, 1864-01-17
From Our Regular Cosrcspoudcut,l

v1ces-:en. Grant and Arm1oE Ne"
observation-disclosures
From Our Regular Cosrcspondcnt,l
WASHINGTON, Jauuary is, 1874.
CLAIMS Fon DAMAGES, &C., BY TuE ARMY.
a good part Of yesterdays session In Con-
gross was taken up with debate In an at-
tempt to define the Jurisdiction of the Court
of Claims. The Union men generally nre in
favor of leaving all those claims for damages
by the army to farms, fences, crops, &C., to
Congress, and allowing the Court to pass
upon those claims only which arise on con-
tracts, &c. II the Court Of Claims 10 to pass
on every case Of damages claimed on ac-
count Of the passage or encnmpmcnt Of The
army, the country would be swamped In less
SC, too would be enormous, while the cyl
dence taken would be almost all e1parte.
Secesh would swear for Union men and rice
re1sa, as regards tho amount Of damage done
to both. The only way in which damage can
be done in such cases Is by commissioners
ifemen desire the Court to pass upon cases
wherein oficers-Quarterm &C., have
given receipts. But the QuaItermaster-
Generals Department has a1ready the decis-
ion In such cases, and can only pay In cases
where the receipts are regular; Any one
knows with whnt TecAdessness receipts are
given, especially when the army is about to
move from an encompment. Here Is mine
Of fraud and corruption in which 1t
will not do to let every shyster attorney have
q chance to dig out the money Of the people
in the shape Of claims trumped up BY every
Imaginable system Of deception, fraud and
perjury
TIE COMPUTATION CLAUSE IN THE CON-
sCnIPT1oN.
This subject attrncis more general atten.
tjon in and out Of Congress than any other.
It Ia generally understood that 1t will be re-
tained In modified form. Mr. Sumner, to-
the Consumption Act which fixes scale of
Communication. BE supported it in one Of those
perfectly classical and 6t1tesmanlike Bpcech-
cs which are seldom or never heard in these
days of aiip-shod and dfsjointed efforts ut c1o-
speseh hut ~ It W vas a3s to The point @ and PURPOSE purpose
Of his amendments, and every word and sen
tence might be printed as he delivered 1t,
and the Whole published in School Render as
perfect specimen Of the English language.
regret to notice Tint Mr. Summer shows
Indicative Of a want Of ne1vous energy Is vis[-
BILE In bis noble looking form aud features.
He looks as If lie spent more time than he
ought in his study, and prolonged his labors
too far into the hours which should be given
~ tePuse. auc olatat aseaulL nl!on nln Y
lne 1uanan PIo M ohe. nlAJ Niso, Anu ~ agnoe
But, even rs he ia, with age creeping on
apacc, nnd the physical 1nan showing signs
Of the wear and tear Of the mind within, Mr..
Su4hne5 ~ tne glsatesn !uhn ~ tae gn'lea
stales senale, ane 10 likely 10 pe IN Ill our
MIR. Summers amendments provide that
the commutation be 5000, except tina. every
person discharged shall In addition pay on all
cent. ovcr . c0fl and mt aver SD twenty
ucr cent: ana on nj income over 5000.
thirty Der cent.
III, Efanton' I 1carn., asserts that If the
commutation clauge is not repcalcd tue Gov
eminent cannot succeed In raising sun.
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TAX oS si1n1i0w1soa@AeEu - IA.
The Committee On Ways and Means m In the
Senate Yesterday reported tax OF 90 cents
per gallon on spirits. and two cents per
pound on cotton. The duty on spirits Is to
be levied On nil on hand on which no duties
have been paid and no returns made from the
18th Of January, 1854 It,Nas at first deter
mined In the Committee to put the tax at 50
cents, rs some time since informed you,
CO.. It was reported in New York yesterday
! that spirits were to haye an additional tax Of
20 cents, upon which the article went up in
proportion. I notice some agents Of Chica-
60 sreculators here, seeking Information and
pay1ng libc1al1y therefor. saw some money
correspondent Of u paper mot the TR1BusE)
raising enough at one haul to pay months 8
board, and Keeping nest-egg Tor future op-
erations. There may be d still further I'd
vance in the duty, Judging from the letter Of
Mr.. Chase sent 10 tbs chairman Of the FL
nance Committee,
ruE coIpEnuyAns COMMENCING TIE GAM
pt1nN
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