New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-03-31
pRom WASHINGTON.
sr.cal Dispatch to The N. y. Tribune.
WAsHmGroS, Wednesday. March 30. 1894.

WASHINGTON, Wednesday. March 30, 1884,
INCREASED TAXATION.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has eommuni-
,.aA 10 the Ways and Means Committee his sense OF
e necessity of increased taxation. This necessity
,waSses more and more upon the minds Of the most
,hoaehtful and prudent connected with tho Gov.
,rument The Treasury measure Of the need Of money
nom tho internal revenue alone yesterday $3.50,
600 o tax OF 81 so whisky is thought in the
Wys ard Means room to be inevitable. yhe increase
Of the excise the other leading articles viii be
spondngly great Not For ten twelve days yet win
the Committee be able to report Their labor Of prepa
ration Is immensely great.
GEORGE THOMPSON.
The telegraphio refusal Of the House II Geo.
Thompson TO sped in was mistake. The motion to
lay the t,bo the resolution giving the British apostle
Of Abction the Of the Hall was lost by g. 1t then
passed without division. Thompson will speak.
xR. LOvEsoYs SUCCESSOR ON THE COMMITTEE
ON TERRITORIES.
BY common consent the Hon. Josiah d. Grin
nell Of Iowa, Clergyman an anti Slayary lecturer
shepherd with flock Of SIX Thousand fne-wooed me.
rno sheep and the Of village in which not
eopef Intoxicating drink has been sod has been
indicated 10 Speaker Ceax the ttest member of the
Hooss TO take Owen ovejoys place in the Committee
90 territories.
THR DESTRUCTION OF CAVALRY HORSES.
Recent orders from the War Department,
designed to stop the destruction Of cavalry horses
ssthorised Board Of Inspectors to report regiments
sad companies that neglect and waste their horses 70
De dsmounted and broken up and transferred to other
organizations the officers 10 be mustered ont Of the
service, and commanding generals Of armies and
departments are empowered dismount and transfer tc
Infantry regiments any mn who uses up bis horse by
neglect eT'eruely.
THE DUTY on WOOL.
Frauds in the importation of foreign fine
veos In addition tho financial necessities induced by
Che war have determined the Ways and Means Com
nttscte recommend very considerable increase Of the
daty or wool.
GOV. BRAMLETTB's TREAsoNABLR PRoCLAAA.
TIoN.
Mr. Breckenridge of Kentucky who saw the
proof the reasonable proclamation Of Gov Bramette
wicA said was in type in Frankfort ready TO sum
mon Kentucksns to oppose the draft Of negroes which
sAe Government had ordered, is our witness to the
truth Of our statement in THE TRIBUNE unyailng thai
ssspe.
THE ADVANCE IN THB COST OF IRON.
The Naval Committee of the Senate is flooded
With pettionsfor relief from nearly everybody unde
engagement 10 clothe warships or build marine engines
Between the advance in the cost of iron and the clos
Bargaining the Navy Department they threatened
with ruin.
FEMALE ShUGGLERs SENT SOUTH.
Mrs. Bissell and daughter, and Mrs. Carter
sent to tho Old Capitol sometime ago for attempting
nnggle goods and letters South, cent South to
day, via Fortress Monroe. Mrs. Bissell is said TO b
the wife Of rttired Noval OHcer now in charge Of
California maynard.
ADDITIONS TO THE TaoS-CLAD FLEET.
The following iron-clad war steamers VIII b
hpehed between this day sed tho LIST of May next;