Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1864-04-22
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val School from Newport, r. l., to Annapolis,
Md, next year. To encourage Maryland in
well-doing Not bad idea
Both Houses adjourned over Wed 7esday
to attend the funeral Of Mr.. Rives.
In Senate. April IA, Mr.. Sherman reported
substitute for House bill to prevent specu-
lation in gold and foreign exchange Every
sale without present delivery is made penal
offence.
The House decided the case Of Long
Mr.. Cox Of Ohio moved to lay on the table
Mr.. Colfax's resolution to e1pel MIR. Long Of
Ohio; rejected, by 9 majority, Mr.. Broom
alrs resolution to censure Long was adopted,
(having been accepted by Colfsx for his own)
ayes 80, noes 80. SO the Democrats who
censured Harris, for endorsing Long, refused
to censure the original offender A disgrace
ful record We expected she House would
only censure, but we also expected that ma
jority Of the Democrats would be shrewd e.
nough to unite in the censure 1t seems they
have voted to encourage submission to reb-
els Lucky for them that Andrew Jackson
is dead.
Tie Ms1iean Question IN the Senate.
The Senate committee on foreign relations
in the matter of the House resolution in re-
gard to Mexico has decided not to take any
definite action until the views of the govern
ment are fully ascertained. Secretary Seward
has heretofore opposed any congressional &C
tion in regard 20 our foreign relations, but
the large vote which the resolution received
in the House may have changed his views.
Report upon Confederate Prisoners.
A special Washington dispatch TO the
Springfield Republican says:
"The report of the Commissary General OF
prisoners, accompanying the Secretary Of
Wars report, has just been published. II
shows that the number Of rebel officers and
men captured by us since the beginning Of
the war is lieutenant general. major gen
erals, 25 brigadier generals, ls6 colonels, lac
lieutenant oolonels, 244 majors, 2497 cap
tains, 5Sll lieutenanis, l6, ,563 uon-commi.-
stoned officers, l2l,l56 privates, and $500
citizens. Ofthese we had on hand at the date
Of the report 30 ,229 officers and men. among
whom were one major general and seveu brig
adiers. There have been 1911 937 rebels ex-
changed against 1886 Union men return
ed. The exchanges Of officers on both sides
are computed at their exchangeable value in
privates. Since the date of the above report
there have been less than one thousand ex-
changes aud very fe~ captures on eth T side
The figures are consequently approximately
correct. No statement has been furnished to
our government Of the number of prisoners
held by the rebels"
Hott the chisky tar stands.
The committee on ways and means will re-
port the tax bill Thursday, if an opportunity
occurs, otherwise, Friday. The whisky tax
was settled upon by the whole committee
Tuesdsy, a. follows On allliquore Distilled
and sold. or distilled and rendered for con-
sumption and sale after Jaly next and pre-
vious to January next, . per gallon on
all distilled after January l next, Sl,25 per
gallon. On this, the most important feature
of the bill, the committee are unanimous.
those who favored the policy of taxing the
stock on hand yielding that point to the ma
iority Of the committee in consideration Of
the extremely high tax secured for the future
product, being convinced also that whisky on
hand could not be taxed without applying the
same principle TO all other taxable articles.
Salt is taxed &c per hundred pounds manu-
factured tobacco 30o per pound. The gener-
al principle is to crease the taxes In the ra-
ito of five to three.