Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-05-08
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NEW YORK, May b.--The HeEald'5 c0rres-
pondence says: The report of the Finance
committee of the Senate upon the tax bill, IA
accompanied by On amendment offered by Sen.
ator McDougal, one of the committee, as cub.
etitute for the whole bill. The bill proposes to
raise revenue from the following sources: 1ss,
Capital, active and circulating, to be reached
by tax on sales and transfers, On receipts OF
some classes Of business, as hotels, etc., one
hundred and ten millions 2d. Capital, fixed
and realized, income, duties on interests from
interest-paying bonds and securities, ten mil
lions. Sd. Excises on epirits, malt liquor and
manufactured tobacco, forty millions. 4th
Duties on legacies and inheritances, graded
from one to eight per cent, seven millions.
The system of the payment by advalorem
stamps is adopted throughout.
The officials employed, to be: 1, A Com.
missioner of internal revenues, OF Washington,
to supervise all; "a, Inspectors In the several
districts, with deputies to de appointed by them;
Sd, A stsmp agent in each district, or more
than one, If necessary, for the disposal of
stamps.
Prisoners captured st Yorktown converse
freely respecting the war, except they refuse to
give information OF the strength OF Gen. John.
ston's army. Capt. Lee, one Of their number,
declares that the South will continue to fight 70
ened them. They expect to be driven out Of
Virginia and ell the border States, and from
their seaport towns, but when we meet them in
the interior, man for man, they will show us
that they ere uncODquerable,
This morning Major Davis, of the Harris
light cavalry, established his headquarters in
the Farmers Bank in Fredericksburg, as Pro-
vost Marshal Of the city, hoisting the stars and
stripes permanently for the hrst time In the
town since the rebellion. Our pickets are
thrown out beyond this city, and we are 10 qui-
ct possession of the entire place. Yesterday a
large amount of -four, corn, rye, hospital and
other stores, ammunition, etc., were discovered
and seized, together with several stand Of arms.
President Buchanan's Postmaster was yester.
day arrested in the Postoflce, and will be held
In custody Until an equivalent for the money
| plundered from the Postoffce Department ID
dlsgorged. r4
The Times dispatch says You were In.
formed last night that ]. Napoleon German, an
Austrian, lately on General Fremonts staff
had been confirmed by the Senate as Btiga.
er.General. This fact has astounded the
knowing ones of Washington, and especially
the foreign diplomatic corps. Count Mercisr
AYERS that when he was with the French emeaa.
sy at Madrid, he knew Zsrmau ss detective
| hUVSubufeT huu iuPustVt At tnAt CVuIbs
The Tribune's correspondence saye: Il il
known here that q sec,ect organization exists Of
Dubuque, Iowa, to resist the collection OF Fed
eral taxes. The Tingleaders 10 this movement
are known to the Government, and its eye il
| upon them.
Secessionists in Fredericksburg ssy that the
capital Of the Southern Confederaoy has beer
temporarily removed to DAnville, North Caro-
| line.
1 The Tribune learns that David Forbes, {
prominent citizen of Falmouth, was yesterda,
arrested as spy. The evidence Is said to b.
very strong against him
| WAsHlNaToN, May THE Secretary o
War, in response to q resolution Of the Hous
calling for reglmental aud brigade reports o
the battle OF Shiloh, says that Gen. Grants
the only one received up to the I'd Inst.
The Speaker has appointed Representative
Bingham and PendletOn TO present to the Sen
ate the Humphreys impeachment question al
luded to Yesterday in the report Of the Hous
proceedings.