Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-03-28
From WashInxton.


WASHINGTON. March GA special TO the
Coamercisf says:
News has been received at the NAVY Depart
ment confirming the statement that the MerriEiac
Is again ready for sea.
Lieut.. Jetiries, OF the Monitor sent word up
this morning 20 Capt Dahlgren. that be had no
fears of the result of the next contest
The House OF Representatives will strike OF
the tax on liquors manufactured previous 10 May
LIST
The Committee on WAYS and Means agree to
modify tie taxes on leather made from hides i'm
ported from east of the Cape of Good Hope, aud
on all damaged leather to half cent. per pound.
All other hemIock, sole. and rough leather. TO
pay "a cent per pound. All leather tanned in
part or in whore with oak, 10 paw one cent
The Republican to-day has positive information
that the Democratic caucus. night before last,
agreed to oppose the Presidents emancipation
plan and favor MeClellan's war policy, which is
for war short and desperate and for our glorious
Union as whole. This is emphatically Mr.. Lin
colns war policy
As soon as the bill making appropriations for
the navy comes up in the Senate, amendments
will be adopted TO complete the Stevens battery
and for the construction of number of iron clad
vessels of war.
Secretary Welles is asking Congress for thirty
millions to make iron clad ships and heavy ord
nance.
Gen. Abram Duryea has arrived here from
Baltimore and will act under orders of the Mill
tary Governor, Gen. W adsworth.
The Senate to day confirmed the nomination
of Lewis 5. Ely, OF California, as Consul at AGA
pulco
The bill reported by Senator Pearce TO day
from the Finance Committee, provides that the
authority given TO the Secretary of the Treasury
to refund and remit the duties on imports on all
imported into the United States 10y or for
the account of any State shall extend only to
arms for which orders cont acts were made
prior 10 January LIST, 1862; provided the Secre-
tary shall have satisfactory proof exhibited to
him that the arms were actually purchased in a
foreign country for the account of State and
the price paid for the same was only the rst cost
and the usual and customary charges attending
the purchase of the same exclusive of duty.
The attempts that are made TO correct the
present supervision of the telegraph with the cen
sorship lately reported upon by committee of
Coz gress, render it proper to scate that the
sorship of the telegraph was abolished by the
Secretary of War on taking military possession
of the telegraph and military supervision of the
telegraphs OF throughout the United States
substituted.
The duty of the Supervisor is to prevent the
transmission by telegraph of information con-
corning late, present or contemplated movements
of the armies of the Unisd States, and all other
information which is of a military character that
ought to be concealed from the enemy. In all
that relates to political private affairs the tele
graph is completely unrestricted as it was before
the commencement of the war.
Hon. Emerson Etherdge has written letter
from Nashville. stating that W H. Polk. brother
of the late President Polk, is in Nashville. and
that Hon. W. II. Stokes is shortly expected.
Both are strong Unionists and will co operate
with Governor Johnson in putting the State Gov
ernment in operation.
The following dispatch was received this after
noon from Cherry Stone, Virginia, via Fortress
Monroe:
There was a reconnaissance this morning to
Big Bethel, which was occupied by 500 rebels.
who fed at our approach We now occupy the
place.
The surgeons of regiments engaged at Win
chester have not reported list of killed yet
but will be forwarded as soon as received
Eight wagon loads of the enemy's dead was
carried into Strasburg on Monday.
1t is believed the enemy's killed and wounded
amounted to one thousand.