amendment
concentrating 4 million and half of dollars for the
prescrvaton of the improvements on rivers ana mar
bors. which gave rise to a rather exciting personal
debate between Mr. Howe and Mr. IeSsenden' III
nalv at about a O'Clock, the Senate went INTO IN
ecutive session. and again met at q! when the con-
Alteration of the bill was resumed. The Senate III
Yvccutiye session to day took up the calendar and
confirmed nearly all the brcvet promotions; also a
large number OF civil officers, including Collectors
Assessors. Po,rnasteTS, and others where no oNec'
zion was made The combinations were as follows:
Wu. r. ScuU 70 be Assessor of the With District
of Pennsylvania: JuliX W. Dnemegzdy of New
Jer,cv. Consul at Tabasco; +. r.
Springman of Pennsylvania, Consul at
Tnmbcz. Peru Reuben :. Torrey, Collector of In
terna Revenue, Second District, NewYOril; Anthony
+. Campbell, Deputy Postmaster, Brooklyn; Thomas
J.. Webb Naval Constructor Henry Eber, and Z. F.
McCrca Commanders in the Navy. Deputy Post
Inasters-Andrcw :. Hunter, at ChicOpee, Mass
&. j. Prescott, at Holyoke, Mass; Ehphalet Wright
DerJyshrc, Mass; c. A. Field, Hanover, n. H.
The following nominations were rejected: Francis
Price Ncw-Jcrsey, Consul-Goneral at Havana;
Adam Reese Assessor Internal Revenue, Tenth Dis
ID.
nal Revenue, Sixth District Kentucky; Samuel
Babeock. Collector Internal Revenue, Second Dis
trict Connecticut: Robert II. Kerr, Marshal West
er District. Pennsylvania; and Thomas B. Price,
Collector Internal Revenue, Third District, Mary
land
The Foreign Relations Committee instructed their
Chairman. Mr. Sumner to-day, to report the bill
making an appropriation for the purchase of Alaska
with the House preamble omitted. The impression
Is that the whole subject will over to next session.
as the general sentiment Of the Senate IS against
s,uctioninr any restriction of the tTeaty-making
power and as the House equally determined to adj
here in the future to the claims which they have ad-
yanced. Several other pending treaties were also
considered by the Committee, one OF them beng
treaty with Mexico, providing for the appointment
of a commission for the adjustment OF ali CLAIMS
between the two Governments. Tie Amcri-
acknowledged and agreed to in this measure, the
terms being substantially the same as those laid
down in the recent treaty negotiated by Mr.. Ban
croft with Prussia. After mature consideration. the
Committee decided to recommend the ratification OF
the treaty and it is to be reported in few days
The Senate Finance Committee regard the action OF
the WAYS and Means Committee on the funding Dill
rs evidence OF an iudiSpOsOn to touch the financial
question this session. The Senate Committee are OPP
poSed in toto 10 almost every feature of the BILL as 1t
stands particularly TO that relating to the term of
wears for which the new bonds to run, and to the
low rate of interest allowed They believe that the
bondholdcrs will not consent to convert the existing
bonds into the new securities on any such terms ana
that the whole scheme is impTacticable.
The consideration Of the funding bill, as reported
by the WAYS and Means Committee, consumed nearly
the whole of the day and evening sessions OF the
House Nh Morehead's tariff bill took precedence of
the funding bill and its friends made an earnest ef-
fort 10 have il taken up and disposed OF, but Mr..
Scbenck asked that the funding bill be first consid-
cred and il was so Ordered but by only one majority
on the call of the Yeas and Nays. The
consideration of the bin was i'll Committee
of the Whole and the debate was limited to 10 min
utes for each member. The House was very full, the
members generally seeming to take deep interest IN
the measure. The present past. and future financial
cusscd each member who spoke evidently wishing TO
set himself right in anticipation OF the pending
pailn. The evening session was well attended.
md votes were taken on several OF
the amendments 10 the bill. The
first hour OF the session was improved in discussing
the time i'm which the bond is to mature. Twenty,
thirty. forty and fifty years were proposed; but IT
was finally agreed TO keep the interest at G5-l0O per
cent and make the bond run 40 years After nearly
another hour had been spent in fierce debate the
WAYS and Means Committees amendment in regard
TO the taxation of the bond was beaten and il
was agreed that it, should be subject 10 no
taxation OF any Kind. The Ways and Means
Committee were also beaten in the sectio providing
for the interchange of bonds for greenbacks, and
vice versa. This section was stricken ont by the
Senate but replaced by the Ways and Means Com
mittce yIhe House, however. sustained the Senate
and the Section was eXpunged. The debate on this
section revealed the inationss fear that II meant
contraction, while on the other hand the contrac-
honists seem TO think that 1t favored expansion;
30 between them it was killed. The section con-
corning the gold contracts was the last
discussed and it was also defeated. Mr.. Schenck
gave notice that he would call mp the bill tomorrow
Immediately after the reading Of the journal and
have il acted finally. 1t is almost impossible from
the action of the House to-day. to surmse the fate
of the bin. The credentials Of a number of the mem
bers elect from Alabama and Louisiana were pre-
scented TO the House to-day and referred to the
Election Committee The members are TO be sworn
IN tomorrow.
Considerable feeling j. manifested here by those
interested in the passage Of Nj Banks's American
Citizenship bill. Several Republican Senators are
opposed to its passage in It's present FORM and seem
IA disc l.t,o q tba uuI,io Mr.