, 1864-01-28
FROM WASHINGTON.



WAsn1S6ros, Jan. n, 1851
CONGRESSIONAL
The House Committee On Printing VILE re-
port adversely to Mr. Stewards proposition
made through Henry Winter Davis, to print
len thousand extra copies Of Diplomatic cor.
respondcncc In addition to ten thousand NJ
ready printed. The type Is all distributed.
The intimated cost Of the additional copies
of part Of, two volumes, se5, ,000., It ii ap-
pretended that the Senate Printing Commit
tce may report favorable.
The Committee on Public Buildings aud
Grounds has agreed to report In. ta7or Of
putting the capitol extension in charge Of the
Committee Of Public Buildings instead Of the
Secretary OF the Interior.
There is no likelihood that Garrett Davis
will be censured, much less expelled. His
letter to the Senate, disclaiming disloyal oE~
iusurrectionary meaning In his resolution, Is
considered sufficient retraction.
Mr.. Fessenden made strong speech
against the resolution OF expulsion, on the
ground of freedom Of speech.
MILITARY, DO.
Major Bowen, Of the 18th Kentucky, has
tccu dismissed the service for various ofIen-
ces. Surgeon Bell, Of tho 2sd Ohio, is re-
instatcd. E. a. Rollins. designated Deputy
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue.
The election of Senator from Virginia, in
place Of Bowdcn, dead, is set down for Fri
day next. Gov. Pierpont- md Judge Under
wood are among the candidates.
THE NAVAL RACE.
Assistant Secretary Fox announces that Of
the twelre thousand dollars, {Sl9,o0 re-
quired by the owner Of the Kin KianS be
ruised by subscription, he will put the Of
tawa in The race with her. >.
The Navy Department also offers to run
the Ilconderago against auy propeller Of tho
same tonnage.
-" COURT MARTIAL
In the court. martial engaged on trial Of
Surgeon General Hammond, Surgeon c. c.
Coz, purveyor at Baltimore, has been Oh
the stand for three days. His testimony
covers wide range, but chiefly tended to
sustain charges that the Surgeon General
wrongfally and unlawfully prohibited the
nuryeyor at Baltimore from purchasing
medical suppliea at Baltimore, with the In
| tentiou to favor VIM. A. Stephens, Of n. r.,
| formerly the publisher Of Faulty Fair, and
Wyeth d Bro, Of Philadelphia, from whom
Gen. Hammond made very large purchases,
some of which were Of articles previously
rejected by Putyeyor Cox, ut prices higher
| than those at which they had been offered to
Dr.. Cox.
| INTERNAL REVENUE, =.
| In the tabular statements comprised IN the
Committee of internal Revenue report soon
to be presented to Congress, the total re-
ceipts up to June 30th, 1868, are more than
forty millions Of dollars, Of which thirty-fout
millions are reported by collection, four mil
lions from sales of stamps, and nearly TWO
millions from banks, insurance and Other
State corporations. The total sales OF stamps
to the 30th of last September Is more than
five millions. The tax on salaries from Sep
tember 1st,. ,ls62, to- December 31st;' 1865, Il
over million and half. :. -
= The per centage Of the total collections o.
the exclusive income tax for the year ending
the 31st at Inst August is between the differ
ent states rs follows: New York, nearly
20: PENNSYLVANIA Is; Massachusetts,, upward:
of 1911; Ohio, nearly 10; illinois 1874; In
diana. nearly 8; Michigan 4-l-10; Wisconsin
11.1-10. To other Western States above
one.
The assessment income tax Of 1856:
! 1QtL6 up ANlEkGEA AAAAAAeAAs *A.+A - AA@*At ~
which New York pays ~, Pennsylvania near
lv Il, Massachusetts nearly IS, Ohio over
ii, Illinois over ~, and Indiana two PEI
cent
the 1st Of November, foots up over six mil
lions and a half, Of which Illinois contribute
the most. over nineteen. hundred thousand
being more than thirty per cent of the whole
Ohio 49,: New York ovcr. 81, Indiana AMI
Pennsylvania ~ per cent
-. *: Il. PERSONAL -.
Gov. K1rkwood, Of Iowa has Just decline'
the mission to Denmark, rendered hin
months ago.
Senator Henderson in the course Of his It
, marks opposing on constitutional ground
the proposition to free the mother, wife an
children Of slaves who enlist, expressed th
| opinion that Missouri would pass an act {
immediate emancipation, and that no Stat
; would hereafter rejo1n the Union until slave
~ was abolished. He hoped soon to scc tf
, Last Of the Institution and desired the passag
] Of d resolution for the amendment Of tt
;. constitution so1 rs to prohibit SLAYER
! throughout the country: >:.'. !
= Mr: Grimes, In answer to Mr. Henderson,
said he vas In favor of the passage Of an "a
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