The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-14
TUESDAY MORN,

Will INC ltftllt NEW 1Ork i{att sC-ii DtlIN VIII,
without doubt, be II feature or gem.
Congress takes up The fnahi 2al question, in
the language or :, Western 4 tembcr, '.vcry
gngerly." About half Il duzcii bpis have been
introduced to fund the. debt Il FL prohibit the
sales of gold hy the Sovcrnn.if q, but no coul-
mittec action has been h;ld os,I '5,shcr OF them.
Yesterday, in the House, theIlT 1as u straw or
two which indicates the wayS;Sic wind blows
out West on the currency qucs y rn. lngcrsoll,
of Illinois, introduced II bill t..t;thorialng an
issue Of forty millions OF add. sTl legal tch-
der notes, which he wanted }crrcd to the
Ways and Means Committee, hough the hill
appropriately belonged To th'f ~anking Com
mittcc. The latter arc cont + (ctionisls, and
the Ways and Means, though III infatonsts,
are certainly not in favor ,fF reducing the
vo'';me of currency, and h,yfice the latter
reference WAS desired by t.IS' author of the
bill. Pending this, came u mosk kon TO tes: the
whole matter, by moving to In iIt IN the table.
The vote stood ci%hty-cight mlEinbcrs for In
crcasinS the currency, and si,;ey-four against
lt-somc nfly members belnSt absent The
cOntractionsts then turned nlrf tnd and finally
had the bill referred to the BhnlSag Commit
tee, where majority lis kntSwn to be hostile
to it. Thus ends Initiation for i'tc present
Next week the Senate E:ris:ce Committee
Will 20 10 work To get up II fun bling bill, Oh the
basis Of Boutwell's suggestion, janincly; nak-
Ing three loans to fund the deg ut four and
half per cent. interest, and rcqriring national
banks to adopt these new b,-rns for banking
purposes. By the latter re aiircmcnt, the
friends OF this scheme hope tu 9oat 1T least one
hrudred millions OF the loan at home and
another hunlrcd million abroad.
The South, Of coursc, feels a;;:.cep interest in
the tariff hut IL need have no fears that any
very material notifications w,!l be made ~
this session. The rrcsident'S proposition to
defer the whole question OF rcd,'cing taxation,
through The customs and ir.ernal revenue
laws, has dampcncd the order OF PENNSYLVANIA
proteciionists not little, and they have not
much hope ofa hill being passed until another
year comes around. It is possible TINT the
free list may be enlarged to the extent of adj
mitting duty free, u largo nuuibcr of articles
not produced in this country This would be
of benefit 10 the drug trade to " great extent,
AMI il is bci.g very warmly pressed by the
New York Interests. As regards the excise
law, few or no changes will bS made. pro-
position to reduce the income lax will bc very
generally supported in the House. and Il mu-
tion moi 10 renew 1t after IL expires next May,
will get good many votes in fine House. The
tax is most odous even to Congressman, and
should bc cut down or abolished.
The bill to pay Southern officials who could
not take The iron-clad oath has already been
considered in the Senate, and the prospect is
thnt IL will pass both houses without material
opposition. In the discussion. Nr. Sherman
said IL had passed tho Sonata twice. which
Sumner pcitishly added WAS ''tHlcc too much"
AS the bill was an ole customer, he intended to
opposcit The pending measure is in effect Il:
follows:
&c il enacted, &C., Tha. the heads OF
the several executive departments be, and
they arc hereby, authorized to allow. ana
there ti shall all be paid from my proper sppropria
States who failed to take the oath prescribed
by the net approved July ., 1862, such sum or
sums OF money MS m::y be lo,iSdslll to them,
respectively, by the acc1,.a.me olilccr If tit,
Treasury Department iir the services hereto
Tore actually rendered, at the rates prescribed
by law or the regulations Of the proper depart
ment: Pr0oided, That before any such COM
pensation shall be allowed or paid it shall be
made 10 appear that said Onth was ,l;Ily taken
after the rendition OF such services. or the
person claiming the samc shall subscribe and
TAKE, betorc solac competent officer, and .ilr
with The account, the oath or affirmation pre-
glance and 10 support the Constitution Of the
United States, approved August 4, 1851; and il
any person entitled to compensation under
this act shall have died before the passage
thereof, such oath or affirmation mag be
waived.
As the Senate Is E.vorlng genera; amnesty,
and the House looks to the repeal of MI ;esl
oaths, there can be none of the old objections
urged against this most equitable measure
The South Carolina contested election cases
will not be decided for some time The Flee
tion Committee has SO much work on hand
that IL will not he able to take them UP until
some others are first decided. All the evi-
dcncc is in, the clerk Is makins IL dgest of
it, AMI q subcommittee will go 10 work on IL
about January.
Resolutions Of the South Carolina Lcgisla-
tnre, requesting Congress to aid in the con-
strnc,ion OF the Memphis AMI III Paso Rail-
road, and Southern Trans-contincntal Railroad,
On tile line Of the hilty-sccond parallel OF lat
itule, have been received and are now before
the House Pacific Railroad Committee