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Show HOUSE. On motion of Dawes the house agreed to tako up the tariff bill, the general debate on the pending amendment amend-ment to stnko out the last section, being limited to one hour. Hoar, from the select committee on Louisiana Louisi-ana afljirs, submitted resolutions, the first from the whole committee, recommending re-commending the house of representatives representa-tives of Louisiaua to reseat the members mem-bers rejected under application of the rule of the returning board, and I he second, which was not unanimous, that Kellogg be recognized as governor of the state. He also preseuted the report, which was ordered to be printed print-ed in the Record. The tarifl bill was then considered in committee of the whole. All the amendments to the 8th section were rejected. Diwes offered an additional eection, exempting boding cloth from duty and savings banks receipts from the stamp tax. Adopted. Loughridgo offered an additional section, reimposmg ine income tax and providing machinery for its collection. col-lection. Adopted 114 to 87. It provides pro-vides that three per cent, be collected on all incomes between $3,000 and 10 000, and five per cent, on all incomes in-comes above $10,000. Kellogg moved to strikeout the enacting en-acting clause, which would have defeated de-feated the whole bill. Kejectcd yeas 102, nays 113. Coltou offered an amendment for a tax of ten cents a pound on lea and two cents on coffee, rejected. An amendment was o tiered for a tax of one-tenth of one per cent, on all sale- of gold and stocks; adopted. Dawes then moved to strike out the enacting clause, which was agreed to. He then moved that the committee com-mittee rise, and the bill bo recommitted recom-mitted to the committee on ways and means, with instructions to report it , I back with the tax on whisky at 90 : cents, with the sugar and tobacco clauses as amended in committee of the whole, and with the ten per cent, horizontal section retained. Dawes subsequently withdrew the motion to recommit, and Cox moved that the house concur in the action of the committee of tho whole, striking strik-ing out the enacting clause. The house refused yeas 10G, nays loO to concur in the action of the com- i mittee of the whole in striking out I the enacting clause, and the billj of the whole. Coburn presented the majority report re-port of the Alabama investigating committee, and Bucknor the minority. min-ority. Coburn made an eflort to get up what is known as the caucus force bill, reported by him last week, and Smith, New York, tried to get up the i the election of president and vice president, but Dawes pressed action on the tax bill, and succeeded. Ti:e nowise thereupon again went into committee of tne whole and resumed re-sumed consideration of the bill. On motion of Harris tobacco manufacturers man-ufacturers were allowed to uso lie-1 orice, i&c, free of duty. A dozen j ameudmenU of various kinds were ihpn oftVred and all reieett-d. The committee rose and reported the bill to the houie and Dawes proceeded pro-ceeded to address the house on the necessity ol providing for the deficit in the treasury, and spoke of the impossibility im-possibility of training any revenue bill that would satisfy all sections and all interest. He reierred to the income in-come tax ad one inoel just and proper in theory, bul one which had proved : objectionable wherever tried, because I it w promotire of perjury and de-1 moralization. He then, as a lost bllisrl to provide for the necesitieb o: j government, oii'ered as a subeiuutt for the bill one taxing whisky to b herealter made ninety cents pergai' Ion, tobacco and sugar as in tha amendment bill, and restoring the lu per cent, horizontal tax on manufc tured goods, and on that he moved, the previous question. The previous question was seconded second-ed and the main ques ion ordoied, and the substitute ugrecd to, lol to 4. The question was tueu received on ordering the bill engrossed for its third reading, on which Dawes moved the previous question, winch was seconded sec-onded by the n-quisiie two thirds majority, ma-jority, and the bill then posted, 12o to 113. The first section fixes the tax on the future production of high wiuts at 90 cents per gallon. The second ieetion increases Die tax on iiianutacturee tobacco to-bacco from 20 to 24 c -un per poind, i and on cigars Irom $-5 to $d per tlou-sand, tlou-sand, on cigarettes irom $2.ol to i thrse Articles on whieu Uie exiting tux has been paid. Tue t'.iird seclou increases the tux on t-uar, moliL-tes, me hula, i-tc, an tun it equal V twer.ly-tive per cent, of the presuit duties. Section hair replaces the tm per cent, horizontal mlurtion in tie tariff on certain manufactured g.iotli. Section filth provides that the inert-act ol duties provided by the act Bhll nut apply to any goods on ship board and bound for the United Slates on the 10th of February, 1873, nor on any goods in bond at the date of tho pa. sage of this act. Section sixth provides pro-vides for the free admiision ol boltinjj cloths. Adjourned. i |