Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-05-18
The Revenue Bill.


New YORK, May III CLEAN from the
Washington special dispatches to the morn
ing papers the following:
The House has made good progress in the
consideration of the Revenue bill, and near
ly finished all that part of the bill referring
to licenses. The action of the House in re-
gard to the tobacco tax is looked forward
to with good deal of interest by manu-
facturers, who are represented by several
delegations from New York and the west.
A sharp fight will be made on the amend
ments proposed by Mr.. Schenck, which
make the duty on cigars ad valorem in
stead of specific, as at present. Mr..
Schenck's amendments are in opposition to
the views OF tile Ways aud Means commit
tee, and also of the Revenue Office, but will
undoubtedly be sustained by aconsiderable
portion OF the western delegations. . p.
The Merchants Bank Invcstiga-
.. .. tiOn.
The investigation of the Merchants Ma
tlonal Bank affairs, shows that interest at
the rate Of per cent. per annum has been
paid on the balances of some of the disburs-
ing officers and agents who kept their ac-
counts in that bank. This interest was
drawn by .an outside party, who claims it as
compensation from the bank for securing
to the institution their deposits, but who, it
is believed, was common agent for them
all. The sum total thus to be drawn is
$4,000.
Col. PauIdinG Arrested.
Col. Paulding has been put under arrest,
the evidence taken by the military board
complicating him to a very serious extent
in the improper deposit of over 100000 in
the broken bank.
Anotice has been issued from the Comp
ltroller of the Currency this evening" to the
note-holders of the Venango National Bank
of Franklin, Penn, and Washington, ID. c.,
to forward the bills of these institutions for
redemption. .st at.-t. t..t.at
Pension Examining Surgeons.
The following gentlemen have been ap-
pointed Examining Surgeons of the PEN
sion Office: DIR. James E. Sutton, Hallana,
Mich; DR.. VIM. Headley, Danville, Indi-
ana, and DIR. Samuel IL. Wells, Georgetown,
Delaware. ..., ...... .... ..t
Gen. Spinner 10 Resign.
Gen. Spinner thinks OF resigning bis Of
flee of United States Treasurer and accept
ing the Presidency of N. Y. Insurance
Company. sAt'' 20 '-
/ or miscellaneous Items.
I A Washington special says: The House
committee on Banking has under cOnsidera-
tion a bill to exempt from taxation all Gov
ernment bonds in the possession of National
Banks. FrnEr u Ga C4e's -
The investis isation concerning Davis
completely in the assassination plot pro-
ceeds slowly. y @''' N-a
Questions 10 be Decided.
Among the important questions to be de-
cided by the board of managers of the Ma
tional Asylum for disabled volunteer SOL
diers, are the number of asylums to be es-
tablished and where located, what kind of
buildings shall be erected, what officers
shall be appointed, and what their duties
shall be. Secretary Stanton is of the opn-
ion that the unclaimed and forfeited pay of
the army, which now belongs to this asylum,
amounts to nearly $6,0O0000. .H4A*EE
1 The Colorado Bill.
The HeraId's special says: No one ex-
poets. the Colorado admission bill to pass
over the veto, and Senators elect from that
Territory will soon leave for their Western
homes, sadder but wiser men. B4ssa.sas