The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-04-18

80 = ashfnrton, April iG.
The Finance Committee of the Senate
have done nothing respeeting.the tax bill.
AT their session yesterday and to-day they
occupied all the time there wasleft then,
by the numerous amendments providing
Tor the exemption ofthis and that interest
from taxation. Leading Senator'S say
that the bill will 60 TO the House within
a week after it comes from the Commit.
tee.
The rumor is general that Secretary
stanton has resigned IN consequence of
differences of opinion between him and
the President touching the movements of
troops.
Every day new barbarities perpetrated
oy the rebels come to the light. This
week two soldiers who had struggled from
the ranks Oh the march from Manassas 10
Caiiets were found, it is reported ON Gre
ditable authority, by the residents, with
their Threats cut from car to ear.
The farm bill is promised speedily from
the Ways and Means Committee.
Intercepted letters from Fredericksburg
state that the rebel force at and near that
place numbers nearly 10000; they are in
constant motion.
The Navy Department has invited pro-
positions by mail and .alegraph to the
avth INST at noon, Wi general specifca-
tons anc plans for the construction Of
one or more gunboats for the Mississipn;
and Gulf service with two turrets on The
plan OF the Ericsson battery for eleven
inch gums; thickness of the iron plates to
be eight inches, the sides to be plated
with iron OF three inches thick ness ia one
or TWO layers to extend "a feet below the
waterllnes, the vessels not to be les, than
x2O feet IN lenghth and 65 in breadth. and
not to draw over 8 feet of water when
loaded and ready for service, to be pro-
PEELED by screws to insure speed of nine
knots through the water per hour. and
state time and price.
The Secretary Of the Treasury ii il said
has decided to redeem 20 per cent in cash
of certificates ef Indebtedness issued he.
fore the LIST inst. 1t is thought he will
receive forty per cent additional of these
certificates In payment Of the bonds he
may thereafter sell.
PresiAeatss M sssas re on ne
c.PaI.on OF slavery i'm the District
feftor cftzens ofthe Senate and House
II Representatives.:
Inc Act entitled an Act for the release
OF certain persons held to service or Ia
Dor IN the District of Columbia, has this
day been approved and signed. / have
never doubted the constitutional autbori-
" OF Congress to abolish slavery in the
District, and | have ever desired TO see
the National Capitol freed from the inst;.
tuition In some satisfactory way. Hence.
there has never been in my mind any
question on the subject except one of ex-
pedlency, arising in view of all the cir
III there be matters within
and about this act which might have ia
Ken the course or shape more satisfactory
10 my Judgment, / do not attempt 10 spec.
ny them. | am gratiiied that the true
principle oil compensation and COLOMBIA
aon are both recognized and practically
applied IN the act. In the matter Of
it is provided that claims
nay be presented within ninety days of
he passage of the act, but not thereafter.
and thsreis no saving for minors, fen mes
covert, insane or absent persons. pre-
'ume that this is an omission by mere
and | recommend that it be |
supplied BY an anendatory or supplem m
'ryatt
ABRAHAM LINCOLN