The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-02-12
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w ashingtOn News and Gossip.

" ASHINGTON, February ll.-A reward of
$4,000 is offered By the Treasury Depart
me Mt for the arrest of William Lee, alias
Gf5orge Parker, an alleged defaulter. He Is
TIE clerk who stole and decamped, few
Gays since, with some S64,000 Of the public
funds.
The impeachment business Is silly going
on. Mason, the Chairman of the Committee
to-day attempted to get before the House
q resolution appropriating $4,000 for de-
traylng the expenses of examining
matters now before the Committee II Is
understood that the money asked for by
Mr.. wilson, Is to be used for the payment
OF witness fees accruing In private and
preliminary examination of the inpeach-
ment charges now progressing.
They are still tinkering at the Tariff bill.
esterday they Knocked off several items :
To-day they piled on cigarettes, cigars and
cheroots, Of all descriptions, made Of to-
bacco, or any substitute therefor, the mar
ket value of which, including tax, Is not
over SIS per 1000, a tax of 81 per LOCO, when
exceeding IS per 1000. market value in
eluding tax, II tax of S5 per 1000. Hats.
| caps aud bonnets of all descriptions 2 per
cent. d9 Udlorsm.
Butchers, apotheoaries confectioners,
| plumbers and gas filters, whose annual sales
exceed s25,OO0, shall pay, in addition to the
special tax now required by law, one dollar
for every thousand dollars in excess of the
S20,OOO. On all sugars produced from su-
gaI-cane, and not from sorghum or imphee,
or other than those produced by the re-
finer, a tax OIL per cent. per pound on re-
| fined sugars, and on the products of sugar
reilnGrs, not including sirup or molasses Il
tax of per cent. al UdlOreB.
! To-day, again, in the House, the New
Orleans riots matter came up and with it
the bill inauguratinga new civil State Gov-
| ernment in Louisiana. IL was presented
with the understanding that it had been
approved by large number of Republic
can members, and that it should form the
basis of II general bill for reorganizing all
OF the Southern States. twill pass, prob
ably tomorrow.
Prominent Senator'S and members were
assured to-day that the President is ready
| to meet them half way in agreeing on a
| plan for the reconstruction of the Southern
| States. They were also informed that he
would probably publish an address or let
ter embodying his views. He is getting
shaky.
Memorials are again pouring in from the
l West to Congress against the contraction
of the currency. Nearly every Western
member receives some by every mail. They
are all in the National Bank interest-the
S20,000,000 bonus which those institutions
are receiving from the Government being
the "bone of contention"
foendloT5 OdulSDuTy anu dIcs nave JOIN
ed the Congressional Temperance Society
and are expected to speak at its next meet
ing.
Special to the Cincinnati Commercially
In the Senate Mr.. Chandler made fierce
attack upon the President, which attracted
great deal of attention, and seemed to Gre
ate quite an impression upon the Senate
The Senate tabled his resolution directing
the Judiciary Committee to inquire if Mr.
johnson had any right to appoint PrOvisi-
nal Governors. This was done on the appeal
of Mr.. Fessenden, asking the Senators moi
Icto commit themselves, by investigation OIL
otherwise, to the expression or formation
Of an opinion respecting the guilt or inno-
cence of the President. From the tone
of his speech it is evident that Mr.. Fessen.
den believes the House will present article,
of Impeachment for the Senate TO try. TIL,
yeas and nays were not called upon the
motion to table the resolution, Twenty
eight were counted In the Affirmative. The
negatives were not counted. Messrs. Trum-
bull, Sherman, PomerOy, Fessenden, Grimes
and several New England Senators stood
up with those In favor OF the motion to lay
upon the table. Messrs. Wade, Brown
Chandler and Howard were among those
who kept their seats, and may therefore be
considered as having voted in favor of the
investigation proposed by Mr.. Chandler
and against the motion to table.