The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-06-06
cHE ORESOENT'S DISPATCHES.
FROM WASH TON.
THE NEW TAX BILL
The President Receives BurliHgame
and Chinese Embassy.
NAVAL CONFIRMATION S
The Omnibus, Arkansas and Tax Bills
EIGHT HOURS MEMORIAL.
THE IRON CLADS AT NEW ORLEANS
THEIR SALE AND SUPPOSED INTENTION
TO ESCAPE WITH THEM.
The Omnibus, Arkansas and Tax Bills
THE IRON CLADs AT NEW ORLEANS
THEIR SALE AND SUPPOSED INTENTION
TO ESCAPE WITH THEM.
Their Kumored Sale to Peru.
THEIR DETENTION ORDERED

WASHINGTON, June 5.-The first section of the
tax bill Is amended so that commissioners can
neither be removed nor suspended except by ad.
vice and consent Of the Senate.
The commissioners salary is s6000 and he will
have unrestricted control over officials whose
salaries aggregate six and half millions, and
who handle two hundred millions per annum.
Garfield, moving to strike out the section, de-
nounced the proposition as awfully monstrous.
The president received Mr.. Burlingame and the
Chinese mission this morning. ai.
There was full cabinet meeting to-day.
The president has nominated John Il. Millson,
U. s. attorney for Virginia. i
Capt. John L. Worden of monitor notoriety,
has been confirmed as commodore, and Commo.
dore Thomas Turner has been confirmed as rear
admiral.
1, Senate. memorial of the California Meehan.
les Association and also of 5000 citizens of the
North and West, for eight hours work in govern.
meDt shops. was presented.
Sherman's bill relative to United States notes,
which legalizes and makes valid gold contracts
hereafter, was mp. An amendment striking out
the word thereafter" was lost, and the bill
passed.
The omnibus admission bill was then taken up.
Trumbull explained why Alabama was erased.
Regarding Florida. which was added, Trumbull
said that Gen. Meade reported the majority for
the Constitution was $3.50. Wilson moved to in-
sert Alabama. Sherman and Ste wart favored the
amendment. Morton favored the early admission
of Alabama, but feared its insertion would
jeopardize the whole bill, and that he would
vote against the amendment, but would favor q
separate bill for Alabamas immediate admission.
Wilson denounced the provision under which Ala
bama voted. in harsh terms. as absardity.
Quite harsh debate arose among the Repub-
lIcsns, who had favored the clause requiring a
majority OF registered voters to ratfy constitu.
tons. Without action the Senate went into ex
ecutive session and adjourned.
Wade appointed rrumbull, Drake and Williams
committee Of conference on the Arkansas ad-
mission bill. 'r
House-After unimportsnt business, the tax
bill was resumed.
Wood moved that the commissioner shall not
appoint ntrevenue officers in any district without con
sulting its congressional representative. Re-
jecied,
Dawes opposed the bill as being injudicious and
very improper at this time.
Butler said that when he believed what would
benefit his party would not benefit the country, he
would leave his party. (Cries from the Demo
Gratis, "Don't come on our side.'') Butler op
posed the bill. and denied the right OF Congress "a
legislate any man In as head Of department.
Schenck said that If Buffers views prevailed
the whole bill would be destroyed. He opposed
the continuance of the system of allowing the
president to make all appointments. Peters
wantI the section stricken out He believed the
bill wrong in principle. The best way to prevent
fraud was TO reduce the whisky tax. Several
members argued that the passage of the law
would legislste Rollins out OF Office. Finally the
9th section, conferring the appointing power on
Rollins was stricken out by "a to As.
Logan argued against bonded warehouses and
favored tax Of 20 to 25 cents collectable at the
worm Of the still. Ok
Covode said he had received "a telegram from
the collector of his district saying that there were
800 900 gallons of whisky in bonded warehouses
in his district on which the owners could not pay
the tax, as whisky was selling on the streets al
81 so per gallon. After further discussion, ind
eating wide diversity of views regarding de
tails, but no indication Of opposition to reduction
of whisky tax, the House took recess till P. NJ
Some days ago the retrenchment committee by
resolution requested the secretary of the treasury
to retain the iron.clads 0nota and Catawba, pur.
chased by Swift 4 Co. at New Orleans, the com
mittee having information that swift & Co. had
sold the non-clads TO Peru, which power was thea
and is now at war with a power friendly to the
United States. Information was received to-day
that the iron.clads were to make an experiment
"Trip, the pretext for escape TO sea for the par
Dose of compliance with the contract. Secretary
McCulloch telegrsphed 70 New Orleans to detsin
the vessels. From information in their possession
the TetrerchmeDt committee say that Swift q Co.
having paid seven hundred and forty.five Thousand
dollars for the vessels, sold them to Peru for two
millions of dollars, and that they have already re
allied one and half millions.