Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-03-19

AMENDMENTS TO THE TAX BILL.
Boundaries OF Gen. Hunters
Department. asss
FRAUDS In THE CLOTHING Dr.
PARTMENT.
NEWS FROM TIE BURNSIDE EG-
PeDITl0A. a., -5.a
Il Was about Attacking NeWberl
DEATH OF THE COMMANDER
OF THE MERRIMAC.
BURNSlDE'S CAPTURE OF
NEWBERN.
RumOred Occupation of
Fredericksburg.
MORTALITY LISTS OF TIE Army
This Morning's. Report
FROM WASHINGTON.

WAsHIReFoS, March H.
Tribune's correspondence:
Delegations from great number Of bus
iness interests are here each suggesting
modification Of the tax bill in ifs favor
Concessions have already been made il
committee to the iron-makers, IN maxim
the tax specific instead of sd Yalorem u
the newspapers making the sdEsrtisemenl
tsxithrae instead of fVe per cent, and OF
net receipts instead Of gross; to tObscconl
lists reducing on Leaf, on stem, and raisin I
it on the manufacture; 10 the cosl oil dis
tillers, who will be destroyed by the com
petition Of the rock oil combined with the
tax proposed; to umbrellas and parasols (
change from specific TO five per cent ad
vslorem; to hoop skirts the same and 10
omlibusses entire freedom from the tax on
passengers Ii was shown that it would
befatal to them in competition with the
horse railroads. 71 =, sa-..l ...'al .2oa
9 The tax has also been stricken of 9fon
the manufacture Of -four. This was dohe
BY delegation Of the Rochester lmillefs
Who showed that it would be fatal to theft
business all along the line sffeeted by the
reoiprOcity treaty. The tax would ena ls
the Canadian millsrs to undersell us in eur
markets. rr =. ,--..,-... 80 ~. :. li.5l,r
The nominations of Dan. E. Sickles and
Paul R. George, Of N. H, were rejected.
Gen. LoOkWood's nomination is sas-
pended. 81 - Z b a a - ,-,i],-
Ihe limits Of the department to which
Gen Hunter has been ASST gned hEHinp been
incorreeuy stated, il may not be fndbfoper
to SAY tat it comprises theS Ststes Of South
Carolina, Georgia and Florida. General
Sherman viii be retained in the depart-
ment under Gen. Hunter, and Gen. Bran
nan probably also 5srlse- e fisili1
capt, W. ~. Peck, Of rthe lIth Infantry,
Aformerly y OF Chicago died today. y 81 7
Senator Sumner win tomorrow intro
dnee q bill ll-re repealing an act originally
passed IN 1910, and 5eSlsfingT that Ihsncd-
forth no person by reason Of color an be
disqualified from employmen in carrying
the msifs. -.,--,-
Hon. Richard Fanohett, of The I9lh NeH
York .Die.riet, has obtsined the signatures
Of about 100 Senators and Rep7ssentati
to memorial to Congress asking that bet
ter ratiOns be served out to the army.
Times, specials:
The Clothing Inspection Board concluded
its lsbors to dsy, and submitted its fsport
to the QusrieE Master General Over
81, eco 3 worth Of clothing Was con
demned. The testimony taken revealed
gross frauds perpetrsted against the Gov
ernment. These frauds are oonseouent
upon the collusien between contractors and
inspectors. pr 20
The Monitor is lying in wait for the
Merrimac ct Fort Monroe. Com. Colds.
borough mad received inh ligenee from the
Burnside Expedition. T---7--7
1t was still pursuing it plans, having
Accomplished everything wi, b it set out to
do. 1t was just on the eve making an
attsek on HeWbern. .-es y
The commission to inquire into the case
Of political prisoners, met at - o'clock "a.
day, and the following facts were settled
IS to its course Of action: ea
The examinations will be secret and ex-
psrte statements will be devoted exclusive.
ly to the prisoners held here.
The commission win adjourn from place
to place, examining the prisoners at the
locality Of their confinement
Herald's special:
TIE relatives Of Cspt. Franklin Buchan-
an, who commanded the rebel iron clad
steamer Merrimac at the late fight, have
written to his relatives in this city from
Baltimore, that he is dead, and his body
Is to be brought to the old Homestead on the
eastern shore Of Maryland for inEerment.
A movement is on foot relative to the
impeachment Of all those judges who have
In any form, shape or manner aided OF
sbetted the interests Of secession.
A member Of Congress has now in his
desk resolution which he will offer al the
first opportune moment, to instruct the
Committee on the Judiciary to inquire into
this matter Of general impeachment and
report Of an early moment By bill or 9TH
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