The Portland daily press., 1862-06-24
A OF TWO HUNDRED
WOUNDED SOLDIERS!
NEGRO INSURRECTIONl
IMPORTANT AMENDMENTS TO THE
REVENUE BILL!
ADvICES FROM HALLECK, 22d, AND
MCCLELLAN, 23d.

arrived, ship Escort, Liverpool Below ships
Sir Robert Peel, st. John, and Bertram, Ham
burg.
The children of school No. Is. of this city, to-
day sent donation of $l60 in money, besides
eight boxes clothing, stores, and niceties, for
sick and wounded soldiers, to Col. Howe, for the
New England Rooms.
Private Hartford, Of Co. C, ID Me. Regiment,
died at the Rooms this morning. The remains
will be sent home by express tonight.
Some zoo hundred wounded have arrived at
the Rooms to-diy, mostly from Fair Oak and
recent skirmishes. Usual attentive care was
bestowed on them, and many were furnished
transportation this eve by Col. Almy.
MEMPHIS, June IL.
Col. Slack, still in command here, ordered the
Mayor, Aldermen and Recorder and all other
city officials to take the oath of allegiance other
wise they would be arrested and treated as trait
ors.
A Greensboro, Mississippi paper of the four
teenth gives report from u'kena County, that
the niggers are rapidly arming to kill all the
whites. On the 18th negro plot was discover
ed and punished.
The Mobile News Of the 14th says the Geor-
gia Brigade, 1000 strong. was to leave Wednes-
day under Gen. Lawton, to reinforce Jackson.
The same paper of the 10th, makes no mention
of the capture of Fort Morgan or an attack al
though some naval arrangements at New Or
leans were considered as aiming at that point
Adyices from Vicksburg via Grenada state
that up to the 18th no active demonstration had
been made by the Federal feet since its retire.
ment. Several gunboats appeared on the 18th
from Velon.
1t is reported that 5000 Federals with trans
ports and gunboats left Baton Rouge Friday,
for Vicksburg.
The yicksburg Wing of the 18th learns that
Gen. Lowell and Staff have moved their head
quarters to Meridian, and hopes he will not visit
that city again. The FEDERAL advanced division
arrived Friday night and fired few shots at the
lower battery.
The Grenada .9ppeai of the 10Th, says that
Holly Springs was occupied by considerable
force OF the enemy, night before last They
made their appearance suddenly and much con-
fusion ensued. The Provost Marshal is among
the prisoners captured. A train was about ready
to leave for the South, upon which many cit
izens attempted to take refuge, for the purpose
OF escaping. The crowd was fired ON and Lieut..
Hall and some others killed. No public stores
remained at Holly Springs.
CHICAGO, June %.
The following is special to the Tribune from
Cairo -
General Hindmen OF Arkansas, is among the
prisoners taksns - White River. Rev. Joseph
Warren, Chaplain of the 25th Missouri Repi
ment was released By order Of Gen. Beauregard.
He left jackson, Miss, on the 18th. He reports
that the State achives and all public and private
property, are all being removed to Columbus
The Grenada Appeal of the 18th, has the fol-
lowing -
A special dispatch to the augusta papers from
Charleston, 10th. says severe battle took place
tam morning on james Island -Four miles from
the si4y. Five regiments Of Federals with artl-
lery attacked our batteries at Secessonvllc.-
Col. Lamar commanded the confederates, and
with a few hundred troops repulsed the enemy
three times with great slaughter. The enemy
flfvhf al buf iafo ato1 xt.t
was complete. The enemy's loss is supposed to
be 400, including thirty prisoners Our loss is
estimated at from .ftty to one hundred. Col.
Lamar was wounded Capts. Reed, King and
St. Edwards, were killed The attack will soon
be renewed. The confederates are much ex-
hausted by the previous shelline Of the enemy
day and night.
So counties gives 81 900 majority against the
new Constitution. II counties yet to hear from,
The three negro propositions are adopted
Bank clause in doubt
WAsHINorox, June %.
There were in all, SIS amendments to the In
ternal Revenue or Tax bill. The House having
through its Committee of Conference, receded
from z33, and the Senate through its managers
from sixteen Of them, the remainder became
subject of compromise, as embodied in the joint
report, which was Immediately adopted in the
House, while in the Senate the following named
members voted againstit :-Messrs. Allen of ILL.,,
Bronze OF Rhode Island, johnson, Norton, Nus
gen, Pendleton, Shiei, styles, W hite of Ohio,
Wickliff and Wood The bill only awaits the
Presidents approval to become a law, and is to
take effect ON the first OF August. The Commits
sioners OF internal revenue are to receive $400
per annum. Among the most important amend
ments to the bill, are the following
On all mineral Goals, except such as are known
to the trade as pea Goals and dust coal, 3 Ia
cents per ton, provided, that for all contracts for
lease for coal lands made before the first of April,
1857, the lease shall pay the tax.
Tobacco-Cavendish. plug, twist, fne-cut and
manufactured tobacco of NIL descriptions. not
including snuff, cigars and smoking tobacco
prepared with all the stems in or made exclu-
siyely OF stems valued at more than thirty cents
per pound, Is cents valued at any sum not
exceeding 80 cents per pound, 10 cents per
pound smoking tobacco prepared with all the
stems in, cents per pound snuff manuflctur-
ed of tobacco ground dry or damp, 80 cenrs per
pound cigars valued at not over FIVE dollars
per thousand, $3.50 per thousand valued at
over five and not over ten dollars per thousand,
two dollars per thousand !; valued at over $40
and not over $40 per thousand, $3.50 per thous-
and.
On all cloth and all textile or knitted or felted
fabrics of cotton, wool, or other materials, be-
fore the same has been dyed. printed, beached,
or prepared in any other manner, duty of
per centum, ad valorem. On and after October
next, a tax of half cent shall be paid on cot
ton. Whenever duty is imposed upon any ar
ticle moved for consumption sale, it shall ap-
ply to such articles rs are manufactured not after
the first of July next. No duty is to be levied
upon any sales by judicial or executive officers,
making auction sales by virtue of judgment of
any court not public sales made by executors or
administrators.
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