New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-23

,h FINANCE Committee 10 strike out therst "a secoh
all relating to the special taxes, was agreed o' ""
lien thereof provisions inserted retaining oniy oo,
Tain stamn taxes and the taxes distilled ana hait
-, d ,ohacco The fight On the Income tax opened
brsklv Mr. Sumner said it "must" go down. al"
Messrs Conkling, Corbett, and Scott were eiuaNS
earnest In their opposition Mr. Sherman eiung " " "o9
ateIv and sad II IL was struck the bin must he re-
committed. No vote was reached to-day, OF courSe'
The new Apportionment bill which recently passeu '
House. increasing the membership to 2Io memoers' wa"
amended I'm the Senate making the number OF memoers
I'm the next House 800 and to-day up in the House
for concurrence Several amendments were orered
and several motions made, some 70 concur some 10 ho
concur and others to adjourn II was the same ngh' vi
the West against the North aud East as was hau pelor
The New England New York and Pennsylvania memoerS
particularly IOpposedlthe BILL for 1t wonld clearly give
the West the balance OF power In any future tiIh Vi
other discussion A disposition to flibuster was appar
emf and finally Mr. scofeld OF Pennsylvania moved 10
lay the bill and all the amendments on the table lhis
was defeated by strict sectional VOte-leas 49, nays w.
Adjournment followed and the Senate amendments as W
will probably be adopted when the SUBJECT eo
up again to morrow. 49,
The dispatch from London dated June a. stating THAT
Lord Clarendon had announced that this Government
intended raise its mission TO England 10 one ol inc
first rank and that the cOurtesymust be recprocaeu ny
the establishment Of an embassy at Washington III heu
OF the present mission, is From oncla au
some time past has been nmated by British ohcias
that the mission to this Government would be raised 10 an
embassy and that Majesty would send an Embassador
instead Of Minister PlenpOtentary. Our Government
has sent its highest diplomatic officer that ISL Minister
Plenpotentary, etc We do not send Emoassadors' De
cause our Ministers do not represent the person OF e
President but onylhe Government, while ambassadors
represent the sovereign and their acts are considered
and held acts Of the sovereign England France
Russia Austria, Prussia and Spain have our Ministers
Plenipoentiary while Of them send to ms an EN-
bassador Yet in point of fact our Ministers nave ar
much official power their ambassadors, although they
do not rank as high at any OF the foreign courts
Senator Fenton was necessarily absent when the final
vote on the Franking bill taken yesterday, hut ne
was paired OFF with Mr.. Upton Of Nebraska Gov Fenton
has been uniformly and absolutely in favor of the abo
ton of the franking abuse, while Mr. Upton has been
strenuously opposed to its repeal.
yiceAdmiral Porter says he has received report
from the Darien expedition for the past month"; although
report was published in NewYork several days since
CONDITION OF THE NETWORK CITY BANKS
DETAILS OF THE REVENUE DEPARTMENT
GENERAL PRESS DISPATCH
The following abstract OF the reports made 10 e
National Banks in NewYork City at the close OF bust
ness on Thursday, June 9:
Loan. and Discounts sl7 Exchanges Clearing
Due from ssnE S. sR ,nfS os:a S. Gs;s 'o7'
CHECKS sSd other cash eates.......... l75iOOOO
| iems.............. 1901 l8 Three per cent Certh-
Exchanges for Cash.. 525ioGLI s'o"e
| C,nia : n Ols 600 Due 10 Banks .... ss4 TT I6e
snns And Pro6ts 2q62 $40 Individual DEPOSITS.
optapdng 80 7se 10 United States Deposits $40
| Dividends unpaid. 177-sll - .
Aggregate and Liabilities *4lt'Ss'7 Number Of
/ Banks. 81
| The bill reported by Representative schenck to-day
changes the BureauO Internal Revenue into Depart
men the Commissioner 10 be the head at 5000 per an
! num- There is also TO be Assistant Commissioner,
salary 81 500 five heads OF divisions, salaries 5000 IS
male and 50 female clerks; % supervisors, salaries $1,000
10 be appointed and assistant supervisors not exceeding
49, and receive than - day The Dl also
provides for gaugeTs assessors, ana Collectors
The number Of assistant assessors employed &c the ti
OF the Of this shall be permanently reduced
by the discharge OF al officers OF that class who are as
signed specially to the assessment OF any taxes whcn
shall have been abolished by law and the Commissioner
Is further required to reduce the number Of assistant as
i'm proportion any reduction OF the service OF
assessments which has been made may hereafter he
made by a repeal of any portion Of internal taxes.