, 1864-06-30
FROM WASHINGTON
Matters Military and Congressional

| FROM WASHINGTON.
Matters Military and Congressional
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribuue.l
WARRINGTON. Wednesday, June -, 1864.
| The Senate Committee on Printing th
morning reported in favor of printing IL
report Of the Mcdowell Investigating Con
| mittee. Mr.. Lane, Of Indiana, read letts
exonerating Col. Slack, Of the 47th Indian
| from charges made against him in the repor
Nj. Grimes said the whole report was on
sided and ex parte, and other gentlemen in
| plicated in it could be exonerated. On h
motion, the resolution to print was indet
nite]y postponed. =
: Sns Military Committee Of the Senate r
ported the House bill for railroad to Ia:
| Tennessee, without Recommendation, an
sent in letters from the Secretary Of vi
| md Gen. Ha11eck against the construction {
| the road.
The Judiciary Committee resolutions, thl
Mc5sts. Baxter and Fishback are not cnti.e
toseats as Senators from Arkansas, was adop
ed BY 81 yeas to 6 nays. The nays we're Doc
little. Hicks, Howe, Lane {Kansas), Point
roy, Ncsmith. -,
A motion to take up the Honae 1econstrue
tion bill before voting on the Arkansas cas-
received the votes only Of Clark, Harlan
Lane Of Kansas, Sherman md Wade, asaIns
twenty-eight nays.
a resolution was adopted giving Baxte
md Fishbeck the usual mileage. Baxter on1,
was present during the proceedings to-day.
The bill amendatory Of tile pension Law
passed by the Senate to-day embodies pro
vision placing the wives and famillce Of ne
. gro soldiers on the same footing, relative te
pensions, as those Of the white soldiers.
: The Conference Committee On the Pacific
Rsilroad bills ore as follows: On the main
nne-senators Harlan, Foster, Conness, and
Representatives Stevens, Cole and Herman;
on the northern llne-senators Doolittle,
Ha97es and Nesmitb, aud Representatives
Stevens, Donne}ly and Sweat.
WASHINGTON, June 29-The Goa.mereiaps
epecia! says: "The only real business re-
mainins undonc BY the Senate Is an extra
war taoo Of per cent, which will probably he
added.
The Pieiac Railroad bill, us finally passed,
will be 1carly the same Us the House bill.
The RsFs special Washington dispatch
Gays 1t is settled that there Is to be special
var income tax Of per cent in addition to
the rates Of five, seven and half, aul ten
PET eeat imposed BY the new tux. The tariff
bill is finally agreed to.
The duty On old scrap iron is increased
from seven dollars to eight dollars per
The Conference Committee on the Pacific
Railroad will report substantially in favor Of
the House bill.
The Aa's Washington special says Con-
11a tr o.
pass additional war taxes.
The points Of disagreement between tho
Two Houses, on the tariff bill, were harmon
lied as follows, in Committee Of Conference,
whose;neport WIS adopted to-day at both
ends Of the Capitol:
Duties on bar iron n1ed at 12zze per pound.
Wood SCREWS two inches In length s cents lcgs
thAn9 inches, II cents ptr ponnd.
Wool. exceeding II cents and not exceeding %
cente at place Of expectation. 10 cents per pound
and 10 per cent; exceeding q cents, u cents and
Wool. imported secured. three times tic above
Wool cloths, ahaw1s, and manufactures Of wool
Eot otherwise provided for-2. centa per pound
Wooden shirts, drawers aud hostery-a1 cents
Spun slk or 1l1fng in skeins or caps, s5per cent;
'accs shirts md drawers, wel As ehawls, scazfs.
&C., 10 per cent.
Six 1nanuiacturers not otherwise provided for,
Ehlna, porcelain, and porous ware, 4 per cent.
Other earthen, stone or crockcry ware, 10 per
cent; cylinder and crown glass, from ~ to IL per
cent per square foot.
Nickel, Is ner cent. -
Acetate of lead, 20 cents per pound.
Acetate oflmc, rs per cent.
Alkallne dyes, 81 per pound and IS per cent.
S1at Gatmtns s1 Ike, az oF & 4uld Is per sent: e.
tions Of bar5tes With acids or water, cents per
French green. Pafis green, m1ne1a1 green. mine
1al blue and P1uss1an blue, dry or moist, 80 per
Opium, $3.50 per pouuu::
Morphine and its sa1ts, $a.5o per pound.
Bsimstone, crde' SC per ton; In rolls or re-
Caasia, % cents per pound, cass.a buds and
ground cnssla. 25 per pound.
G1hnna%on, Gh,nra, 80 ,;ta!.P Sents Per re R9n1d ,an.x
Cologne, three dollars per gallon, aud 20 per
cent, cloves % se4ts p pr pound, Glove stems to
nitre. ether IS cents per pound.
pe1cuEslon caps, ~ per cent.
Nutmeae, s cents per pound.
Mace. forty cents per pound, oil Of cloves two
Peanuts, or ground bends, i cent per pound:
shellcd, IL cents per pound. Filberts and val
Pia1ento. black, white and red q Cayenne pep
per, is cents per pound; ground pfmeato and pep
per Of all klnds is cents.
III, Tnnnc ae5, s. Per poand ealllc, st.5o; aento~
Salt ID sacks, cents per pound; In bulk, 18
cente.
Wood pencils hlled with lead, 90 cents per grosa.
and 20 per cent.
Rice. cleaned, 2x cents per pound; unclaimed,
2 cents per pound.
Paddy, TX cents per pound.
Ostrich, Fu]ture, cock and othor ornamental tea-
there, crude or not dressed, co(ored or 1nanufAc-
tured IS per cest; when dressed. colozed ormanu.
hcturei, 8 per cent.
Artificial Towers beads aud hcsd ornaments,
and wooden or other tors for children 50 per cent
Philosophical tDatrumcnts Or apparatus, Is par
cent.
The exceptions to the portion Of the psovi-
sion imposing 10 per cent additional on the
produce Of countries east Of the Cape Of
Good Hope, or imported from places west
OF the Cape Of Good Hope a1e: '
On raw cotton md silk, raw OF manufactured, or
not more advanced In manufacture than single
skein casks. barrels carboys, OF other vessels Of
American Manufacture imported from ID, are re-
turned duty free under such rules and reg xulntlo1s
may bc prescribed BY the Secretary Of the Treas
1ry.
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