The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-07-02

m congressional circles, on it's being whis.
oered about the capital that Lieutenant
COLONEL Bowman had been r6moved from
he command Of West Point, Tor permitting
aepssl AcOlellaDb p deliver an Grafton
- 3ou#fte fnonumelt erected to tnel
rSndy 81 dsceAksd 0aesss q the regular
. ~ .1psgpL ogs ASSERTION. ID
The usual tedinm Of the debate on the
Appropriation bill was relieved inthe House
today BY spirited debate between Mr..
Blaine, Of Maine, and Mr.. Brooks, OF New
York, on the abolition Of the coastwise store
trade, in the course Of which the former
declared that If JEFF. Davis were q scsndi
ate for the Presidency he could secure sQ,>
600 majority in New York city, ~aT5,.
Blaine lost his temper, and in making
such ridiculous assertion, of course 1ost
his argument. Messrs. Brooks and COX
-snuihiIated him in running debate when
followed. s e ia ~. 90,
~ THE ARGuELLEs CASE.
The Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs
TO-DAY. after a protracted discussion on the
Arpuelles case, postponed it's further con-
alteration until next December. Mr.. Sum
ner and other members of the committee
we're of opinion that this matter and the
Mexican question had better be left until
sfter the present Presidential campalgo, as
their action thereon might place the Ad'
ninistration in rather an ugly position.
Mr.. Seward, in his communication TO the
committee, expressed the opinion that these
ouestions had better be left with the Adj
minis tration, to be dealt with as they may
think proper.
THE CONSUMPTION BILL.
The Senate Military Committee to day
had under consideration the House Com
scription bill. They decided to strike out
the proposition to give sixty days notice
before a draft was made. They also struck
out the bounty clause to substitutes. This
course, if persisted in by the Senate, may
defeat the measure, as the House may not
accept it in any other form.
|. THE PACIFIC RAILROAD BILL.
A compromise has been effected on the
Pacific Railroad bill, and both committees
have decided to accept the House bill
which is said to be the only one that vii
secure the building of the road, and con>
tains less swindles than the Senate bill.
THE TARIFF BILL. ....
has been agreed to by the Conference Com
mite. A general compromising compro
J mise is the result. The tax on spices is re-
tanned in the bill cigars are taxed at the
| &, ha inf IN %
the highest figures are retained on Injuries
like silks, wines and brandies. If the bill
don't prove in something's pro6ibltory, it is
estimated that it will yield about seventy
millions.
MR.. cHAsE's TAX BILL WITHDRAWN.
Secretary Chase has sounded the views
of both the Senate and House Finance
Committe, and finds that it is doubtful il
his supplem entail tax bill can be passed al
this late stage of the session. 1t has there
fore been Withdrawn. ..,
FORMIDABLE REBEL IRON. CLAD COMPILE
For the past year the agents of the rebel
Navy Department have been busily at
work at Columbus, Georgia, in the con-
struction of an iron clad vessel, which they
intend shall play an important part in
clearing the Florida waters of our fleet
This monster is now completed, and ready
to engage in the work Of destroying ou'
blockaders, or assisting in an attack upor
our monitors, whenever Mr.. Davis or Mr.
Mallory shall give the word. The name o.
| the vessel is the Muscogee. She is a light
draft boat, notwithstanding the immense
weight of her armor Her dimensions are
Fifty-six beam forty>two feet floor, flat
bottom. She has center wheel of di
ameter Of twenty>four feet. Like the Mer
rimac, Arkansas, Louisiana, and, in fact, all
the rebel iron clads and rams, that portion
of her above water is angular in shape-the
rebels having never deviated from the rule
adopted at tho beginning of the
war In regard to the construction
of the expo sed portions Of their often
,sive vessels Like her predecessors, she is
clad with railroad iron; but the bars are not
attached, as were those upon the earlier
efforts of the confederates in this line
Formerly it was customary to lay roofing
on their iron clads Of common rails. Up
On these another layer Of inverted rails was
placed, thus closing up the interstices.-
But it was found upon subjecting the yes.
sells mailed in this morning to the ordeal
of caunonade, that the shot in striking
Ioosened the upper layer, causing it to fly
off. Therefore change in tho manner Of
of arnoring their vessels became necessary,
and the rails are now rolled out into bars
two inches thick and four inches in breadth,
Two Of these bars are welded together,
forming an armor four inches in thickness,
which is placed upon their vessels. The
Museogee. as we'll as the other late pro-
auctions of rebel naval ingenuity, is mailed
in this manner. She is furnished With five
or six high>pressure river boats as tenders
These last are fortified with cotton bales
1t is intended that this new iron monster
shall come out of the Appalachicola river,
to join Buchanan in simultaneous attack
against FaIraguts feet now off Mobile
How far this programme will be changed,
Of course depends upon circumstances.