Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-03-21


Iolowlng words; And from and after the close OF
the present fiscal year the annual salary of the drec
Tor OF Ine fhiadenhla Mint shall be 81 000 and the
annual salaries the treasurer, assayer melter and
reiner shall be $500 each; the salary of the assist
ant assayer shall be $4,000 and the annual salaries Of
clerks now receiving 81 500 shall be 200 and those
now receiving 81 500 shall receive ST 500 "A'
Mr.. Washburne objected to increasing salaries in
this special department
The House agreed to strike out the words as riven
Yeas 49, nays As. The amendment striking ont S15
0OO for the ashlngon police telegraph was agreed
to. The bill was then passed.
BATTLE-FIELD MAPS,
Mr.: Lawrence, OF Ohlo, offered a resolution in
structing the Committee Military Affairs TO in
cure INTO the expectancy Of providing by law for the
fields of the rebellion; which was agreed to-
HABEAS CORPUS.
The House then took up the bill heretofore con-
sldered, to amend an act relating to hoJeas corDMs
and regulating judicial proceedings in certain cases
It provides for the transfer to United States Courts
OF all suits brought against United States officers for
arrests and imprsonments made during the war
MI Rogers, of New jersey, denounced the bill as
diabolical and outrageous and proceeded to defend
the democratic party from the charges of dsloyaity
made against it by the gentleman from New York
INT. Conkl!ng) on yesterday.
MT. CARRIED, OF Ohio, said that he knew of case
IN hentucky where man had been arrested for act
ing under his tGarfelds ORDERS in capturing band
Mr.. Harding asked Mr.. Garfield to give the name
OF the officer he had just alluded to.
MT. fairfield will give the gentleman no infor-
nation which will place the boodhounds of secession
on his track.
Mr.: Harding.-I will ask the gentleman another
N oK what court was that officer indicted in
pending bill affected affairs in his State lie was
Eia 4 10 pear that the gentleman who preceded him
had declared that tine democratic party would sustain
the officers and soldiers of the Union; but the trouble
MAS that they never found anything to sustain
lhere were now, he said, thirty-fye hundred eases
pending IN the State courts of Kentucky. against Of
hcers and soldiers who had, by orders from the Pres
dent and down through Department Commanders.
aIttsieH ana inprlSoned citizens OF Kentucky He
ntu ioI Tue passage OF an act on behalf OF his State
MneIe l'S Leglsature mad dlSGrmln9ted in favor Of
,er in i% "snsS ioSaE. Inc only Two men who
"cIe III PRISON Io-uay n hentucky-ln this time Of
% meIe ederal OllcerS' VINO mad been indicted
NJ Gf iII9 io iu 'lLtStS wHlch they had made.
that viii VIII g iifo Iae Gentleman no clue
~ inc lie aGd property OF my friend.
L9HnguC Gap!iiausG.
~ MI: niiih' Of kentucky, proceeded to show that
me rebels IN kentucky were endeavoring to obtain
The eiectiopS onT c2itd @ | suerraS carried
willing to 90 as far as any one and sd % ne was
ME II von viii % any Ue, anu say 70 these PEG
bafbf n w o t yourselves we VIII bury the
stances: but if thew must have oe %Io cio 1
tuckv Union sodier go t,,o III; l iuot' no Mem
nv. TAppIausei u '"4'4ou las "'oh u inc enc
Mr. Smith related a case vbara On ot+or,+ 1l
been made by retI1rnoJ bI ~ an attePE iad
KentncIv sat" Snt ie'ei u 'SSaSslnte mon
IF This state of tbiDrS ,ros - mn, +i,
"Iav on MocI,,H 81 49, ~ ue, ne would say,
hold enonrbi;S r. n"IoS 0' NC lio WHO AISt cries
Mr., Ross Of IIIinnis nnnosod +bo I'LL - a..
ground thai If evemntad fr6,n nI oI trto
GERS who had been mil, Of n,,t many OH
smile e'' VI 0"'i"s's " sldIhS petty
Mr. Nno1y IF TII;pois ,Ioro,j h. go. u
when il was ordered ~ thi ,.ao Geole oh lne p
WeaS 1i5 UiIeieo " InIro readlng and passed
The novS yrnra &c r,I1o,r- NJ A.,
gen, Bower BrGols CbsnI CffL fnHcOha, bGr
5rijoa 5,ils,sro1a, NIIaii1l GpLoEin' lawson FL
Of KY Hube Of YYr0J JGs Ge r iReP maGFiR1
Y. Jones, Kerr, LeBIond Marshall McCniINncb
Nicholson Randall IF pa P;ft ~ ~ SuilI u
Stcreayes Strouse Tohar rTbornta ~, A'oS'i
W;nSoid 81 i''''NNe' A""ol' InoIHtol' 1fmpIe anu
"ihneiu o.
TAXING MONEY.
Mr.; Conlli4g, CReol of New York from the Ways
and Means Committee, reported bill declaring
money on nand not exempt from taxation. Mr..
Conhilng sad the committee reported the bill to
meet very strange construction of law in Ohio
WheTe ne assessor OF the State had doubts their
right 10 tax as money on hand legal tender notes.
Mr.. Spaldng, tRepD Of Ohio, said that he supposed
no member on the floor believed that the faith of the
uoEerhment was pledged to exempt from taxation
niVVIey on manu-
IN Nj stevens Rep OF Pennsyvanla, asked if this
emptQn OF Government bonds, etc, from municipal
or STATE taxation!
. Mr. CQnkllng thought not. lie could see no obec-
u0n to the States taxing money on hand money.
Mr. Stevens said he wanted to see if we could pass
Ihls Dill without violating the public faith. He read
from the law under which the Iegal-enders were is
sued, Thch 9aid that az treasury notes and bonds,
ana stner obhg2tons OF the United States, shall be
exempt from STATE taXauon lie then read from
ahhGther section OF that law showing that the word
oohSdtioH was uecldred 10 lhciude National curren
Gy United states notes Treasury notes, fractional
when Tinted SIote nntnS M o. raGn sla ina
aTati h r nus wsIe uecared Tree IRON
from taxofion :; e.eS uecIareq 10 pc Tree
ttt taATtlou ~ everybody hands. lie thought
LII me law In iorce settled the question that the
Mr. ConEI;n5 roo iot iaeS +tot ,,,u.
tended to decISre that ,nc, ess lever m
taxed VI A'i'" ss'".0 4iu Ho' W
Mr. Stavans cold bo Sos;roi WA, 81. :. .,
III; HeTens sal4 nc desired more time to consider
Cnmr;fto "a 1r o" oI HotioH' recommtteu TO the
THE CASE OF TFNSresFr
Mr. RAYMOND Of New York ~ a3 hI' L,od n. 1,.
ham when the Joint resolution relating 10 Tennessee
would come up?
Mr. Blng ham, of Ohio, said that it was so far off
that he did not think 1t would come UP for n week
MI Raymond replied that it seemed to him that it
was the most important measure before tie House.
and ought to be discussed.
Mr.. Hulburd, of New York, rose to a personal
e%panatiQ n, and reviewed an attack ON him in the
New Iork tribune Of yesterday relative to his
speech on the loan bill. lie compared Mr. Greely's
0n-to-Spece payments equal to his famous onto
prove as rpnoEs as the other He sent to the Clerks
Gesh TO he read long article froma California news
bbaher, giving an amusing account of MIR. Gireely's
nasty rlae IN stage coach IN that State as llusrat
lng thg haste 81 thaT gentleman; II was read
NJ. 1nseISolli OF IiinolS sad that he hoped the
odderuaeh would not De allowed to go IN the Globe.
IN, DIPLOMATIC EXPENSES.
Inc House then went into Committee Of the Whole
and took up the bill making appropriations for the
for the year ending June So 81. This bill apnro
pirates Tor the salaries of envoy extraordinary min
listers, and commissioners of the United StS,,og =,
Great Britain France, Russia, Prussia Snain AZ "V
trla, Brazil Rannhl" &C NJ exico CHM itri D &
japan etc etc For exnensa. ,,nIo- not1e,
act $50 OOO for the aat nj aaorss dration S5a
eco. Iha bill WAS laid inside Ia ha ,.norted 70 H.
House and tbe Committee tonk nm tba Hi W ;nc
aunronrIstionS for ths aerv loo ~ H. ~
nartmauf for tba fsoof - ~ IN; 5IColuCe De-
isG7 This hiIi snnron t ecu oiu ing pun .! Juhe
portation of mails 50 556 oG0. f c nnIaiiu trans
of Postmasters ST E56 OG0 for for,c;oD tsatlon
$3.50 900 for clerks for nostei nSpQrtatlon,
ment to lettar 80 90 aSiceS, Sl,9NhUOO Tor pay
:. carr, carriers. - VVO:lor postage stamps and
StanPtu en'e SI 1oo tof mail oagS Sl3dQUO for
.uEeIllSlhs; 9N'uWG lnr payment OF balance due to
I9relgn 5uUU; Tor miscellaneous payments
iof the mai steamship service between the
United States ana Brazii S5ONQs tor mail steamship
service between san Francisco Japan and China for
SIX months ending June 80 1867, $26OgOO; for over
ork aHd California, 100000
The Committee rose and reported the above bills
to the House, and the House passed the Postal An
preparation bill. The Consular bill was laid over up
til tomorrow. At P. NJ. the House adjourned.
s-aa--z-
A New YORK MERCHAsF nOEBRD OF TWENTY-FIVE
IHoUsAkD DoLLARs.-We have to chronicle strange
story of the loss of twenty-five thousand dollars, in
bills and bonds, from the pocket of belonging
to heavy business firm in New York. The account
Is on the face of doubtful correctness it seeming
most Incredible that q business man should be so
caarelesS as 10 nave so large an amount OF money
tDnuL ms peTsoh ana IN such place but he Is en-
NJ u 70 tne nearing OF ms story He calls himself
M Hermann wholesale dealer IN millinery and
Ior the past lev months engaged IN tour of the |
southern ana eStern ctleS taking orders for goods