Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-01-18
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Tax on Manufactured Articles
to Be Increased.
Statement Of Receipts from In
ternaI Revenue.
LATER NEWS FROM TEXAS
Rebel Forces There $4,000.
General Butler Still at Work to
Exchange Prisoners.
FROm NEW YORK.
NEW YoRK, January Is

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The CONSUMPTION act IS it passed the
Senate provides that the drafted man who
pays four hundred dollars is exempted
till every other man in the district is
drafted, when he is again liable. Both
classes are consolidated and exemptions
Of the only son of a widow, or of father
less children are stricken out. The bill is
now acceptable to the House Military
Committee.
1t is quite probable that the tax on
manufactured Article will be doubled be-
fore ;he close Of this session Of Congress
upon the recommendation Of Senator
Brown.
SecreterY Chase has consented to remove
the restrictions upon trade IN Missouri.
The report telegraphed this morning
from Pittsburg, that Mrs. Senator Sprauge
was injured by the accident on the Cleve.
land Railroad, is incorrect. She was here
at the the time.
General Butler will remove his head
quarters from Fort Monroe to Norfolk.
General Stoneman has gone West TO re-
port to General Grant.
Chas. A. Dana, ESQ, formerly Of the
Tribune, will probably be appointed As
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The Tribune says receipts from Internal
Revenue from July 1st to January 18th,
amounted to S43, Cal 900. With excepted
changes IN the excise law the lowest es-
Inmates for the second year are S145, ,30O,-
900, while the highest estimates would
add $500000, 900 or S3O0,00O,OO thereto.
With 40 change in the Revenue law about
SS5, 0OO,0 600 would be produced.
Msloome Campbell, arrested yesterday,
has been discharged by Gen. Dix.
A complimentary dinner was given to
Gen. Burnside last night by few eminent
citizens.
Times special:
Authentic information TO the Govern
ment places Msgruder's forces in Texas
not exceeding $1,000, and Taylor's and
other forces in Louisiana not half that
number. They are SO scattered, and trans
portsIigH 80 scarce, that they could not be
ga @ednisaadlasSSa ia dlasSa tbsP tgO months
important documents to City Point, by a
flag of truce, bearing on the subject of the
exchange Of prisoners. Meantime he has
ordered the rebel prisoners to be brought
within the lines of his department 10 await
a release, which he hopes to be able to ef-
feet.
Among the intercepted Lamar cores
pondent is the following:
To keSsTs. Bdrtstea and Lamar:
Gentlemen: When you go to Poris, call
on Mr.. Slidell, and tell him, from me to
negotiate for the Fronoh Professionalism
case Of necessity. The people will gladly
accept in the last extremity.
With Mavien Fro1oa o,d A. N.,fo5ou
scy in alliance, and free trace, we could
eclipse the world.
[Signed G. B. LAMAR.
The Herald's letter from the squadron
of Wilmington, January 9th, reports the
chase and destruction on the 8Ih, Of the
rebel blockade runner Dave, by the Mont.
gomery and Ariel. He crew run ashore
l8 miles north of Georgetown Light, S. Z.
The crew escaped
Boats from the Montgomery and Ariel
boarded and burned her.
A boats crew from the Ariel was
swsmped in leaving her, and Acting
Master Pendleton, Of the Montgomery, in
charge of launch, picked up FIVE of them
while returning to his ship be saw others
and turning to save them his boat was
thrown on the beach where all we're cap
ture by the rebel cavalry.
The men taken were Acting Master
PendletoWn, Engineer Geo. NJ. Smith, and
II Of the crew Of the Montgomery Cspis.
Clark and Psrkman, one Ensign, and I
of the crew of the Ariel.
The U. s. steamer George Msugham at
dsybreak the next mOning went close in
shore aud shelled the rebel cavalry.
The Dave was about 700 tons burthen
side wheel steamer. The was totally de-
stroyed-Her cargo was apparently not
large, hut probably some distinguished
rebel persons were on board. The Dave
was chased 60 miles.
The ice in the harbOr is very thick, doing
considerable damage to shipping.