Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-11


tais tims any hasisfasto1y report Il ths genera
condition Of the tax Ths collection Of tbs
tax in The sities Of Riehm~d ard Ir-nsta.
WAS not commenced uutil late AtDeesnaber last;
IN Mobile, about he middls OF 0stebsr. IN re
former city, he copies Of the general hats taken
fer this tax have not yet Been returned 10 tie
State e~olIectaF, but fron tho statements Of tie
district collectors, as reported By him, It 10 kss-
eertained that The amount Of TAX under said ffst
section, pow Appearing o. The azssssm6ut rolls
toz the city Of Richmond, IS about 81 1870, GOO.
10 which Is to be added \ few individual sszess-
msnfss the tax on the assessments Of tsbaeeo in
certain warehouses belonging to the State Of
Frgingq which will Gmsunt to about $3.50 .e00,
End the tax on the Essesamcnls OF deposits in
nosl OF The banks OF Richmond; hul lbsszas
sassnsnts Will net probably add maeh to the
Rnugat Of tax which win be actually collected,
as much Of the deposits in these Banks have
been already assessed 10 individuals, and are
ipeluded in the above Sle0. 600. Ths total tax
will probably Be 8 $50 .0G0 The actual amount
assessed ia Mobile and Angus q, Is not within
the information Of this ofies, IS no copies o. the
assessments have b0en rsssived from either
place.
The total amount collected to this date IS as
follows:
Richmond,
AHsasts, 80 eoo
Mobile,
Total, e570Go
There Is every reason to believe that the total
amount Of the tax which viii DO COLLECTED in
ssid cities, under the frat section Of the tax act,
will not fail sholt Of ihTee millions Of d0ilsTs-
The communication VAS ordered to be printed
and laid on the table.
The Senate bill to amend the acs esisblishiug
= Treasury Department wesl Of the Mississippi
river. so IS 20 &x the salary Of ihe agent a
81. 900 per anngn, was taken up and passed.
The unfinished business OF yesterday, being
the Senate bill to provide snd organize 9 geneT-
81 staff foT the armies il the teid, it vas taken
up.
Pending the preparation Of amendments by
several members, hr, Clark, Of Georgisi
moved shat the bill be incidentally postponed,
which wss adopted By the following vote
Yess-ATribgtcn, Ashe, B7yee, Bndgers,
Chambers, Causmaa, Clspp, CLARK, CloPtea,
Conrad, CTochstt, Curry, DjaInstte, Dupre,
Elliott, Ewing, Foster, Garland, GsrtTen HL
ton, Holden, IDgIsm, Jones, Eaehea, McLesa,
AHEReElyn, Preston, Snith Of AlRbams, Saith
OF North Carolina, STickiaUd, sd Wight Of
TexAs-3l.
N.ys-BaldTin. BMks3ale, B5tslCr, H-W.
Bruce, CalIow, DsIgGn, Davidson, F4Tow,
Funston, Gather, G0oie, GIsaEm, Hsnly Ha1s-
rdge, Heakeii. HeicoHlSe, johnson, keoaR Of
North CaTehns, Lewis, AsriiB, Menses, Miles,
II Lee, Perkins, RaAs, Rassell, SextJn, Simpson,
Where. and Wiicox-30.
Mr. Miles, Of South Carolina, from ihs GEN.
mites On Military Affairs, reported back wth
the recommendation tkst il psrs, Senate bill
10 provide compensation for officers who msy
heretofore hsVe performed siaf duties EndeT
orders rom superior .%cf6csrs. Toe bib wa
adopted.
Nr. Chambers, of Mississippi, from the ssae
COMMITTEES, reported back, with the recommends
tisn isat it pass, Senate bill TO repeal the act 70
provide for The destruction Of property threat
eped by the enemy, snd to provide indemnify
therefor.
After some discussion, q motion Wss made By
M. Conrad, OF L9nisianS, that the bill b in.
definitely postponed, which Wss sdcpted-yeas,
50, nays, l6
Mr.. Wllcox, of Texas, from TIE ssme com
mittes, reported back a bill, 90 them referred, to
| authorizs the President 70 appoint qaarternas-
ters snd oommisssris5 10 each army and to tx
their rank, with the rccOmmeudatioa that It
pass. TIE bill provides for the appointment Of
8 qusrtefmssteY snd ccnmissEry 90 each army,
! wiih the rank Of ~celonsl 70 each arc y corps
with the rank Of lieatansBtcolonel; aHd 70 each
division, with Ibe rank of major. TIE bIi WAS
re~jsctsd-yeas 80, nays "a
Ar. Chambers, Of Mississippi lom The same
committee, reported hack, Bith amendments,
the bill to them referred. repeating al laws a.
lowing eommutsiion fF forage, fuel, room rent,
or anything else, and 10 prohibit the keeping BY
tie same OF aDy more horses than they actually
need. AfteE some discussion it was, on motion
Of Mr.. Baldwin, Of Virgins, recomnisied
Mr.. BaIksdals, Of Missouri, offered = joint
resolution, that tho thanks Of Congress are en-
iReniIy due, and are hereby rendered, to Tia Of
| fcers and men Of the 10Th Mississippi regimen.
! Tor having periodically and in = spirit Of self
sacrificing devotion rs enlisted fer 1be war.
/ Adopted.
The Speaker laid bsloye tie HOUSE sundry ex-
eeufiye Communications, which we're ordered 30
be printed also certain Senate bills, which
were appropriately referred.
On motion OF Mr.. Curry, Of Alabama, the