, 1864-05-26
FROM WASHINGTON.
Matters M MtlIf0ry and Congressional.
l6pecial Dispatch to tue Chicago Tribunal
WASHINGTON, May Is.

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W lnc n nnaefuess' ospa'ca rom San FRANCISCO
tel1esuns nlm 20 ~ inior'a .oeaesal elans taas ING
"1'.ef nAa one eA,Au ~ soio tnas efant Wond
eaptc1e t''ennonu "1'alu 1ot's-aSe aaJs Hona tao
cate OF tnose Datues. u.
Military Military.
oiisauiel oeaeleue olpoone na1 uouse "efe 10
uhs noni1a.ea Ma3es aeaesa's ot so'uhteeIs' Ms-
,of oenefa! oeleso5 mas resigned, ano Major Ten
e1a' baell mas oeen mustered Out. deh. osleaoy
mas .ea1efeo us lcsisnauon tosee umes' anu II ls
aeeepteo 10" LUZ tne purpose VI maAne 'aeaney
ioI osn' Doose' ueu' ouen "A' Hius1etea out aos
tcaeeias ~ 'e@ep' eonp''1o onoet oan' e3aps.
THE DRAFT
senator wilson To-Day reported oack MoFean's
bill TO abolish the 5s03 clanse Of the Enrolment
act, With an amendment festor'ng khas clause Of
me oio law requiring tae afais 10 oe made for MY
per cant IN addltlon TO INC quotas called Tor, and
another extending ta6 1'me "1tnln WHICH the mo-
tion may be served on drafted men+
COURT xARrlA1s.
The court martial upon Surgeon General uam-
1oopd resulted III his conyiction' The findings viii
probably soon be made public It Is said that tha
evidence already taken by the court martial now
engaged In New York In tho trial Of Savage,
Scodcld and other naval contractors, discloses m
iror6inate anount of Official corruptfon and hr1
h.,, I, fhe fuynfsh;nc of narn1 aunnl,es-
ooxnpr.s,nx4,
1,7,h,naa ,h,t M 1,o,e snn11c,t,on..,o h,,, ~.
5o- 10 ,,r..ert law viii h. ~ ,ae N ths ror.n,,o1
1- nf ttc Currency .nd M mora hopds ,rit, he fo,
....ao3 .,.;i ~. n.v r,t1on.f cnr,-nrv rim no.v
-'s,d;n, n csommittaa of f,onfarencn sb,lI hava
b.ron,e. !. fav Il MAKES Yaaicsa eh.nre. ,na
,,ndeo ~ n,ocedura
Tho s.n.tr haa 5lsno.ca nj ,ayentx-,sven sec.
+to,a ofth, t.x nm. an fho amrndnent. ~ the
Ffnance Committee to tho sections considered to-
dsv s.e adopted cxcept that relative to the tsx on
ale. beer, &c. The House taxed It 81 per barrel
The cou,,n,ttee recommended Il 80 and the Senats
N-r3 n ot 81 a5. Il I. understood. however. that
the question Is lef open for further confederation
There vns q tvo hours' discussion UPON tbe
vhfstv hin. 1ba Cournftteats amendments Of
th{a aer+,or f,xtn, thc .nnonn. of TAR were n,1ly
trco,,,,,. ncrcea n v1th tha 1naars.ona,no n A.
The eub,ect win be settled when tho seotlou ia
rporbed tty;nc the storl n, hand The senata
nil, herca1,er hold nfebt seaeiousnnttl The hill IL
ati.hed
The Conference COMMITTEES On the bank bill ia
sbr,n.n Foster and Johnsou Of the Senate. and
1fooner .nd 1N.sbhurne NJ Il1fuota and Mallory al
esn Ho,ae
,rha cast. +oo,r ri, N, Tar h711 today ,,th tb,
~ =, .f,1i h.. t,,a nrt,e- ~ ~ H.,
~ .a,shad ~ o,h.r ,-nan5msnta ,p,,1 h. eon
s;sc~ed mil, thc.c ~ nnonro erc dfano.,d nj
/ EoDe or the smcudnents 77ere rr,ecied. ani
| e7nonr tbos. adoptcd. we're tboee adding two col
lection istr3cts in each State requiring returns t
r. n.oncr,v verified by oath. and enforcing asses
tor's wits of attachment By making them return
sb1e before district Judge, who il ordered to hea
| and de.e.rfne and 1t once make uacessa,y orda
theron. The penalty for refusing to mike rstu.n
is any per cent incrcsse iuetead Of twenty, as ii
The Eouse biD The maximum Of aeee.sors' salary
By vote 20 10 q Is d1ed at $780, Instead Of thre
and half to four dollars per dAy. The salary q
collectors !s fixed at e. 500 inssad Of 81 0o0, witt
| q commission three per cent, tnrtead of two and
ba1f on 1..t SlleUOo, and the maximum is mad
s5.ere, instca1 Of $4,000, as in tho House bill
Forty sections were finished.
The Senate paseed the Brazilian msil steamshi
bill today By II to IL, substantially In the form
camo from tie House. The MAXIMUM OF ezpens
to ne fs size eco per year.
Tbs 1Lrce gentlemen claiming seats in th
| I{tuse ~ rnembe RI from Arfape9a had = beariu
befe1e the Committee on Elections today. The
presented pretty siren: case, showing that vote
were c1st il fort5-ffx ont OF the afty-eeven cou1
ties in the State. That the total number r. 90
being quarter OF the total yote On President
1ss0, or half Of the number OF legal voters r