Posted on 02/03/2022 7:27:35 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson
WASHINGTON, Sunday, Feb. 2.
THE FOREIGN ADVICES.
Notwithstanding the alarm and croakings of some of the foreign journals and letter-writers about the alone blockade, and other sinister reports, the dispatches received at the State Department are regarded as conclusive of a complete restoration of the entente cordiale between the United States and Great Britain, and of the best possible understanding of the Government of France, Italy, and other Continents States.
The rumors which it is represented threw New-York into a panic yesterday are regarded here as inventions of the Secessionists in London and Paris. The communications which have been received from Great Britain and France, as well as other European States, by the two last steamers, are more frank and cordial than any since the insurrection began.
Yesterday, Secretary SEWARD and Lord LYONS exchanged congratulations on the adjustment of the Trent affair, in a spirit similar to that which, in the same case, animated Earl RUSSELL and Minister ADAMS.
By the 10th of this month there will not be a dollar in the Treasury, and the Government must suspend payments unless the Treasury Note Bill be passed. A vote could be had on the Bill any day but for the clause making the notes a legal tender. VALLANDINGHAM and others, who wish to embarrass the Government, will "Fillibuster" against this provision, though it is evident it will finally be adopted.
It is understood that the tax bill is now being perfected in its details by the Committee of Ways and Means. It proposes a moderate rate of taxation upon most of the articles of necessary consumption, with higher rates on distilled liquors and other articles of luxury, on legacies and probates, on passengers by railroads and other conveyances, newspapers and telegraphic messages.
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