Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-04-23

The conservatives have been having a
new birth in the Senate. Foster, of Con.
necticut, who has been supposed Repnb-
iicanI began it, ReVerly johnson, who has
been congratulated en- his conversion from
conservatism, and Doollttle, from Wiscop
SIM whose constituents think him .Renpb.
lieau, continued it, aud Van Wrinkle. of
west Virginia, State that owes it's exis.
fence to the radical anti slavery movement.
followed to day in the Same direction
GFalz Brown humorously reminded some
Of these gents, yesterday, of the position
they were assuming.
GEN. PRANK BLAIR.
General Frank Blair was promised that
be should have his commission again bv
the President when he came to Congress-.
Considerable excitement was created
among Senators by an intimation that the
President meant to return him to his old
grace and place without again sendtuR in
DIS nomination to the Senate, and finally
senator Fessenden went 70 see Mr.. Lincoln
about it. and told him it could NOT be done
Consequently Blair will not after all lake
command under Sherman, unless he can
get nominated and confirmed sgain.
THE WHIsKY,TAx,
The action of the House to. day in plao
ing tax of one dollar on whisky from the
frs. day of May, thus making an increase
Otforty cents over what had. been expected
prior tosJ uiyi' takes the dealers and specu
lators by surprise. The determination of
t9e house is to put onRheayy taxes, and
further increased. s''''
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The
the nominations of three Qaartermastsrs
as Brigadier Generals-Rucker, Ingalls, and
Allen: They we're hung up. as was .I.o
Gen. Wilson, late Chief of Grants SIS
an d now in command of Kilpatrick's cav
airy division in the Army of the Potomac
THR TAX BILL.
The Ways and Means Committee are d,.
ing very little. They are devotine them.
selves to pushing forward the tax bin. h.
the House but little opposition is being
ns1e' me Democratic realizing that II Il.
:S'. rue Indications now are that IL
will be passed early next week. -
The REyERsB IN HAAKs,DEPARrnRNr.
Hope is entertained that our reverse IN
Banks department has been retrieved I'm.
nothing positive, officially, Is known ON the
subject, aud the Press dispatches srs
thought too meagre and unsatisfactory to
warrant much confidence. q
ONE AND Two CENT COINS.
The bill for one and two cent coins of
bronze has passed both Houses. The nav
coin viii be considerably cheaper than the
nicEel pennies, for which there has been
such an unreasonable demand. .
sIsslE1oASF susPlSstos
J mail communication north ward from the
Army of the Potomac Was suspended to.
day. i5'e
II ppEETFer1yE HAKsE INDICTED
=. Q. Baker, somewhat disrsputablv
known here for some time as 4 Chief 81
detectives, has been indicted on Ibres
counts by the District grand jary.
GRANT AT rHR YRoHr.
Gen. Grant has left for Onlnsnn.- IL
this morning. Mrs. Grant and bis ION bSSs
Il lett for the West. - > = ~ :
GREAT MILITARY AoT1ElTY.
There is great military activity. Amin.
lancss are going down to the front IN
great numbers.
4 Io4s sEREET HAS .JoIAtpiIta.
Positive Information has been fecsivs3l
at headquarters that the main boiv az
9agslreet's veterans have suceesded n
Ieneedng Junction WahtLeei Bosvst,sot
carried 70 East Tennessee ls 600 men. mn
| returned Withless than IL 900. Scont.
319ss returned from within the enSmTis
llnes report that troops from Joe JoSn.
ston's army and from Charleston Are III.
wing at Gordopsyille. Rebel conseFi6ts
" ,t coming IN at the rate of a thousand q
SUNNI e EsrRI4ts III MILITARY CoSr,s.,os
The Senate Military cO@mittse bs, M.
der eoustdsEal.OaF 70; day, . bin proposed
by Judge Advocate Holt, conferriu1,pno,,n[s
the commanding officers In the fielJ The
power 70 Try BY military commisSiou. in
stead OF courts martial, persons acous Sci, az
crime against military law, aud to eTsr,.to
without delay persons found guilty.. TSs
COMMITTEES authorized their Chairman ~
report agaiust the bill
~ sl FHH NATIoNAI. BANK BILI,
The Senate Finance Oommittee bafun.l
DER consideration, to-day. the Mailman
Bank bill. Several repreSsn t,,os 70 49,
banks were before Il ID o6posiiisn 8 SSs 1
iEls the Committed viii nroba bISt
report the bill without atSier sSSs 4, ~.
S g with the wishes Of SearetsSv
Chase. : ~ 2
z ARH you aware that q simple Coaeb Tar.
im ina. IL eonsupption2 WY NOT ~ -
wise 70 tune and. use ,AIleaIs lsnSS RSI..1
which viii stop the disease aud prevent
fatal eonsequsneesI