, 1864-04-04

Especial Dispatch TO the Chicaxo Tri5une,1
CONGRESSIONAL,

LuS3AtaSl0kAL-
WASHINGTON, April 8,
TIE Committee Of Wars and Means have almost
entirely done With machinery, and less Important
details Of general tax bill, and are hard at work
h1ing Tie rates. They are decided not to tax leaf
tobacco and crude petroleum. Tax on manuf.e-
tused tobacco wi1 not be far from 50 cents On leaf
and On fnuH and dne cut IS cents, The low eat
priced cigars will haye to pay fsom a to s. per
thousand; the highest priced In the nelghbofhood
Of &46 On this, as Oh other articles the committee
arc disposed to tnereaee the rates proposed by the
subcommittee.
Capts. Mcguire and Joel testified before the Blair
Investigating Committee yesterday, that they were
on bis staff, and sfgred the liquor order with him
and that on examining since they and 1t has been
altered By the insertion Of the word each" aitef
each specified number Of articles, thus making It
appear eight times Is large as It really A. In this
respect they Affirm 1t is forged.
Reverdy Johnson's speech tomorrow, on the
proposed amendment Of the Constitution, Is looked
for with considerable interest.
THE MISREPRESENTATION.
General Meade submitted written statement in
regard to his conduct at the battle Of Gettysburg
to the Committee on the Conduct of the War. In
this statement he denies explicitly and e1nphatt-
eany that r. contemplated or issued, my time
during the Actfon, m order to. retreat to Tauy-
town or any othet point after hIs arrival ut Gettys
burg. He asked several corps commanders to act
as his temporary chief OF etan, a1i p1cfe1r!ng to
remain in command Of their corps. He addressed
a eimilar request to General Buttcrdeld, who con-
sented. He directed him Immediately to collect al
possible information relative to the roads 1cadnr
to tho rsar. BE AYERS that in giving this inormas
ton to General Butteraeld be had no thouebt of
retreat, and merely aimed at obtaininr
information which any prudent General nould cor
slider necessary for an intelligent understandings NJ
the ded Of action. Gen. Butte.de1d. on thc r,orn.
Ing of the I'd day. drew M an order dlrect;no MI
trains apd baggage to be sent to the rear. This Dr.
der give the occasion for the assertion Of ya,ous
officers that an order to retreat had been clyon.
Gen, Meade states that Gen. B. showed him the
order; that he told him It would not answer. md
that If it waz issued 1t was without his autho.ty
This statement Of Gen. Meade's il cor.oborated by
the testimony Of Gen. Gtbbon and other general
officers aud members Of his stat.
The statement in your special dispatch Of Friday
last that the appointment of Ouarter1nastcr lew
vas ,nade w,ththe consent oftba W,-nensrto,ant
was printed incorrectly. Il should ha7e lcsd With,
ment. and was 90 teIec7aphed from he,e.
The Senate Military Committee have agreed to
report adversely on the House bill taking the power
to Dismiss officers from the President. and bringing
officers heretofore dismissed to tital by court MAJ
1 a1 ~ tne
MILITARY.
bas been apno1nted Minor General rse. NrUton v,
withdrawn The probability Is tint Gen. Dodge
occae!oned By the withdrawal Of Brooks.
Colonels Hatch, of Iowa. Buruhau. of Maine
and Grant. of Vermont haze he-n onros,ts5
Bt1Gsdtef tenet0le.