New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-11-02

INTERNAL REVENUE CASE-MR. BoTTS'S VIEW
OF THE SITUATION IN yIRGrNIA-THE CON-
FIsCATIoN CAsES-THE DEMOCRATIC EXECU-
! TIVE COMMITTEE.
! TRIBUNE
WASHINGTON Friday, Nov. /, 1867.
The Joint Committee on Ordnance met to-day, and
appointed a subcommittee, consisting Of Senator
Cameron Gen. Schenck and Gen. Logan, to complete
the examination of the contracts made by the Ord
nance Bureau of the Navy Department Capt. WISE
Chief of Ordnance, and other witnesses will be
amined on Monday The Committee expects soon to
examine the cases of the manufacturers of small
arms whose contracts arbitrarily annulled by
! the War Department entailing upon them in many
cases severe losses An investigation into the cost
and serviceability of the heavy ordnance on our
forts and war vessels is also contemplated.
difficulty has arisen between Gen. Dyer, Chief OF
Ordnance in the War Department, and Thomas Tay-
lor, late master-mechanic in the Arsenal here.
about the invention of the proectile now in use for
heavy artillery. Mr.. Taylor holds the patent for this
projece. but Gen. Dyer claims priority of invention
A few weeks since Taylor discharged from en-
poyment for refusing to assign his patents to tho
! Government without compensation. He has petit
toned the Ordnance Committee for redress.
Gen. s. NJ. Bowman, Acting Assessor of the Thirty
second Internal Revenue District of New-York.
some time since assessed the New-York Gold Board,
the Stock Exchange the Mining Board, and the Open
Board of Brokers' upon their net gains for the past
four years After hearing the arguments of counsel
he adhered to his position and closed the cases, and
notified the several Boards to pay the taxes by
a certain day. The officers of these organizations
expressed themselves willing to pay any lawful tax
the Government might impose, but claimed that they
should at least have fair play. The carried
ON appeal to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
and Col Olcott has appeared and argued them today
claiming exemption for the Boards from tax, on the
ground that under the last clause of Section 6S Of the
act of July J. 1862, organizations like those in ques
ton protected as manfestly incompatible with
the intent" of the act there being gains or profits
to assess, marketable stock, and dividends the
whole income being derived from subscriptions end
all appropriated to defray current expenses. Tho
probability is that the objections of counsel will DO
sustained, and the exception granted. This decision
affects not only all Stock and Gold Boards in the
country but all purely voluntary associations
as libraries clubs and Masonic and similar bodies
John Minor Bolts of Virginia arrived here this
morning. He takes avery respondent view of the
political condition of Virginia. He thinks that the
whites of Virginia are disposed to prescribe negroes
for voting in favor of Convention, and says that
numbers of the latter have been discharged by their
white employers in the cities well in the cOun-
try. The negroes Mr.. Bolts SAYS. are forming CO.
operative societies. and their determination is not to
WORK TOT tuOSe WHO nave lHeL1 WHICH
shall be demand for labor.
Gen. Grant issued an order yesterday granting one
weeks leave of absence to all the clerks connected
with the War Department who wish to go home to
vote at the approaching election. In accordance
with this large number of clerks left last evening
for New-York
In the Supreme Court Of the District of Columbia
to-day Mr.. Merrick in behalf of the defendants in
the case of The United States agt. Cornelius Boyle
and II. B. Tyler 1.-THE suit having been brought to re-
cover confscated property, submitted a motion to
amend the writs of error by striking ont the name
of ChiefJustce Chase and inserting that of Chief
Justice Cartier. The Court denied the motion, and
overruled the writs The object of the writs to
carry the cases from the Supreme Court of the Dis
trict of Columbia to the District Court of the United
States for the District of Columbia. The cases will
now be taken directly TO the Supreme Court of tho
United States 1t is probable however, that they
may be disposed of in another form before action can
be taken by this Court, recently the original own
ers who lost their property by participation in the
Rebellion, have entered suits of ejectment against
the purchasers, at the conscaton sales, which suits
have matured and are now ready for trial.
The National Democratic Executive Resident COM
mittee met at the Metropolitan Hotel to-day. All
the members were present, together with a number
of specially invited gentlemen. The general state Of
the country and the prospects of the Democrats in
the November elections freely discussed. An
address to voters at the elections to be held during
the present month was adopted calling upon them 10
unite with them in laborng for the success of the
Democratic party. The Committee have extended n
special invitation to the National Democratic Gen
eral Committee to meet them at the Metropolitan
Hotel at noon on Thursday next The Committee,
after free interchange of views on the situation,
adjourned until next Thursday at noon.
Lieut. Commander VIM. Il. Gushing sailed from
the Navy Yard, last evening, in command of tho
United States steamer Maumee, for China and Japan
The Maumee is TO be attached to the China squadron
but her special business will be to look after tho
pirates who infest the waters of China and Japan,
and who have been committing serious depredations
of late upon unarmed merchantmen The Maumee
is light draft steamer, corTying six guns and
il is thou ght that she will be particularly adapted TO
pursuing the piratical craft mp the shallow rivers
where they are in the habit of fleeing when pursued
by a an-of-war. Commander Cushing will be re-
membered as the officer whose daring exploit re-
suited in the destruction of the Rebel ram Albemare
He is the youngest acknowledgements in the
navy.
BY order of the President A. r. Coggshall, esq,
was to-day appointed special agent of the Treasury
Department with instructions to proceed immedi-
ately to the Southern States TO examine the several
collection districts
There have recently been shipped from the Wash
ington arsenal over 200 muskets TO the Ordnance
Agent in NewYork City, and nearly 100 gun carriages
and Morton wagons and also ordnance stores to the
indianapolis arsenal.
The new camp TO be located by Gen. Crittenden in
the Valley of Sonyta east of Tubac in the Depart
ment of California, has been named after that