The New York herald., 1872-12-07
Discussion, Amendment and Passage Of
the Internal Revenue Bill.
Meeting Of the Board Of Managers Of
the Soldiers Homes.
Ben Butler After Liberal Scalps
i'm the House.
Secretary Boutwell, en- the Duties on
Glass and Glassware.
TIE rREDIT RBlLIER INVESTIGATION.

WAsHIRaToN, Dec Q, 1872.
Passage or the Amended Internal Rev
enue Bill.
rhc House has entered with zeal upon the busi-
ness oflegislation. Seldom mas there been so much
accomplished in the beginning OF session with'n
short time before the holidays as m the present
.Sne. COMMISSIONER Douglass Internal revenue
bin, which Will bring about revolution IN one oI
the mos, important branches OF the government,
was discussed, amended and passed by the
House IN a single day. The bin just passed
win according to Mr.. Dawes estimate produce q
saving OF as 600 600 over the law as u now stands
snd 81, 7OOO 600 over the act OF June 9, 1872 An
amendment by Mr.. Bingham, calling upon the col
ectors 10 give new bonds on account OF change
brought about by the bill in the nature OF their
sates, war likewise carried. Having passed the
Internal Revenue bIll, the House adjourned TO
Monday
A Bead DoOrkeepcr Remembered.
Daring the debate a telegram was received an
eo"nciDe that w. w. Dantz, a doorkecper OF the
House, and his wife and child were among the
tined IN the terrible railroad accident on the Penn
sylvania Railroad. Appropriations were mme-
4,ateS made by the House for delrayng the trans
cortauon OF their bodies 10 their former home,
GTeeniake, Wis., as well as their funeral expenses.
Butler After the House Com mmittces.
General Butler has prepared a resolution to revise
the committees OF the House. He viii probably
present II on Monday. This is looked upon as an
attempt to enforce party discipline, according TO
the programme lust carried out by the Senate.
R0tler's resolution aims at Ousting such prominent
liberals az FarnswOrth, Banks and Blair from the
Chairmanships OF the three important committees.
II II ~ passed the duty OF making The new nomina-
t,ons devOlves upOn the Speaker, whose broad
shoulders win likewise have to bear the odium
attached TO such o partisan measure. But there Is
prospect or the passage ol the resolution, for il
would require q two-thirds majority OF the House,
ORd the dominant party does not command that
aumber OF aIherents. Buffers resolution H. there
s0le, intended iCr demonstration rather than real
sstson.
The Credit M0bilier Affair.
The committee TO investigate the Credit Mobilicr
charges against Speaker Blaine and Others had
-sseeting to-day, but nothing was done beyond
organization fol- business, Oakes Ames, the
AsOstlmp0rtant witness, Ia absent. The committee
svs,, meet again on Tuesday, when speaker Blaine
viii make any explanatory statement, alter which
enc 0osnznattee win hear the testimony OF Cakes
Amcs aud McComb.
Ahe Horssgn Affairs Conn msttec and 81 !.
Domingo.
SAe diplomats segard the composition OF the
EcDake's Committee on Foreign Relations as favor.
able to the annexation OF st. Domingo, or any
other administration measure. Last year there
were on The committee Senators Schurz and Cas-
sogly, decided opponents Of the administration,
with Patterson doubtful at times. Since then Pat
SersOD has been defeated as candidate for fe-elec
AaNn 70 the senate Aud he is q stannch Grant man
seaaly 70 accept an Office after the 9Th OF March,
while Howe replaces Casseriy. SchurZ will have
Aard rev 10 hoe in opposing Cameron, Harlan
NAsk0n Hamnn, Howe and Patterson; but he likes
10 he N minority
Lewis, OF Alabama, Wanting Recog-
milton.
The committee appointed by General Lewis or
Alabama visited the Attorney General to-day and
presented several papers containing their express
sops upon the legality Of the Legislature they rep
resent Tor Onlcia consideration oS the authorities
here.
DOsics ON Glass and Glsss~sase-I nstruc-
tions to Collectors OF Customs.
The Secretary OF the Treasury to-day addressed
iic following letter TO the Collector OF Customs at
New York
SiR-Under date OF the 9Th OF August last the fol-
lowing telegram was sent TO the Collector oi Gus
toms at Baltimore:-"The terms lass and glass
ware In the new tarin should be understood az re.
fcrring only TO such articles as are commercially
known by those terms.n Similar Instructions were
subsequently given to the customs officers at the
various ports. From the decisions OF said COL
lectors, acting under these instructions large num-
hers Of appeals have Lien taken to the Department
involving the reduction OF the duty on various
articles. After due consideration IL is deemed ad.
v,sable by the department TO review the rulings
contained In the instructions aforesaid and after
Ye-cxamination OF the various provisions of law
insCOnnection herewith am OF opinion that the
spirit Of the az, Of June 8, isI2 and fair inter.
Y e & ,s: + NY I
1ssSsIs a se i $ss s:,.
tur ddty ag manufactures 81 glass, o. which arc
entitled to the reduction OF duty An enumera
ti0n OF some OF the articles upon which appeals
nave been taken confirms TINS review: , foL S
show cards, glass paper weights, &c, are wholly
OF glass, ana must be recognized as such under
fore decides In accordance with the views above
mentioned, and directs that your practice shall
,uctioD OF ten per cent On all articles or manu-
facturcs Of glass which. under the laws prior TO
so"s Ths wi nc,ude cE as Sass " non
appeals which have heretofore beea taken, re-
faads WIN VIII o. on,y S be m made de- where the requirements
and appeal, and suit when suit is necessary, have
been carefully complied with.
GEORGE 5. BOUTWELL,, Secretary.
The Cabinet Meeting
today was attended by all the members. The
OF brief duration, ana nothing was
under consideration OF extraordinary Importance.
bridges Across the Ohio.
The bill 10 regulate the construction OF bridges
across the Ohio, as reported by Mr. Scott from the
Committee OF Conference, stands substantially as
u passed the Senate ut the last session, except
that the section passed by the House repeating the
law OF 1869, authorizing the construction Of a
rrdge al Paducah, is agreed TO by the Senate. The
section relating TO the bridge AT Wheeling
Ia retained, also the section allowing
the uae or higher pressure on freight
tugs on the ONO than ~ allowed
ny the general steamboat law The bin provides
that every bridge constructed across the Ohio
above the mouth OF the Big Sandy shall have at
scsst one span Of not less than ninety feet above
low water and not less than forty feet above local
highest water, measured TO the lowest part OF the
span: aud that every bridge erected below the
mouth OF the Big sandy shal have at least one
span OF not less than one hundred feet above low
waller and forty feet above highest water with n