Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-01-07
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REpORTEn FOR THR nAiLY EMpIRE
XXXVlIIth Congress I'd NesSi0n
WAsuiSGroN Jan. 6
SENATE.

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Mr. Sherman from the Finance Committee,
reported buck the petition OF army officers
asking for an iucre ,se Of pay, and naked that
the Committee be discharged and the petition
be referred to the Military Committee Agreed
to
Mr. Trumbull offered resolution, which
was passed, calling upon the Secretary of the
Interior for information as 10 the number ot
pension agents employed by the Government
hos many in each State, under whatlaw eui-
poyed, &c,
Me- TumbuIl called up The dill TO regulate
proceedings in criminal cases relating esprc
ialIy to the punishment OF the crime ul treason,
which was passed Ii provides that when the
oileuse charged be treason, and is q capital
onense, the defendant shall be entitled to
twenty and the United States to Eve peremp
tory challenges on flt; for any other oilense
the United States shall be entitled to two per
emptury challenges, aud the defendant to ten.
Where any person convicted OF an ohense
against the United Saiea shall be sentenced
to imprisonment for period OF longer than
one year, it shall be lawful for the Court 10y
which sentence ~ passed, to order the same
20 be executed in any State Prison, or Pan.
tentiary within the District or State where
such Court is held, the use Of which pri on or
penitenuary is allowed by the Legislature Of
such State Tor such purpose, and the expenses
attending the execution Of the sentence, shall
be paid by the United States.
The act takes feet ON the list Of June,
1868
Mr Wilson called up the bill to drop from
the rolls unemployed officers of the army. The
report Of l6e Military Committee recommend
ling hat il donot pass was read
Mr.. Wilson moved il be indefinitely post
poned.
Mr. Trumbull was sorry that the Committee
on Military Affairs, had come 10 such con
clusion
Mr.. Lane of Indiana, sf,Ae 30 favor Of the
report OF the Committee, and hoRed the Sem
ale wonld net upon its recommendation
Mr.. Wilson taid the facts IN relation 10
every officer could be put into the possession
of the President, ard he conld act upon them
and take the responsibility. lie (Mr Wiison)
did not want the responsibility upon the Con.
gress OF the United States. If the bill was
lpassed as it came from tho House. it would
leave it in the power OF any commanding oil
Ger to secure the dismissal of his suhordinates.
BY the reorganization OF brigades and divis-
ions, officers might be thrown out ot the SER
vice at the expiration OF three months, under
this till
When General was out Of service il was
1.-The Executives duty TO see to the cause OF
his being unemployed. II he was ont OF ser.
vice he ought to be dismissed But as was
frequently the case he was ont because OF the
eaiousy or rivalry Of a superior officer The
Presiden; should so act Hs to do justice to this
officer, and AT the same time lake care of the
interest Of the country. II this bl was
adopted it would give to superiofs The power
L. ;,,F ,uh Il IL 10
by suspeuding them from duty under some
protext or other, knowing that at the expra-
lion Of three months they would be dropped
from the rolls
This power Of dsmssing inferior by supe-
rior officers was very great and ought to be
extended ouly TO corps and army comman-
ders in the field, AMI only that very rarely
There were able officers not in the public ser
? vice today, or VI IN the service in an inferior
] capacity, because of a difference Of opinion or
, rivalry With officers who were their interiors,
s but who have been more fortunate than they
for couple OF years. lie did not believe JUS
y, tice or the good OF the se,vice could be pro.
: NOTED by the passage OF the law from the
House.
Mr. Wilson desired to say that the commit
tee admilte that incompetent officers ought
co be dismissed, he did not think that the fact
of any officer being out OF employment for a
few weeks, was any evidence thgthe ought to
be dismissed. After further discussion, the
yeas and nays were demanded on motion 10
indefinitely postpone, resultng--yeas 28
nays 8 SO the House resolution was indeh-
nlteiy postponed.
Mr sherman introduced bill levyng inter,
nal duties on tobacco. 1t provides for a tax
of twenty cents pound on leaf tobacco, to-
bscco stems aud scraps, aud thirty cents on
tobacco known as stripped, and requires all
r tobacco growers, on or before the FIRST OF Au
gust, to notify the Assistant Assessor OF their
i respective Districts Of the number Of ocres
planted in tobacco, on the forfeit of Eve hun.
dred dollars for ench acre, and before its re.
moval, wheu grown, 10 give notice to the AS
sistsnt Assessor, who shall cause il to be
weighed, marked, branded and numbered; The
r. owners 10 pay the cost of such service Ii
provides further, that such tobscco may he
removed to a bonded warehouse, and with
drawn thereirom for expectation Or manuiac
tuIe on payment OF duty or for consumption
. on rayment Of duty and prescribes a fine oil
$500 and imprisonment for one year, loT
: tAmpel ing with brands or marks IL requires
returns to be made on all manufactured to
bacco on hand on the lst OF July next, 10 the
district assessor Uumanuiaotured tobacco
may be removed from the place Of production
and manufacturers may establish bonded
warehouses, under the regulations prescribed
by the Commissioner Of Internal Revenue,
aud tobacco may be withdrawn from ware.
, houses. manufactured, and returned to the
warehouse again under summarly prescribed
regulators II also provides duty on cav
5 endish, plug and twisted, of ten cents; on 70.
baceo twisted by hand, ten cents on smoking
tobacco, with stems in, aud on fine cut shorts
: five cents on fne cut chewing, ten cents on
smoking, made Of stems, FIVE cents; on snuff
flour, fifteen cents, on snuff not Jickled or