The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-03-25
SPECIALS FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial to Tines


Especial to Times.
New York, March %.
The commission on State prisoners will
tomorrow take up the case of the eele-
brated Mrs. Greenough who will probably
be transferred from State prison to q
lunatic asylum.
Gen. Montgomery has been transferred
from his post as Military Governor of
Alexandria and placed in like command at
Annapolis.
Painful rumors have been aAoat for two
days affecting a prominent officer in the
Civil Department of the Government
We are promised the denouement this
week.
1t is not true that the steamer Wander
bit has been purchased by the Govern
ment to be altered to an iron clad vessel.
She is merely chartered for short time as
transport.
The commanding officer at Fort Craig
writes to the Government that he has not
a doubt of being able To hold the post
Especial to the Tribune
1t is rumored that Green Clay will be
transferred from the secretaryship of lega-
ton at St. Petersburg to that at Turin ;
the present incumbent, Mr.. Fry, having
1 declined on account of i'll health.
DR.. John Evans, Of Chicago, has been
nominated and confirmed as Governor oil
Colorado Territory; vice Governor Gil
/ pin.
6 Stephan S, Harding, Of Indiana, was
on Friday nominated Governor of Utah
vice Governor. Dawson, rejected.
Small squads of rebel horse men are
i securing the country within five miles q
Manassas, impressing all the able bodied
men left, robbing the farmer for the hun
dredth time, and destroying what they
can't carry away.
The Saturdays work of the Ways ane
Means Committee on demands of delega
tions for notifications Of the tax bill wa
to put 3 per cent advalorem charge
upon paper of every description, to adop
j the schedules on leather substantially Al
: they we're presented to the Committee b,
J Alley, a tanner and member Of the House
9 to fix the rate on hoop skirts, umbrellas
and parasols at per cent advaiorem, .
ready made clothing at 3 per cent adva
8 loren, to leave salt as in the bill, and of
/ ter long discussion to leave the tax a
!. first reported on tobacco, and all its manu-
features stand unaltered. The tax on bill
lard tables was reduced half, to ten dollar
!, q year. On rock oil, petroleum, and Goa
g oils, the only change was Of phraseology
g 70 TINT gas, tar and the products from re
+ disillation shall not be charged. Fo
e brokers the COMMITTEE took Of the tens
0 of one per cent on their stock sales, think
e ing that through their use Of powers {
y attorney transfer stamps and othsr asseI
able incidents Of their business they woul
. get taxed enough. Flour was not dis
j. posed Of, the desire to tax It, Of course
10 daily exists. The only difficulty in fixin
n the rate has been presented BY the Cam
II dim. reciprocity treaty. The belief hi
% It least obtained in the Committee til,
10 nour can be taxed by branding the barre
4 anu a..1ins The sa.cs without violating u
d. stipulations of that treaty. The chare
er on the gross receipts Of horse and railroad
Il WAS reduced one half. It was directe
/ not to tax coal at all, because il enters il
/. to the business of domestic life Of near
=, the whole nation. During the discussio
te on this bill tbs work on the tariff progrc
Q, SOS, reference il continually had to i an
81 when an article il taxed for internal \
i. venue at the same time m cquivalel
!; customs duty Is placed on the tax lie
/. This principle will be adhered tothrougl
out.