The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-04-30
News from Washington
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WASHINGTON, April q.
woN'T REPORT.
The failure of the House Naval Com
mittee to report touching the evidence ia
ken before them some time since, going to
show the corruption and bad management
of the Navy Department is exciting good
deal of comment and no little indignation.
It is known that the evidence was very
heavily against high officials in the Navy
Department, among them Chief Engineer
sherwood and Assistant Secretary Fox
All the blunders connected with the con-
struction of our slow going and unsafe gum
boat fleet were made clear To this commit
tee, and vet the members cannot be made
to give any report upon the subject matter
before them, which will include the dam
aging evidence against the Navy Depart
ment. 1t is openly stated that this matter
will be procrastinated until the present SEES
sion expires. In the meantime j. may in
terest the friends of Messrs-. Rice, Pike;
Kelley, and the other members of the COM
mittee, to know that any favor they may
ask of the Navy Department is readily
granted. There is, probably, nothing In the
way OF appointments or patronage under
Mr. Welles that lie not at the service of the
gentlemen composing this important com"
mittee.
THE posTPoNMENr OF THE BALTIMORE CON-
/ U4s vENvIoN.
The application to the National Repub-
lican Committee of Greedy, Bryant and
other leading Republicans all over the State
of Now York for postponment of the
Baltimore Convention, creates considerable
indignation among the Lincoln members
The protest is circulated here in printed
form.
THE HUNDRED DAYS TROOPS,
The House passed to day in less than ten
minutes, and without calling even the nays,
and yeas, the bill appropriating twenty five
million of dollars for troops called out in
the West for one hundred days. The
House Military Committee addressed let
ter to Secretary Stanton to day to know if
the time could be extended six months, as
two months were deemed too brief.
THE RANK BILL.
The Senate spent several hours on the
Bank bill to day. Senator Henderson hit
the scheme some hard knocks The dis
position toalluw states to tax national banks
seems quite strong in the House.
, TIE TAX BILL.
The most important action on the Tax
bill to day was that of the House contlnu-
Jog the suspension of the Payment OF d."
rect tax levied on States in 1861, but sus'
pended in 1861 for two years. The amount
is some twenty millions.
TIE SIX DAY TARIFF.
The Senate Finance Committee had un.
der consideration to dav the H"use bill in
creasing the duties on imports fifty per ct.
The committee failed to reach any definite
conclusion, Mr.. Fessenden maintaining that
the bill should be amended in several par,
ticulars so as to explain its meaning, or else
it would lead to many difficulties.
GUERRILLAs.
The House Military Committee to day
authorized bill referred to them some days
ago, for the more speedy trial of guerrilias
1t provides that all spies, murderers, guer-
rillas and outlaws, convicted by military
commission or court martial, sentence shall
be carried into effect without referring it to
the authorities at Washington:
NOT CONFIRMED.
Colonies Ledly and Vessel from N Y.
nominated for Brigadier Generals, were
after long discussion, hung up in the Sem
ate committee.
NEW FRAUDS.
Developments of the most astounding
character have just come to light in the
fractional currency and printing bureau over
which Mr.. Clark presides. The friends of
Secretary Chase are determined to have
this matter thoroughly investigated by
committee of Congress in order to relieve
him from the imputations attempted to be
cast upon him. iea
THE DRAFT.
Provost Marshal Fry to day gave notice
to the States of Ohio, PENNSYLVANIA, Mas
sachusetts, New jersey and Missouri, that
draft will be at once made and for the pro.
vost marshals in the several districts to
prepare their blanks, &c.
THE TAX BILL.
The Internal Revenue bill will be report
ed 70 the House from the Committee OF the
Whole to morrow. Nearly all of the sec
tons have been considered. Upwards OF
five hundred amendments have been made
to the bill, many of them are Of verbal