The New York Herald Newspaper, February 26, 1864, Page 2

WHOLE NO. 10,0287 NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. || Y Two Hondred Million of Government Bonds | * to be Placed on the Market, ‘ & The Naval Appropriation Bill Passed |} ~ by the. Houses”: ‘ Position’ of ‘the Whiskey Tax |; e: Gen. Sigel Ordorea tothe Comintina} of West ‘Virginls, # en ne a 2 sai Wasmincron, Feb. 25, 1864, AL MATTRRE—THE LOAN BILL, sted seme exist: in reference to. "Whe loan Dill introduced to- -day. It slightly modifies ‘the’ b le od by allowing the Secretary ‘to issue forties id Of ten-forties, to, the extent of two - imndred » during the present fiscal year, and au. } i @orizes algo the issue of about eleven millions of dve- : twenties the excess of subscriptions to the fve- | ° twenty loaf, It is understood to be the determivation, of... i patel nant tga six per cent bonds of any” < @escription payable in coin. . THB pueeeaippeanarion or SECRETARY CHASE. - &Pamor, urrent here to-day, and’ was telegraphed $ New YorR, announcing that Mr. ‘Chase had resigned, i aad Mr. Hooper, of Massachusetts, had been appointed Mr. Chase’s friends deny that he has any idea of resign- lng. If there should bea change in. the head.ef thie de- Dartment Mr. ‘Hooper will not improbably be called to the Position. THE WHISKEY TAX, ETC. The new Conference Committee of the Senate on thgIn- Bernal Tax bil! are understood to stand two against a © |. ta favor@f taxing whiskey on band, and the House com- | © mittce two in favor apd one against; eo that the commit- | ¢ tee will be equally divided on this question. It is re- @arded ap certain that the two houses will come to a | a: dead jock on this matter, and it will have to be brought | @p de novo by the Committee of Ways and Means. : Tho committee are holding back their other tax bills, | f and sinco'the iF fortune of the Whiskey and Cotton bil) have concluded to perfect the whole system of taxation | 5, and presefit)it in one bill, This will take some ‘timo. A sub committee is meanwhile engaged jn revising and re- } }n ‘rranging #1 the rulcs and regulations of the Internal | © Revenue Bureau. Tt is regarded new as ‘a xettled fact that no byt wih bo | 9 Peesed that does not impose a tax on spirits on hand of, | C et least twenty conte a gallon, which ts tegarded as fair and just, op accgdnt of the increased value given to the | t! article by the imposition of the ,estra tax on all to be Manvfactured, a @BNENAL SIGEL ASSIGNED TO THR DEPARTMENT OF | 2 WEST VIRGINIA. Major General Sigei has been assigned.to the command | a Of the Department of West Virginia, E FORTOCOMING. MILITARY CHANGES, " ‘There is Great Tush of majors and brigadier generals | th out of exiployment for active duty to avoid the effect of | 2 tho bill to dismiss such from the corvice; consequently g@umerous designations for duty and new commanders to | re departments are goon to be made, i TRE CHAS PRESIDEQTIAL MANIFESTO, e Senator Pomeroy in hie séat today, and re- @eived the congratulations of the friends ‘of ifr. Chdse on S ee co secret circular, the authenticity of which Bonator | not only does not repudiate but openly : evows. BENRY WINTER DAVIS~ CENSURING THR PRESIDENT _ AND POBTMAETER GBNBRAL. The speech of Henry Winter Davis in the Honre to-day, | *¢ on the Evhancipation Bureau »iN, attracted much atten- Yon, and was listened to with unusdal interest. Ie | of peverely consured the President and Postmaster Geueral Blair for their conservatism and timidity in dealing with }a tho emancipation question; and™bis assertion that the | fi @ourse of the administration had retarded instead of ~ aided the progress of emancipation in the border States ereated consideraWe sensation, asdid also the threat that : u enless there was a chapge in the sentiments and policy the President the recent expression of confidénce by Maryland Emancipation Conventiog would be re- DEBATE IN THE HOUSE ON THR NAVY. ‘In the courge of the consideration of the Naval Appro- | * Priation bill, fn Committec of the Whole of the House this ; @fternoon, the Secretary of the Navy au“ the Department | ? qwes attacked by several members on both sides. Among H, Winter Davis violently assailed the Secretary Assistapt Secretary for the alleged mismanagemon: of the naval affairs of the country and unjust treatment of Mamiral, Dupont. before. and subsequent to the attack wpon Fort Stmter by the Monitors, Meeste. Kelley, Rice Gnd otherg defended them, and at one time the debate be- @ame quite excited. The pill was finally passed , with but wiftog amendments. There is evidently a strong fecling adverse to the it management of the Navy Depart- 27 caper of republican members of the and Senate, and thé friends of the Secretary de- mand a full investigation of all the charges of inetfielency and dereliction of duty s0 constantly reiterated. They Delieve thét such an jovestigation will result in 2 com- Plete vindication and justification of his administration Of its affairs. THE MISSOURI CONTESTED ELEBSTION CASES, The Committee on Elections have been almost exciu- sively engaged during the last two or three weeks on tbe Missouri cases, Thoy decided to investigate all four of @hem, and report.on the whole at once, They are now engaged On the last one, and will be ready to report ina few days. The Missouri muddle has been brought out in all ite phases during their investigations, and from tho @rimination and réttimination of the contestants many ing degelopments have beon brought to light It te understood tbat the report of the Committeo will indi. | F rectly censure the military interforeuce in elections ia that Stato, as did to a certain extent their report on the Louisiana election case. THB RADICALS AND MARSHAL LAMON, The wat bogun two years ago by tho radicals against the President took in the Marshal of this District, whom, as a favorite of Mr, Lincoln, all of malicious shafts wore levelled. His only Offending was that, in fulliment of his official @eth, be qxecuted the Fugitive Slave act in this District. Within a few days this war apon the Marshal has been revived, and Moint resolution has been precipitate. Wy rushed through both houses of Congross taking froth fim the, oustody of the jail, and thereby teking ener, Rearly athe emoluments of the office of marshal. Tt is 2 mow that this is’ intended to strike at . Lincoin; but many Who yoted for the resolution are with the cowardliness of the attack, and are aexious (0 revoke their action, Tho Marshal is popular, gud has been ‘consured only for doing his duty. The oe) ie two hayiog, Wish hist REGULATIONS, In regard to the allegations circulated about discrimi. @ations in trade reguiations, there is authority for say. we there are no discriminations of any Kind In favor of any or person over any other place or person, @RDBAS BESPRCTING THE RENTS OF CONFISCATED PROPERTY, Orders Tinve been issued prohiviting the payment of rents 6 bwners of property solzod under tho Confiscation act, and directing the eifine to be paid into the Treasury. ARRIVAL OF PRISONERS OF WAR. Thirty-tbree, rebel prisoners arrived hore on Tuesday night. © them are a number of degerters, also s a of y #8 gang, including several rohegades from AFPOINTMENT CONFIRMED. The Senate to-day OOmfirmed the nomination of Georgy Dieteh, of fadiana, to be Conau! at Laguayra, ‘THR QUICHSILVER MINING Cann. Tne odlebrated Quicksilver Mining Company cago in the bam Gourt attracts great attention, Among the counsel, bes tho prosgnt Attorney General, three ps Annes ‘pigs arg Ougeged. 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