The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-05-08
MORNING REPORT.
Unimportant specials-Su Sub
stitute for the Tax Bill
Southern faith still strong.
HBRALD's DISPATCH.

WASHINGTON, May 6.-The report of III,
Finance Committee of the Senate on thu
tax bill is accompanied by an amendment
offered by Senator McDougall, one of tht
Committee, as a substitute for the whole
bill. The bill proposes to raise revenue
from the following sources
1st. Capital, active and circulating, be
raised by tax on sales and transfers on the
receipts of some classes of business, as ho-
tells, &c, $40, 10000
I'd. Capital, fixed and realized, income
duties on interest paying bonds and secari-
ties, 100000, 1000.
Sd. Excuses on spirits, malt liquors, and
manufactured tobacco, $40, 900, 600.
4th. Duties on legacies and inheritauces,
graded from l to 8 per cent, S., 600. 900.
The custom of the payment by al UaLorem
stamps is adopted throughout. The officials
employed to be first, a Commissioner of
Internal Revenues at Washington, to super
wise all. I'd. Inspectors in the several dis
tricts with deputies to be appointed by
them. Sd. stamp agent in each district,
or more than one if necessary, for the dis
posal of stampe.j
The prisoners captured at Yorktown, con-
verse freely respecting the war, except they
refuse to give information of the strength
of Gen. Johnston's army. Capt. Lee, one
OF their number, declares that the South
will continue to fight to the last; that their
reverses have not disheartened them. They
expected to be driven out of Virginia and
all the border States, and their seaport
towns but when we meet them in the in
terror man for man, they will show US that
they are unconquersble.
This morning Major Davis, of the Harris
light cavalry, established his headquarters
in the Farmers Bank in Fredericksburg as
Provost Marshal of the city, hosting the
Stars and Stripes permanently for the 6rst
time in the town since the rebellion.
Our pickets are thrown out beyond this
city, and we are in quiet possession of the
entire place.
Yesterday a large amount of -four, corn,
rice, hospital and other stores were discov-
cred and secured, together with several
stands of arms.
President Buchanan's Postmaster was
yesterday arrested in the Post Office, and
will be held in custody until an equivalent
for the money plundered from the Post
Office, is disgorged.
TINES DISPATCH.
You were informed last night that J.
Napoleon Swerman, an Austrisn lately on
Gen. Fremont's staff, had been confirmed
by the Senate as Brigadier General This
fact has astounded the knowing oaes of
Washington, especially the foreign diplo-
matte corps. Count Mercier AYERS that
when he was with the French Embassy at
Madrid, he knew Swerman as detective
adventurer and imposter at that court.
TRIBUNE's CORRESPONDENTS.
1t is known here that secret organiza-
ton exists at Dubuque, lowe, to resist the
collection of federal taxes. The ringleaders
in this movement are known to the Gov
ernmenr, and its eyes are upon them.
Secessionists in Fredericksburg say that
the capital of the Southern Confederacy
has been temporarily removed to Dan
vile, n. G. -
David Forbes, a prominent citizen of
Falmouth, was yesterday arrested as q spy.
The evidence against him is said to be
strong.