The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-03-31
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Gen. Hancock In WashlngtOn-The
Order Assigning Him to Duty-Su-
DFeme court Decisions.

Gen. Hancock In WashilgtOn-The
Order Assigning Him to Duty-Su-
pFeme Court Decisions.
WASHINGTON, March 30.-SecFe- :
tary Stanton has issued, In the form
of a general order, the act Of Congress
amendatory Of an act passed March
21st, 1867, to provide for the more
efficient government OF the rebel
States. 1t is accompanied by note
by the Department of State, saying:
" The foregoing act having been pre-
sented TO the President for his ap
proval, and net having been returned
by him within the time constitution
ally prescribed, it has become a law
without his approval.
Gen. Hancock has returned to this
city, and will, it is thought, soon Issue
a general order assuming his new
command. He was with the Presi-
dent for some time this morning.
The following is the order assigning
Gen. Hancock TO duty in the Division
of the Atlantic:
HEADo'Rs ARMY. ADJ'r GEN s OFFIcE,)
WAsHINGTOS, ID. O..
March 2s, 1858.
sGESERAL4oHDER no. ~.
BY the direction of the President of the
United states, Major General w. >. Han
cock is relieved from command OF the
Fifth Military District, and assigned to the
Iantic. created by General Orders No. 10, Of
February Il, 1868.
By co nmand Of General Grant.
Ell TOWNsEND, A. A. G.
The second Committee of Confer
ence on disagreeiDg to the amend
ments to the bill to exempt certain
manufacturers from duty, etc, have
agreed upon a report, which it Is
thought will be adopted by the two
Houses.
They alter, the whisky sections. so
as to infiict Imprisonment and fine
upon all distillefs, Government off
GERS and others connected with or
colIudiug IN frauds, and forfeit the
distillcries In such cases. The other
punishments are stricken out. One
of the Committee says that the Gov.
ernment contractors for machinery,
etc, have not been benefited by the
change in the bill
Ferry, Of Michigan, one of the Gem
mittee, advocated an amendment, that
unmanufactured lumber be exempted
from tax on sales, aud Brooks urged,
in behalf of consumers, that -four
should also be thus exempted. The
report so provides, and those articles
will therefore remain free as under
he present law.
Major General Thomas, Col VIM.
6. Moore, Private Secretary of the
President, and other witnesses, were
at the capitol to day, waiting to be
called.
The Supreme Court to-day gave an
opinion in case from Massachusetts
involving the question Of State tax on
deposits in a Savings Bank. The
points are simiia7 to those IN the Con
necticut decision, namely, that the
tax can be imposed on deposits in
such institution, no matter In what
form invested.
WASHINGTON, March 30.--In the
report of Saturdays House proceed
iugs, the argument of Williams, Of
Pa, against The Alabama BILL got
mixed with the remarks of Bingham,
of Ohio. who advocated it. Viii
Iams' remarks, attributed to Bjng-
ham. commence where ne says: " /
cannot shut my eyes to the fact that
this Government was built By white
men, on Ideas peculiar to that race,
and continue to the close Of what ap-
pears to be Bingham's speech
In the Supreme Court case No. 55,
Frederick F. Jones, ct al, appellant.
Us. Milwaukee & Minnesota r. r.
appealed from the Circuit Court of
the United States for the District Of
Wisconsin, Justice Nelson delivered
the opinion of the Court reversing
the decision of the said Circuit Court,
with costs, and remandiDg the case
for further proceedings. in conform
ity to the decree Of this Court.
Justice Miller dissenting to No. S,
the original erporte Of the Milwaukee
q Minnesota II. r. Co petitioners,
Justice Nelson delivered the opinion
of the Court denying the petition for
a nldndGn1us. t.
No. 84-The Fitna Insurance Com
pany, plaintiffs in error, VS.. Samuel
II. Webster, IN error, to the Circuit
Court of the United States. for the
Eastern District of Michigan. The
Chief Justice delivered the opinion
Of the Court, affirming the judgment
of said Court, with costs.
No. 156-Williamson Wright, plain