The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-04-28
Interesting Letter from Score
tary stanton.
Action Of the Senate q Che National
Bank Bill. +,
~ &c. 3sge. -


huIrA-Ln1Ta1 or fKn eDCRxTARY or WAR
The vspdity with which the bin rsporssd ~ shs Mill.
ary Cemmsss this atsrnooa, sppropsssips wsasy Ave
millions Of dollars foe The pay sruns squipplng and
sanspostatc0 Of The volunteers called out By ths FROST
dent for hundred days. passed che House. under
susreason Of NE rss. was conclusive svidsaos thai
large majority satisfied q The wisdom and sxps-
disncy Of che measure There was very ls exposition
manifested, and that was completely overwhelmed by
she prspondsrance Of sentimeos In ~ favor. W
The Following lesser accompanied the joint rssoas
Sa-fhs Governors q 0hs, Indiana. Illinois. Iowa end
Wlscoosin have tendsred the President on tbs 73a
States for service during present oampaigs They
ere expeotsd 70 number from eighty 70 one hundred
rom the muster ,' n i hoy .narso Z:
great service 1hey are % DO paid no bounty no., are
not . %Ss1 q H. delay hs dts Tor three ss
died up. The quots d filled up in indiana Illinois,
Iowa and Wisconsin: and lees than two thousand
provided for To tho estimates heretofore submitted Il
TO- therefore. estimated that tweey nve millions Of dol
for tina. purpose and submit join. resou.
sxpsdens that Ssr. should 80 early scson ~ Congress
upon The proposition 90 that sauotoued, eli nsadsu
provision may b made IN due season.
have the honor to be, 1g tf ~ tfB
Very respectfully.
$3.50 noes rMa.@ g4, EDWIN N. STANTON.
rHH TAX BILL.
Tho House devoted both to-day the consid
GRAFTON Of tho Tax bill, and Ht was nearly COM
peted In committee tonight. Il would have been
nnishsd but for the nlioustering Of Mr.. Stevens,
the chairman or the Committee Of Ways
and Means, 10 prevent tina striking out q tho
proviso authorizing railroads. steamboat ferry and bridge
companies odd the Of the tho Of
fare imposed upon their passengers Notwithstanding
sh~~ fhpe~ Ne AMI afk eho
provso was stricken eut tho tax increased
half per cent. Tho bill has been very much altered
during its discussion In Committee d the whoe I'VE
hundred amendments having been made 70 II. A.
stands IL u believed that, with any ordinary Efforts 70
prevent the preparation OF Frauds will produce from
three hundred three hundred and Hty millions q dol
lars OF Until this syeaisg there has becn
atsmps 70 nibuster during Ks confederation and much
surprise manifested that nibusssriug should
from leading members Of The committee who reported ~
The representatives Of California ssA other gold produc
ing States succeeded In getting stricken out the provs,
thss the royalty the production Of tbs precious metals
should b paid 10 kind but this ofset BY
Of the tax from thres % hve per The bill WI 30
completed and passed the House TO- norrow and ordi-
Dary Business which suspended since Ito
issrsdsoseo, will - proceeded with rapidly posi-.
bic H
TEE NATIONAL BANK BILL IN rHE SENATE.
TIE duness q the National Bank discussion 10 The
Seaate relieved 70 day ~ M Chandler essctryiug
those present with tho that he bad coost
tuition the BRAIN" and By quotations from Milton By
Mr. Sumner. Mr. johnson quietly rsb~ked The former
and hr FssDden exposed the inappropssteness q Mr.
Summers argument 10 concise speech the force which
seemed 70 give the Massachusetts, Senator much oencs
Failing 70 maintain bis position be whined about psrsr.
ass which upon being challenged he failed 70 posos
The impression upon those present that Mr.
Summers forte b that Of presenting abolition petitions.
osNBRAL CRAWFORD ON HIS wAY 70 rHB FRONT.
General Crawford has arrived hero hs way 70 The
front 70 command Of The Third division Of The
Tifth corps. having sufficiently recovered from his
wounds 70 enable him 70 take the field General Craw-
ford examined 70 day BY the Committee the Con-
duct Of the War in relation TO the operations upon the
les q The battle Of Gettysburg, IN which HE division
bore conspicuous part
APPOINTMENTS CONFIRMED By THs SENATE.
The following combinations were made by the Senate
- :, TO n BaIoApnR GENERALS on VOLUNTEERS.
Colonel Edward " Mccook, Second Indiana Volunteers.
Colonel hiram Burpham, sixth Maine
Cs,sns, Lewis 4; , Grant rirh Vermont III
BREyKr BRiGADrKn GENERAL UNITED STATES ARMY.
Colonel sylvanus Thayer long and faithful services
49, uvff APPOINTMENT.
y. G. ksdaed, 70 DO receiver Of public moneys 81
Humboldt, Kansas.
WISCONSIN, REGIMENTS In ROUTE YoR VIRGINIA.
Three new regiments have been organised by wiscon.
STA and are ros for the 'front.' The Thirty sixth and
Thirty have been assigned Burnsdss corps
and the Thirty eighth 70 the Second army corps
new ORLEANS TROOPS oRDpaED TO WASHINGTON.
me Veteran Reserves organized a New Orleans have
been ordered 70 Washington.
INSTITUTION.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has received through
MAJOR General Die two hundred dollars transmitted 10
that General By unknown person wnscknowledges
II 20 be due the United States
SUBSCRIPTION TO rHR GOVERNMENT LOAN.
The subscriptions to the tenforty to-day amounted
70 ssss ooo
A SOLDIER SHOT ~ ourRrLLAs.
private 10 the Ono Hundred and Twelfth PenDsyiva.
MIA regiment. on pckss duty the Potomac q Fort
Ethan Allen, near the Chain Bridge, shot last night
SENTENCE SUSPENDED.
me sentence Of death 10 James Gray. Of tho Ficeoh
New York Engineers has been suspended by the Pres
dent
ACCIDENTAL pEArr.
Augustus Sick .. q tho rhrieeoth Nov yok cavalry,
socidsot.Iy sht nsef yesterday
Tolls ON rax CANADA osSA.s.
TIE State De, h,s been officially Informed Of
the Of order BY sbc Goveeamsos Council q
Cansda providing snst aud after tho 10th day u
April tristan, tho fo,iosins articles. having paid
fuI toiis through the -, Lawrence Canal. DO passed
ire, through tbs wei,ni Cana. and tolls shat
been previously tbereos through tns On ,mby
Canal soah tolls shalt I've and d ,hs canal once q,
Nonroe. sk:ro, Of ali kmis sale ~ns tho n Iswi as
Articles, having yai fal tolls through the wssui ana
shall be p,sscd Wrr,ugh shc 81. Lswreucs and cnamb
canA.s, vizs-whcsi, n,ar end c,rn.
zAlRTY-EiGGiTm CONGRESS-.
vIKsr sxssloN.
Semn q.