, 1864-03-05
FROM WASHINGTON.
Matters at the Capital Ycstcrdny-Cou.
gTesstona1 and Military.

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Trfbune-]
WAsH1sGTos, March /, 1864.
rosTFoxEAIxT or THE DRAFT
The DRAFT is postponed till further orders, to
enable the Provost Mazshal General to make up
the credits to the time when the bount.es ceasc.
New en1etments continne at the rate Of 1900
per day.
It IL feared that Col. Dahls1rn IL killed.
MATTERS IN GEN. GnAErs'e pErARrAES1.
Gen. Grant, In dispatch yesterday, confirms the
report that his movement TO Tunnel ELL caused
the enemy to recall two. dirieioue, then under
orders to march against Sherman.
TIE WHEY BILL
The Senate having receded from the third, hf-
teenth and sixteenth amendments to the whisky
bin It has passed 1t imposes 60c tax up to the 1st
Jnly af1er which only e0c ta1, AZ In tho old law.
no tAx the stock on hand but Epirlte heretofore
imported from foreign countries must pay an ad1i-
tiona duty Of 40c per gallon. These incongru3ties
render another bill necessary to secure m 1nc1eas
cd tax after let july and to correct Inequalities
between domestic and foreign spirits.
INTERNATIONAL
Some mcr7iment was created By the passage in
the Senate OF bill to enable the Captain Of the
Ameziean schooner ~ ''Hiehiander'' to accept
witch from the BritIeh Board Of Trade. The sub-
,ect was presented to Congress IN message from
the President, transmitting letter from the Sec
rotary OF Stntc, which Wig rcte1rcd to the Commit
tee on FOREIGN Relations, and reported back BY
Mr. Sumner with the bfll. After Its passage Hi.
Foster discovered that the cause Of the constitu-
ton under which the bill passed. did not apply 70
private cltizens, accordingly the vote was recon
s;ae.cd. aad the bill laid on tho tabte.
TRANSPORTATION or TROOPS.
4 communication from the Secretary Of War
stowe that the Government hae paid since Feb.
rusry 18th, ze6e, to the Illinois Central Railroad
fcr the transportation of troope and property,
| ssos01.
Nj. Alley from the Post Office Committee, re-
| ported bill sppropriating sum not TO exceed
$4,000, yearly, to q steamship line to Brazil Tor
twelve round tripe.
E1-congrese1nan Charles B. Sedgwick submitted
to Congress to-tlay Naval Code, which he has
been preparing under the resolution OF iast year.
The principal changes proposed are In the laws re-
| lating to naval Superintende1ts and to Courts
t Martial.
The communication stateB that In the former
matter enormous frauds have been practieed
OUR RuNAwAyB.
It is proposed to introduce = bill In Congress-
authorizing the President to offer pardon to thon
ea0ds Of ilceesters from the as1ny and runawaye
from the dsnft now in Canada. on condition o'
their eeryins their time, and denying to all The
right of dt1zsnship, II they do not return after
certain time.
Judsc Underwood is making about one hundred
decrecs on connscation month, holding his cour1
alternately at Alexandria and Norfolk. The prop
erty amounts to about million dollars which thus
passes monthly from dfaloynl to loyal hands. Tht
tttlc to real properly passcs under the decree, II
accordance with the principles hid down by Juds'
| Underwood. mpnths aro.
TREASURY MATTERS.
t. It may be positively stated that The new Ion.
| I,ouds viii draw five per cent interest. The frs
issues will be ten-fo1ties, under 1aet yesr'e laws
but subsequent issues viii probably be tlre-fofties
under the Law signed yesterday-
FRox AHAT TO MATT.
| The War Department has issued The necessar
orders, underthe enrolment act. for The transte
| Of sailors from the army to the navT. There ar
twenty-two vessels Of war waiting in port 70
c1ews.
II cppca1s from official data n posseaeion 81 th
War Department since Feb. q, 1867. the ulinot
Central Railroad has received @ i9r ransponalon
M'i:Sa5a and %5aonri f RaiI1oad ssIs making total
sq1 qe accounts nogq | Of thc illinois Central prior
March i, 1872, were stated 10 the basis on nc TT
ofthe road when such rates did not sxSesS att "a
of thc Scott tariff OF 1861, and onc-tMru oeonetc
"n W. 80" sccn1rts arrnrd witb tho regulation Of thu
rad 9n ade by tie Qaa1tcrnastcr General IN accord
nnce with the suggestions Of the railroad maaaGgss
By the seefla5Sy haS O. @onsa, Mas
md awaits the Presidents signature, =, It II
poses tax Of sixty cents per Gallon en s spisn an
rcmovci for consumption OF ealc previous to Jnl
frst ne1t. Any ta1 amer this time is to be pss
yided f1r By further lcgslstion and will doa5tiss
. consideration by the Committee Of Ways an
; | Mcena.
Thc whisky bin proposes an additional TX s.?
forty cents per gallon on imported spirits on hanl
The sliding scale Of duties on both domestic an
foreign sriiite, and tax on the stock on h7nd
domestic eplrits has 70 place IN the bill.
It ie aecrFtained from an official source that o.
ets requiring the draft the 10Th instant are 81
! | pended 4 autscgncnt day for commencing th
J The special to the Erening Rpst says Messr
Becto1ueau and Hondountse, the delegation b