Revenue Bill-Tea and CofIee-Re-orgaz-


iziaion of The Army, Sc.
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la SENATE, TO-DAY, communication was re-
ce,ed from the Treasury Department stating the
amount of annual appropriations since 1852 tor
private claims, as follows: 1886, sl55,S85; 81, !,
slO1. .e35 SO, S26G, lO5; 80, Sl73,459; 40.
s74722: Al, s2lS, ,l56, making total for the 8
years of S99l sos.


The Revenue bill was takenu the section un-
der consideration being that imposing duty ct )
per cent. ad valorem unmanutactured WOOL ei
tho value of seven cents per ID. or under, at the
last place ofexportaton; which Mr. BENTON had
moved to amend by striking cut seseM (the value
per b. and inserting fce cents.


The amendment was rejected, Yeas Is; Nays 20


Mr. Preston moved to increase the duty from
FIVE to trenty per cent. ad valoren; rejected
Yeas II; Nays %.


Mr. McRoBEnrs moved amendment TO IN
cude tea and coffee among the free articles Ton
which, although the section imposing duty sPe-
cihcally was stricken out, the House imposed d
duty of twenty per cent including them in the list
Of non-cnumerated articles.


Mr.. ALLEN, with his usual violence, opposed
and denounced the bill as " nsshupen inconl-
plete monstrous' as passed by the gag in the
House and supported by the votes of sixty mem
bcrs WHO had been condemned and whose constt-
uents would not sanction them, &c. &c.


The questions were taken separately on making
tea and coffee free articles, and decided IN the
negative by similar votes Us follows:


YEAs-Messrs. Allen, Bagby, Benton, buchanan, Cal
houn Cuthbert, Fulton. KING, Linn, McRoberts Sewer
Smith of CT, Sturgeon Tappan, Walker, Wilcox, Williams,
Wright Woodbury., Young-2G


ingion Kerr Mangun Msrrick, Mller Morehead Phelps,
Porter, Preston ves simmons, Smith OF Ia, Sprasue
TalImadge, White, Woodbrdge-T


SO duty Of twenty per cent. ad valoreln is i'm.
posed en these articles.


Messrs WRIGHT, RrvTs, WOODBURY. aud BEN
TON offered various amend ments, (the two latter
gentlemen proposing them in great numbers) all
of which were rejected by decided votes. But
one or two amendments have been made to the
BILL


Mr. BENTON gave notice that he had many
more amendments 10 offer, which would consume
much time.


On hO motion, the Senate adjourned


In the HOUSE, after some unsuccessful attempts
to take up other business the bill to reorganize the
Army was taken up in Committee of the Whole on
the Union (Mr. FEssENDEN of Me. in the Chair. }
Mr.. Mason of Ohio move i an amendment 10 dis
band the regiment Of dragons established by the
law of 1886, on the 1st of October next. After
some debate this was adopted. Yeas GO, Nays So.


MIR. CAVE JOHNSON offered substitute for the
bill repeating the law of 1888 for the increase of
the Army, disbanding the I'd regiment Outrageous
and the 9Th OF infantry, and authorizing the Presi-
dent to organize regiment OF mounted rfemen
from the forces thus disbar2 d, &c. &c. The sub
stitute proposed to reduce the Army nearly to the
standard of 1921.


This was debated till three o'clock (the hour
fixed to commence action) by Messrs. CAVE JOHN
sen, AsAMs, and RsYNoLGs in support, and by
Mcssrs. GRANGER, PEaDLETos and BLACK in op-
position, and by others The amendment was re-
iected-not receiving but about 80 votes in its
support.


The bill was reported to the House, and Mr.
JOHNSON smartng under thc discontinue OF his
proposition, moved to lay the bill on the table
This WIS rejected-fnding. however, from both
extremes-those opposed TO any reduction and
those in favor of the greatest reduction of the
army-more favor than the other.


The bill was ordered printed and without farther
action thereon the House adjourned.


Mr.. BARNARD yesterday reported from the
Committee the Jua:ciary biz authorising the
Clerk of the District Court of The Northern Dis
trict of New-York to employ Deputy 10 reside in
AubHrn. The bill! was read third tine and
passed ARdss.


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