, 1862-11-29

Pioe'ees III tue Ne8!. lhey appear entire
y satisfied with the state Of progress here.
ihe examination into frauds In the Quarter
masters, and other{departments have resulted
III the arrest Of some scores of clerks who are
now packed away in ths Old Capitol prison.
II any mourning friends are distressed over
the sudden disappearance Of certain govern
ment clerks, this paragraph may shed some
light On their untimely fate.
The Commissioner Of Patents Will snho,;t
no report until the 1st of January. The brief
statement he has submitted to the Secretary,
Of operations in his Office, embraces no points
OF special interest. The patent business has
been decidedly dull for the pnst year.
Henry e. Carey, the political economist.
has recently been here on an extended visit
and consultation with Secretary Chase, in
relation to financial questions involved in the
forthcoming treasury report. That report
Will undoubtedly recommend making an uni
! form national currency Of some kind Of treas
ury notes, and virtually taxing bank notes
out Of circulation, all denial to the contrary
notwithstanding.
The Eastern banks are already combining
toform in organized party against such prop
osition, and will contest it bitterly.
Exports from the loyal States, during the
last fiscal year, were atleast sixty-two millions
more than during the year before; exports
from the Southern States are one hundred
and alnesY-slx millions less-thus making
onuHlslon, for the last fiscal year, in The total
amount Of exports from all paris Of the c55uu-
try, of one hundred end thirty-four millions.
SECOND DISPATCH.
WASHINGTON, Nov. g, 1892.
Fisz John Porter's court martial to dav nd,
laurned over till Monday. after doiur little ,r
NO buszntFs. Gen. staugh, 1orlcerly Of Cir
cinpati, has been substituted for Norris On
the court, ard Major Gen. Hitchcock has
arrived here from St. Louis to take his sent a.
a member.
The Commission il McDowell's case. to-
Gay, adopted .plan Of proceeding suggested
By Mcdowell himself in his letter, and pro.
ceeded to examine first point mentioned. viz.
his correspondence with the enemy. Nothing
at all Improper was developed.
a lot Of prisoners were released from the
Old Capitol today. A general jail delivery
Is IN progress over the whole country, il
order to get ready for the meeting of Congress.
Gen. Grants recent orders putting the
"4o!e cotton Trade in the seat Of war in tile
hands Of the government, and securing the
enormous profits of trade to the government
or its agents, are believed to be the fore run.
ner Of the adoption Of similar Epolicv
throughout the entire region in which our
armies are operating.
Members Of the cabinet intimated ten
days that the government was deIiberat;np
on the propriety Of securing the profits on
the cotton trade for itself.
Great amusement continues to be created at
an unexpected feature Of the contraband dem
onstraticn yesterday. Senator Pomeroy Il ID
heen making speech urging his Chiriquf COL
cnizatlon scheme, when negro replied, vsry
vigorously deDouncing the scheme and all
"lo lad anything to do with it, It has not
yet heard whether Pome1oy intends TO con-
time The debate.
Schuyler Colfax arrived here yesterday.
There is considerable talk OF his going into
the Cabinet, to succeed Caleb B. Smith: Init
Colfaz has stated to his friends that hs is not
an asrlsant for the position, but intends to
remain in the House.
Judge swayne Of Ohio is here.
NAsuSGToS, Nov. 27.-The Commissioner
OF Internal Revenue having heard the aruu- |
taxation, Under the excise law, Of persons en-.
gagged in tie manufacture Of clotaiur. has
prepared an elaborate statement. Iecidi,1,r !
Int clothing is a manufacture subject to taxa. !
Ion az the rate Of three per cent ad yazoreyu
the value to be returned by the maaufac.urers t
os estimated By the assessors, in the mannar I
pointed out BY the statute,
new YORK. Nov 2S.-The New York IyDses |
Washington dispatch Gays:
The President viii, IN his message, earnestly |
Congress.
WAsnIN;ToS, Nov. aG-Gen. Atartindale, |
Acting Military Governor of this District, IS |
carrying cut the work Of discaarsinr ali nris-
oners OF State confined in the Old Capitol t
PRISON On frivolous and unsust 4iued charges, |
MAJOR Sherburn is nightly examining the case
OF each such prisoner confined there, and !
many arc bring liberated.
WAsn1SGroS, Nov. 2S.-Major Gen. Nc
DoWea Court of Inquiry promises to be Of
long continuance. Nearly asl the documents
called for h7 him have been furnished. Gen.
as well Us Gems. sigel, Ricketts,
llertsuIl, Pope, and others, whose presence
here will not interfere with tleir military
duties, will be summoned as witnesses.
ne commission to examine into, ani re-
lined in the Capitol Prison. Act;ng A. a. q.
Ma!or sherburn and Capt. Parker continue
their labors nightly. Up to this morning
they had examined the cases of fifty Of them.
and upon their report on each ease, thirty
Lave been set free.
Ger. REYNOLDS has been placed In command
Of the fist army corps,
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22S.-John ". Venice
has been appointed Collector OF the ed dis
Lrlet OF Missouri; Vincent st. Vrain Assessor
lor e, New Mexico; D. r. Swan assessor of the |
ID district Of California, under the excise and |
1itect tax.