Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-03-07
FROM WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, March Cit is stated that a
tax on cotton will be inserted in the house.
The senate finance committee have struck out
the 100000 gunboat appropriation.
The sch1on Lizzie Weston, with two hun
dred and ninety bales of cotton has been cap
tured by the gunboat Itasca on her way from
ApaachicUla to Havana.
The bill reported from the committee Of
ways and means TO day, authorizing the pur.
chase OF coin and for other purposes, provides
that the secretary Of the treasury may dispose
of any bonds or notes, bearing interest author
lied by law, for coin at such rates and upon
such terms as he may deem most advantage
Gus to the public interest, and may issue under
such rules and regulations as he may prescribe
certificates of indebtedness, such as were au.
thorized by the act to authorize the secretary
of the treasury to issue certificates of indebt-
edness to public creditors, approved March l,
1862, to such creditors as may desire to receive
the same in discharge OF checks, drawn by
disbursing officers upon sums placed to their
credit on the books of the treasurer, upon re-
QUESTIONS of the proper department, as well
as in the discharge of audited and settled ac~
counts as provided by said act
1t is further provided that the demand notes
authorized by the Iact of July 18th, 1861,
and by the act Of February 18th, 1862,
shall be receivable and shall be law full money
and legal tender, in like manner, to the same
purposes, and to the same extent as notes au-
thorlzed by act to authorize issue of United
States notes, and for the redemption or fund
ing thereof, and for funding the floating debt
OF the United States, approved on the 18th Of
last month.
Chas. Henry Foster has returned to Wash.
ington, and again presented his petition for a
seat as member IRON the second congress
iunal district of North Carolina. The case is
before the committee on elections
The presidents message excited deep inter-
est in the house to-day. 1t was evident that a
document OF such an important character was
not generally anticipated. The reading was
called for by Mr. Stevens OF Pennsylvania, and
on his motion referred TO the committee on the
whole On the state OF the Union, in which it
will be discussed. Some Of the members APP
parenty not fully und rstandlng it, as pro-
nOunced from the desk, perused the manu-.
:rpt at their seats. The ,ubject therein dis
cussed forms tonight Il theme of earnest con-
versation. The message OF similar charac-
ter transmitted to the senate was not read.
The president, in addition to other officers
promoted for gallant conduct has nominated
Brig. Gen. Thomas to be major general, as
Il recognition of his late eminent services in
Kentucky also Col Harvey Brown 10 be a
brigader Ct neral hy brevet, Major Arnold to
Ue lleuleUdUl COlOuSi ny bISFStJ Ndpt' A4huI
be major by brevet, Major Tower to be lieu
tenant colonel by brevet, Cap:s. Allen, Chalt'
lin, Clossou, Robertson. Blunt, Durvea, and
Langcon, to re majors by brevet, and First
Lieuts. Mcfarland, Shipley, jackson, Pen
nington, Seeley Frauk E. Taylor, and Todd,
10 be captains by brevet. Capts. Bell Nc
Kean, Dupont, Goldsborough, and Farragut,
were to day confirmed by the senate as flag OF.
fcers of the navy, and j. j. Witzigam, Shield,
and Thomas b. Stillman, as inspectors OF
steamboats,.
The following were among others confirmed
as postmasters &C. o. Eastman, Claremont
Il. X. Ware, Fitchburg, Mass.
The following named consuls were con-
firmed j. Il. Fairlamb, Zurich IL. Young,
Santa Cruz Alexander Henderson, London
derry Charles IL. EdW ards, Alicante; Abra.
ham Hanson, Bissao Elias Wimple, Laguay.
ra Thomas Spencer, Hio; VIM. II, Evans,
Cyprus.
The following were confirmed as collectors
of the customs Il Haven, Chicago; j. Z.
Stalker, Annapolis VIM. L. Ashmore, Bur
lington, N j Charles A. Perkins, Oswego
Charles F. Swift, BirnstabIe Nathaniel r.
Sargent, Kennebec, Me and the following as
surveyors of the customs George Rowland,
TIverton, and w. w. Gorton, Patuxet, R. l.;
w. Thornberry, Paducah, Ky
In addition to the above, a large number OF
army nominations were confirmed, but none
of field officers.