, 1863-12-30


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TIE BUSINESS OF CONGRESS-
Some members Of Committees remain here
through the holidays. The Committee Of
Ways and Means have under consideration
more particularly the tax Oh tobacco, pctro-
1eum, and distilled spirits. The tax on
tobacco will be placed on the manufactured
article, to what extent is matter Of d1scus-
sion, but all members favor high rate
Some members favor putting tax on spirits
rs high es double tho present tax The ques-
u as9- etroleum, is whether 1t should DC
put on the crude or manufactured article.
The policy will be to avoid taxation On INV
produces If possible.
TIE CORNWALL CASE
The Government VIII not lose anytmne oy
Corn"aifs empez2lement IN tne feoemptlon
bureau ...........
REBEL RECRUITING OFFICERS
Daniel DAVIS and Thos. DarmoTy, rebel
officers charged with recruiting within our
Lines, hove plead gpnt5 to the charges and
have been sentenced to confinement ut hard
lnbor In Fort Warren or some other prison,
as may be directed, for fifteen years, each.
ro1,1 - a,,,-as .1'
oen' hcn} 1ias au'1seu .ue "W OePate
ment OF Inc safe return Of the several col
umns sent oat 10 intercept comtnunlcaIlon
With East Tennessee. They brought In over
prisoners md large. amount of prop
e11y. ~
Richmond papers arc disguised with the
failure OF the rebel plans to capture these
forces. and eay their escape Is sufficient owl
doncc of the NECESSITY to rc-orranize their
es..s,-s
ea'aH3'
Lieut. Wiley, OF the Ssth Ohio infantry,
WIS dismissed from the service On the 9th
;ne+ far d-rnEa,nc.s
p;a1,-aoaa ,>.,>a,,, ~ ,o.taxao, h,,o ,,,o,,
.1a uu pol9s,e y. sso,es w. Aase ~ : WI
received mere 1hes CONAN htt'e ot impof-
ont clear case on the exchange question.
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ano 1ne E"!as's. ueso'es se'ef''1 co'unl'S W
co.1eponcence u, tnefeon
Ayerlils mid produced great CONSERVATION
in southern Virginia: His damage to the
mi nc nnch 90 wo. snnnoscd 90 tho Pr.s1.
~. 4t 40 r.ts. r4.us4 ~ 80 ff' ~.
dent Of that road gives notice that 1t is again
in running order to Bfdstoe, Tenn
Wasu1SGToS, Dec. ao.-Mr. Chase will
soon commence to issue flve-twcnty legal
~,ef~ Inv o1rr{11 3G-$
be supplied and afterwards the public.
Gen. Rufus Ingalls,, Chief Quartcrmaster,
and Col, Clark Chief Commissary of the Ar
my Of the Potomac, were today relieved.
General ingalls, successor has not get been
announced. Col Clark has been ordered to
1.-THE cxfgencies Of the public service re-
quire many more officers for colorcd regi-
mcnts-pIincip1liy line officers. Gen. Ca
sey's board is hard at work examining can
d1dates, but Is unable to supply the demand.
Sixty CAPTAINS :nd Iientenants arc wanted
INN cdiately. One hundred and fifty would
be received In the next two weeks. If they
could be obtaiued.
Of 500 horses sent to Gen. Butler from
New York, for cavalry ergice In his depart
ment, 100 were condemned as worthless.
Investigations into the affairs OF the Quar-
termusteTs Department, ut AleSandria' arc
stil progressing, and the Old Capitol receives
almost daily SOME Of the parties Implicated
in tic recent frauds. Contractors como in
for q full share Of the penalties.
Major Nelson q. DaTTis, Assistant Inspect
or General Of the United States Army, late
Of the army Of the Potomac, has been an
nonnced as Inspector General Of the Depart-
mcnt Of New Mexico,
The New York I57bgae's Washington dis
patch contains the following:
Late returns to the War Department ,in6i-
cafe that at least one-thi7d, and perhaps one
hall. Of the Last cal. will be raised By volun-
teerfnr and enIistmcutg before the 5th of Jan
uary. Maipc. New Hampshire. Rhode ISL
and. Indiana and Illinois arc expected to raise
their full quotas. Massachusetts,, Vermont
and Iowa will not be much behind. Not IS
good progress is made in the other Western
listments pso.fess yerg slowly. pennsy!ya-
MA makes the poorest show. The last weekly
returns show IN aggregate of about $50 chi
listments- In the States Of Wisconsin and
Michigan, in which the first draft fs not yet
completed, the Government gets the services
Of hardly any mon, Communication money be-
Ing almost invariably paid.
Ihe Toy7drs Washington dispatch says it
Is ru1nored tonight that General Hooker has
been suddenly ordered to Washington.
1t is stated that Quartcrmaster General
Me1.s Is to to be relnstatel in his Office here.
Wssn1SeToS, Dec. est has transpircd
in official quarters that, although at one ctime
named for the place, General Rosecrans has
not and will not now be ordered to the COM
mand Of the Department OF the Missouri.
The clauses IN the bounty bill passed last
week, prohibiting the payment ofextra hogn-
ties after the 5th OF January, is considered q
grave mistake at the War Office, a5. the
certain discontinuance Of State and private
bounties to recruits, will surely make an end
to the re-en1isting movements among the
veteran volunteers, which has just been f,irly
started, both East and West, under the stimu-
lus Of hig1, bountics.
The War Department has refused permis-
sion to The agents Of Boston. Worcester and
enlist contrnbands in this District and For
tress Monroe, to be credited to the quotas Of
those placcs in massachusetts. The enlist
| ments already made In this city md in George
town, for Rhode Island, were made without
the sanction Of the authorities:
The Government, IN view Of the nnsatis-
factory results of tho first draft and the fall
ure Of Congress to amend the conscription
oct 60 as to make it more effective, has deter
%ses ne sh of 5annaf to is