The Portland daily press., 1862-09-26
BY TELEGRAPH,
TO THE
Portland Daily Press.
FROM WASHINGTON.
THE INDIAN TR lie s :.
Release of Gen. Prince and others of Pope's
Army.
FROM WASHINGTON.
THE INDIAN TROUBLES.
REBEL DEAD AT MANASSAS.
Capture Of Schooner Defiance in attempt.
ing to Run the Blockade.
WAsHINGrnN Sent os

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.
The Post Office Department has received
information from various sources that certain
| persons persstently divert postage stamps from
their legitimate purpose by circulating them
| in packages, together with cancelled stamps
as currency. Owing to this use of stamps the
| Department is embarrassed in the supply for
mail purposes. The public therefore are in
terested in discountenancing their circulation
as currency. In all cases of infracton of the
law coming to the knowledge of the Post
Office Department, the parties will be prose-
cuted, as it is grave offence. This of course
has no connection with the specially designat-
ed stamp currency.
Information has been received from the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs stating that
the difficulties with the Chippewas in Mime
sofa has been adjusted, but he is afraid that the
trouble with the Sioux i'm the same State, have
only just commenced, and that they will be of
long continuance.
Gen. Prince and other officers recently cap
tured from the late army of Gen. Pope, have
been released by the rebels, and will arrive at
Annapolis this evening.
Surgeon General Hammond has returned
from the battle field between Manassas and
Bull Run. He reports that our people have
buried 5000 rebels left dead and unburied on
the field by their friends, though it will be re-
membered that the latter held the field after
the bloody engagement. He says there are
yet 600 more rebel corpses to be interred.-
These interments, under the direction of our
army medical department, are in addition to
those made by the rebel army previous to
leaving for its short-lived campaign in Mary
land, which must have been numerous. There
can be little doubt therefore that the number
of rebels killed far exceeded ours in that bat
tie.
The Commissioner of the Internal Bureau
has decided, upon inquiring, that person
whose occupation is that of a retail dealer may
under his license sell by the piece or original
packages to a customer, but If he sell by the
piece to those who sell again, he is liable as
wholesale dealer.
The following regulations have been made
in regard TO bonded warehouses for the storage
of coal oil: The owner of any coal oil distil-
lery may erect, at his expense, warehouse of
materials to be approved by the collector of
the district; the said warehouse when approx
ed by the collector, is hereby declared a bond
ed warehouse of the United States, and shall
be used only for storing coal oils, 10 be under
the custody of the collector or his deputies
The duties on the oil stored in such ware
houses shall be paid when and as it is sold and
removed from such warehouses for sale.
Rear Admiral Dupont reports to the Navy
Department, under date of the 18th, that on
the 9th inst. the bark Brazilian, Acting Master
Nj. Gillespie commanding. captured the schoon-
er Defiance, of Nassau, In Sable Sound, while
attempting to run the blockade. Her cargo
consisted of salt, kerosene oil, cascarilla bars.
She also had in her cargo about ninety-six
boxes, containing cases of gin, which was
placed in the spirit room of the Brazilian. The
crew of the Defiance will be sent North on
the first opportunity. They are all said to be
citizens Of the United States, and engaged in
the business of running the blockade. The
captured vessel has been sent North in charge
of Acting Master Cook, of the Brazilian, with
a prize crew.
Lieut.. A. Mitchell has been ordered TO the
steamer Pocahontas.
Acting Assistant Paymaster John G. L.
Strong has been ordered to the mortar notilla
at Washington.