, 1864-04-14

FROM WASHINGTON.
N1atters Congressional and military.
t WARRINGTON, April IS, 1854.
uNpEsEHyED rUS1suMEyT.
Some months ago. negro servant Was charged
| In New Orleans, By Paymaster q. r. lawrence o!
Wisconsin, with robbing him Of s. }o00. Tho ne
gro was f1st numerically dossed. and subsequent
y sentenced to bard labor ut the Dry Tortugas fos
| lite. Facts have recently como to the knowledge
Of the War Department fixing the guilt upon Law
renee bimeelf. Secretary Stanton arrested him
here four days ago, and put him in the Old Capitol
Pr1son.
$4,000 bave been recovered, and papers found on
him, duplicating a New York contractor, named
Peck. Hc was also brought to the old Capitol to
await t1ial By Military Commission.
Orders lave been sent to the Tortugns to rclease
| the negro.
CONGRESSIONAL
The substitute reported by Sumner, to the uous,
bill establishing the Freedmcns Bureau ia regard
ed seriously cndangerins the paesage Of any bill
on the subject as it had only two majority in the
House.
The Comittee On Ways and Means have reported
adversely to the Senate amendment OF tho dip!o-
mat1c appropriation bill, providing for twenty-five
consular pupils.
ported bRk the substitute Tor Doolittlc's BILL
g1anting lards to wisconsin for railroad purposes.
It siyes alternate sections for ten actions in width
to the St. Croix and Lake Superior Railroad from
Lake st. Crolx to Bayfield, tho same amount to
The Tou1ah and Lake St. Crol1 Railroad, from To-
Eeh, MoEroe county, to Lake St. Ctoix; and the
same amount for railroad from Berlin to Bay-
fed.
The grants are subicct to the ueral limitations.
and the roads sseto be completed within ay5 years
coxcc1Sr;o PRISONERS or WAR
The report Of tue Commissioner General Of pris.
onere accompanying the Secret4ry or Wars renort
inst published, shows the total number of Conf.d,
e,ete officer, md rnrn csntnrcd nv =. e,r,. w.,
canm.nrcment of ,he 1r,r n he mn 1,.,t....,t
G.nev,1 Ma;or Cana-,1. Ok spe,..s,a.e .as
fnore,e 1ss 1;cr,er,,t f.o1nr.,s a., M.,~H ~ ~
f,s,,o,ns ~ rfa,ton.st. ~ r., 4' -''
~ N.,s" a'n'.oauais'
s.;'a w nunpseo nt nnu l"en'5'8l3 tnon-
ens uauuso anu ts,'si1 ps'Fatee, anu nfe
" .a" ~. i., "oao' ~ e.'Hens'
" .nuu on .4"no =. aate o1 report are
IN e'. nne 'soaS4no '"o anoafco anu twent5-
Ill.,. @ naaas., 49, ms. 1a.ons "non "efe one
1iayo. -, ee.At anu ee'eA 1lGau.i14. .
aa,e ueeA ono nuno,ea ana t~enty-one
..'.lIns, LUZ 1u1u.eu Auu ,uH' con'edef-
-. aSa'ust ons uauesea ana sl1t3'sl1
oGaa 81. 10y *. eon1aeaoH u eAcoansee-
.sa.a.,1e ~ 49, ate eo1pa'ee a. 'ue1f e1-
s;nce tto d,ta ~ II. .bo~. ...~.
tec1, lc.a th.n ona +Ea,,.sna ~ s .sp, 'usts nAse
!css laan ouo 1uoueano EXCHANGES and very
~, ~. .-n.a:,a.a.o,. 1 ~ consequently 'no ns-
VI ZIG appeo.iinates coHect-
no statement has oeen.forntshed by our Govern
ment OF Inc NUMBER OF prisoners held BY the
1spe1s,
~, 4ne osetee1f VI "at nas neusa otoefs 10 nave
aA INC ass's'ant 7osost Aarrhals in Pennsylsanis,
~-as,.a 800 ~. ~ 12us u ,ne 9uoias anu
st!u " I'M olaLa VI 'ne1amp1ed eloTnesa IN
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribunc.1
W.Asu1sor;x Anr,1 "a 1ert
The COMMITTEES IN Wavs and M~,na In raao.,
Tss.,nD ~ W "as ana neaas "'4 report
On 1n9fsoay' opportunity oocurs; otherwise, On
F11d1y- The whisky tax WIS settled upon by the
whole Committee yes,eraay, AZ follows: On al
1"-.'s. suss.o % oo'u " u.sul!ea aaa Fenaefd
1or eonfanphon and .a'o after the lot day Of July
10 All 1oe ls esy o. ne1
y, J.nn,ry ncx. Al * ns- ,,.,,o9 ~'' '''' 48'
u ~ Sa4bs .h.. nv he1., s.os. 80 ps. gnloa.
,,e ,ns tns moss ,ea.uFe Of tho b'
The policy OF taxing stock on hand Welding tb1e
nnn, tn fhc ,na,o,,3v ~ u. ea+,n,;..sa H.. a -
erstion Of the extremely high taz secured % for 1na
on hand could not be taxed without applying % The
e.'. t.44pas .sas ~ ~ o.nss .aaao'e alvaes.
salt Il ta1ea etx cents per one hundred roun g.
Aana1actured tobacco thirty cenls per pound The
sca principle OF the bill is to increase taxes in
the nrorortfon nf fvc tn th,cc
W.s1.,xr~o, 49,, - IT,. c
49,, n.o., Ap.4 80 80 oeu- ossut &C.
turned to washington this cTening from brief
visit to Annapolis.
Acrnunta Yrnm the Armr of tha po+on.o ...
rcno, tha .ne ~ =, ,e Say
~. Is ~ ftcamono Win
lAc stcater portion Of his army, and that many
persons credit this statement.
The soradrpn Of tie 1et reon1a+ e.r,,rz ,,+,nc
~ Cer Me,dc,S csco-t hsra hao~ o.as..5 ., aet
a. n',r na'o ucea o1oeeeo 10 the
non: and they Will be replaced By detachment
OF the 1st Massachusetts. |
Gen. Torbett former1v counmanf71nc f,r3,,adat :,
tho Gtb co,ns h,s 1,cen ,eutrncd IN ~ c,,1n,.,i
-. 1.s 49, ~ *, s 'e' ~ S''1 eo444IA4so"
Of the 1ft dis1ilon OF cavalry