Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-17
FROM WASHINGTON,
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ton OF munitions of war into Mexico Adjourned.
FROM WASHINGTON.
DEBTS OF THE LOYAL STATES.
WAS MAsHIN@sToN, GRO Feb: l6-Ihe report made to the
from the Select Committee on the debts of the loyal
States, includes data upon the subject from ali the
States excepting California, oregon and Nevada
The total of such debts so far as aqcertaaed is
Si6 1854 6i The reports of Governors of States were
not exact @ or in full but approximate, and it is be-
neVed that the total amount is not less than $475
GO00OO. The debts of the States reported are as
ysTon Sss Nfn MassaaSuspefs aShmpihiFs 81 $S3S
& Rhode y Island s. s. 500 ~ connsctcut. $78s65l
PsM yGrai N'T DoIsTaTyS IIsEISy
MaryIsnd As; Western ri Virsinia s256SS0S s2690S
I Miebrs6 {aSsPn S2@$$5 @isss6:n i1S $S
Minnesota, $2,5lSt86l; Iowa. 81 200 600; Missouri
$99,446575; Kentucky, $2,l5O,537; Kansas. $SlS00O
taxation or by individuals The COMMITTEES recon-
mend a reimbursement of States in part upon the
basis of the proportions of men furnished by such
State. 1t was deemed too burdensome to the general
Government to require more than fractional REIN.
credit Twenty-Five per cent. of the average exneT-
diture throughout the loyal States $55 for each
man furnished, is recommended. This would pro-
duce the amounts set forth in the following bill:
- Whereas, the States that furnished troops to the
Union army during the late war were subjected TO
very heavy expenses, amounting iii the aggregate to
$Ho.UO.Wo. alarge proportion of which has assumed
the form OF oppressive debt and whereas THE entire
outlay was made for the common of the Union
and therefore constitutes an equal claim the COM
mon Treasury Of the Nation, therefore be by
the Senate and House of REPRESENTATIVES of America
In Congress assembled that there shall he reimbursed
by the United States to each of the States that fur
nished troops to the Union army and aIao TO the
several Territories and the District of Colum6ia d
sum equal to fifty FIVE dollars for each man duly en-
listed into the military or naval service OF the
United States during the Iato war, the total
number being reduced to uniform standard ofthree
years Servie TIC the State of Maine for SOS SOS
men % ~ I5 TO to the State of New Hampshire for
n Sfota og W.. =
29052 men, $l.59L860 to the State of Massachusetts
for men, Sc 81 40 to the State of Rhode Island
for 1889 men, S3 30: to the State of Connecticut
for 50,54 men, $2,77B2i0 to tho state of New York
for Sl o6 men. 500 993 go; to the State of New Jcr
sey ior 5o S2 masn to the State Of Pennsyl
aware for Q.303 men. $56665 to the State of Mary
land for 4OOa2 men, s. S 00; to the state of West
6be 9r 'C5 men &c., to IT. the ns Snss &C. Of
9f Indiana, for 522 men, $685. to the the
to the State Of Wisconsin 7S9S5 men. S4Siil75; 10
the state OF Minnesota 1859 men 81 9SZ l25; to the
fate OF 4SE9 S o o. s2 en g m m$5Q0 to the STATE of
tacky 703i5 p,en s. S59 10; TO the State Of Kansas
9654 men ssi go to the State Of Tennessee 12
men, $402S sos; to the State of Nevada Ola men Sill
$50 to the State of Oregon. 5s1 men, SS 955; to the
Territory of Washington, S95 men, 1922; to The
Territory Of Nebraska, $50 men $4,000 to the Ter
rltory OF Colorado l,762 $90,90: the Terri
New Mexico, l.0ll men, %556Q5.
The amounts to be thus reimbursed shall be in re-
gstered Bonds of the United States of mot less than
$1,000 each, bearing interest at the rate of per cent
per annum, payable semi annually in lawful money
and d at the pleasure Ct the United States
July l 1896 and interest thereafter shall be payable
Oh tne it ay "I 3ahaaTy apd lst day Of July each
redeemable out OF monies to be hereafter appropTa
ted by Congress.
Section g. Each Bond issued in pursuance Of this
act shall have plainly printed or engraved
thereon the the words following, viz: ''The Bonds Of
which this Is one, are issued by the State of
---. in full disbursement for expenses in
CURED by said State in war for the Union
Said bonds are negotiable until after the 1st day of
July, a u. 1885, and then only ppon the endorsement
OF the oVernor OF the State and said bonds are ac
ceptahe by State in full payment of all claims for
the Union either by the State or BY any municipsI
corporation within the State.
Section l. Inc bonds authorized hy this act shall
not be delivered to any State until the Legislature
thereof has formally consented to accept them on the
terms contained in the third section and mon sncb
consent being properly certified to tho Secretary of
the Treasury by the Governor of any State the Sec
rotary SHALL the Governors receipt therefor issue
10 sGch state It's proper amount OF bonds as provided
in the first section of this act but the conditions
contoned in the third section shall not be construed
to exclude any demand or claim which can be cred
tied and paid under any law in force at the time of
the approval Of this act.
Section S. The Secretary of State shall forward to
the Goyernor OF each State certified copy OF this
act within thirty days from the date of approval and
the Secretary of the Treasury hereby charged with
ON motion Of Dir. Blaine. recommitted and ordered
to be printed.
COMPUTATIONS BY THE SENATE.
The 5oliowing nominations were confirmed in ex-
ecuge session Of the Senate to-day: To be Consul at
StPet9rsbgrg; George Poumty. of Iowa, at Leshorn;
J. Dickinson, of Indiana. at Laguayra; Charles II.
Lehr, of Pennsylvania, at Valparaiso Ambrose W.
New York, at Panama, VIM b. Little, of Nevada.
at Boulogne; John D. La Montague, of Nav York,
at at ,f ,Ffrlnce EdTaTds Island; Jos. CoweII. Of Me-,
Augustus Garfield, Of New Jersey, at Bang Kak:
George B. B9sworth, Of New York, at Bahia; Richard
Page, of Iowa. at st. Domingo; Paul T. Homes Of
New Jersey, James Hadwell, to be Collectors of In
ternal Revenue for the Sixth District of Kenfuekv
fSF tine Sixth DTGt 5T qf kenPPoky be Deputy
Grant, a. Covington, Kentucky; Cornelius A. Wa
born, at Philadelphia; Fabius Wood, at Columbus,
Ohl0 Ed~ari .. Cleveland, at Hartford, Connecti-
cut Nehemiah D. Spfe;rry, at New Haven, Con
qthsr cda1s for for Be the Td % Ghoss
NavaI-Henry 7, Gleason Of Indiana, to be second
lieutenant in the Marine Corps Passed Assistant
Surgeon A w. IL. Hawkins, to be a Surgeon in the
Navy; George e. Thurston to be third lieutenant in
the Revenue service Thomas J. Drake to be Associ-
ate Justice for the Territory of Utahi Charles L.
Hanstead of Utah, to be United Statea Attorney for
Utah; Isaiah Hosmer of Utah, to be United States
Marshal of Utah; Z. E. Douglass of Alabama to be
United states Marshal of the Northern District of
Alabama
DELEGATION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS.
Inc deLtgaS0n OF Photographic artists represent
ing several of the larger cities of the Union are still
in Washington, seeking such changes in the existing
revenue laws as will supercede the necessity of ax-
ing stamps to their photographs and other produc
tons of the art. They represent that nasmuch as
the use Of stamps has resulted in serious damage to
pictures defacing and diEcolOring them it is man
ey the duty of Congress 10 deliver the petitioners
by substituting acceptable way of contribut-
ing to the National Treasury.
ARRIVAL OF GEN. LEE IN WASHINGTON.
General Robert Z. Lee arrived here to-day and is
stopping at the Metropolitan Hotel The Lexington
virginia m P1 hare 10
appear as a witness upon the reconstruction com
mittee.
IMPORTS OF HIDES.
In response to application to-day Secretary
McCulloch has decided that no general permit can
be granted to importers of hides and that before a
cargo can be removed from a vessel undoubted evil
dence be produced that the hides have not been
taken from animals that have died from the effects
of the cattle scourge