, 1870-02-11
WASHINGTON.
the Mississippi Bill Before
the Senate.
Whiskey Men Clamoring Tor
Amendments to the
Revenue Laws.
Hork On the General Appropri-
alton Bill In the House.
The New Bounty Bill.

The New Bounty Bill.
epecsA Despatch 70 TIE Chicago Tribune
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.
TER NEW BOUNTY HtlL
u under consideration by the SeD1'e Military !!
Committee II WAS pct through the House |
and 1t Ia probable that lot : DOZEN
members OF tnst body know suythinR about the
xneature 1t Ia In the form Of h:li 10 coustrne
and declare the nesclug oi The third SECTION cf
The act Of Argus. 1861, and provides as fouoWs:
u That every rou~eomNlatiotea oLc=r. ntslc!ans
wagner, artl1cer, or prisa1e..of volunteers, en-.
listed OF Mustered ia bJ shsue OF the
proclamation Of the T1eEldent o1
Tie CEited States aud general orders Of
War Department. dated May 4 and May ea, 1851,
tEsued in accordance herewith, pror to JalS 2,
1861, ena.1 bc paid the aiIo~atce Of one hundred
dollars provided hy tait rroc.aDa.ion ard ge1-
e1al orders In al cafes where such ponconnlS-
a!ortu officer, musician, wasoher, hftoctr, or
prtva1. were hoaoraol5 discharged Of nnstered
out Of service By competent authority; a7d in ali
cases where such rcr.comtnAAioned afllee1t mt
6tc!sn, at7tncef, or pt!TAte has died stuCe euc1
discharge II rus:er out, the same shau be paid
10 his WIDOW, chEd!eu, or la:ntr OF mother.
in the order herein named and the widow, chill
drer, or father ana mother Of any to1d'er who En-
l.:ed for a !css period than CLe year, 3no VINO
iyas Etltd or died Il the service, shall be entitled
10 receive tie same kounues a. naFe been pro-
weed t.y .aE where The soldier enlisted for tEo
rca.t." JuEt how much npnfy this measure will
saAe out o. tho TrttE1rJ no one car tell A par
1ial Ind ILLOGICAL caicnistloa made 1t the War
Derarsnept shows that the alnoans cAunot be
les. th,u two nil,cnA Of doila-s, srd Ea1 be over
tr1ee millions. sprat persons, who have looked
into tkc question, EAT that the aggregate Will te
even greater than tbls last cRutc.
THE wnlsKEY 1F1KREs1.
The Waya and Means Committee heard dele.
knton Of whtskeJ ncu, who wish tie time e1-
tended Tor taking whtskey out OF bond. Ths time
A ION ooe year. and the5 want IT n1ed ~ three
years. They argue that hne whitke3s are not III
for market Till the5 o1e three yearE oe. aIf tne:E
withdrawal At the expiration Of ono year, ia en-
furced under the psesel. Ia IL eteaslS de,rnen'
tM to ths owners. The delegation represent that
tnerr are th.rteeu mullons Of Hallana Of this
Ehilkey IN bold, AID that he payment
Of tax, before the article can be Placed on the
marker, VIII yearly CT qulte rain the rrodncesa
They al.o nsE The committee to anleld The Iatef-
nal Reyenue law 20 tnas the tAI Oh distilled sp'E-
its shall he coec.ed oy direct tax Al the place
nf manufacture suf1cen: 10 cover the present di-
rect tsx fpeclaf ta1, tRugef tsI, Icc:i6trs tai,
tar on ekleR, Rud Inspectors f.es, 10 that Whea
:be InrilE leave the dist1llely there shall be no
further trouble as.out the 1nattes- TIE commit
tee viii formally tuAt up lhe Tx his ta-uo'row
and % Oh to conalder there and ctlef questions
boxing to changes.
THE GE>EKAL AUTHORIZATION BILL
haA fairly got before the uouhe md the debate to.
dty wal quite spnited ard a. times wholly DIS
graceful. Mtlsfs. Cox, Butler nnd Fafn4xorth,
wete ali very sharp AID their pkrsohsA,!ea were
greatly relshed BY the Eslef,es AID many uem
betF. a. such thiugs always arc. COZ got so aogr1
nj DuucrI rcto1t, that Tie epIthet Of "shoo. ny!'
will be Asely for tie time to take the place o
SuhAet, Its pIetent nckL1nie. CeAsDa WAA IN TIT
chnir, but did nothing 10 check The slang Bnc
y1tupeTa:1ou OF the msnbe1D. and Dawes WA
1tAls} Obliged 10 rise anu demand The enforce
mcnt Of lae ru!eA Of order. The gratifying
feature d tho da3's proceedings Taa that tht
Iloutc s;,od nob!} bY nawes and his commitse,
for economy and retrtnchment- Tho princlpa
CONTEXT var Gu the qreatlon Of Capitol police, TIL
expense ct which u more thAu tea u1a.s ~ gEea
.at It waa ten years aGu Butler stood up 10
<nl1gk about ii they now arc, while the commit
-tee Recommended q reduction Of at least ont
fourth. They were sustained, after lobg debate
by mere than four 10 one OF the members ptesen,
CLAIM kElEcTLp.
The House Military Committee to-da
.ttected the claim OF tho eo
called National Guards Of Tcnuessee 10
compensation By the GeIeral Government. on Ii
ground that there u no evidence OF se.T1ce
Tnrth mnrn than xhst tney 1ece,yed at tne Tim
fher re1~ cs,,rd mt nv HurnAtoe. so,,e of III
Trnne.s~r teiepa.,on mar try tn kaxr ,ha NIL I'm
thcy hafa no chance for snccets with the COMM,
Tee aEslnst thetn-
7uH sAIE OF c4pkrsu1ra
The comInlttee did not do anything to-day L
<he itout,y atout the ka)e of nAyy ARD ,u1ltar
cadetsnps, because no Witnesses were present
GEORGIA.
can.rs, rxrv r<acnr, nrrr t,om t,ao-,a, .u
n.o ;cnv mr. xun 1he rrrk,d.nt .hont ar.,,
.dorn theTr. me prrstaent t.r.s occ ,,,no n n
w.. ~ sI ,,. .a -s a.es a,o,e S!oa a ~ ~
- - ~ sF.AN'1 "e's
aDtut Inc fl3nt OF tne st4te 10 eIect new eenatoF
Thar Il 4 question with which he las nothing
do snl he aoes not Intend to foseztal1 o., 1n1uenc
<oe oecnlon OF tne seha'e Haen IL comes 10 o'
bate The question whether Hi and KILLER are, {
are not, entitled to seats He approves Ii
1nx 1o1 n roxscIs,rv rsvs77o.-,os
AZ. n.sn. 49, 49, ".,.... -, ss'...n..
Tne banHng Committee examined Geoef'
morning a To hn kpos Wedge Of the gold CO,
.1ir,cv' and on,sired ,o,ne t,nnn-tsnt ey1dence
sf1ss - - ..% 1 ,. r a. -. :.
70 tne euolt ol t1e nlE 10 lntpsse .oe fteAoe
4nd his lAmny II thelf &cheGet.
NEW cAxckl11xa srAHr.
Coumisksope, ptlano has, upon recommend
ron ~ . ron,nte.,on ,,h,ch he annointco. dec5o
to prescribe the ufc Of Wheeler1 cancelllng atAs
after May l, in place Of ,ho rboos stamp now
lowed to be uked. The ofues does not Gupefae
me nrrsanr couuyon method or caucelluE.
v.nrn,n r,xo
49,. na.r v,.,
ine Atoauon q FAea 1esAt ot Sen.ta' !- DIV
Pacific Ralroad. 1 organizing for anothcf dtf7
Gle In the Senate 10 obtain a sub8idy for the ad
uonA hundred ard nnJ miles OF tnas road-
TIE sATAl DEFICIENCY ELL,
hs1eau o. eo1sae'po nsa Ens.nres ~ e. e. Aoa,
PAstu y sue rsnaN'' ~ s,es stss