, 1862-11-25
MATTERS At THE CAPITAL,
BECIst0NH UNDER TIE REVENUE
Law,
APPOINTMENTS AT THEPEN-
SION BUREAU.

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 2f, 1852.
Commissioner Boutwell, is hard st work on
lis report which ill he sect into Congress
along with lhGt Of the Secretary oi. the Tre2-
FURY.
Gen. Prentiss has nrrIyed in season for the
commission in tie case Of Gen. Fitz John
Porter, which stands adjourned till to-mor-
row.
The following deaths in Western regl-
1serts have occurred il the hospitals here:
Z. BerGeD, company A, 9th Michigan; Roht.
hcClin:ock, company 3, I'd Wisconsin; A.
Clark, company 3, I'd Michigan; Cross
Harris, company I, 24th Michigan; Benj.1ein
SicAliElAn, company Z, 2sd Missouri John T.
Far, company B, 10th Indiana.
Our Consul at Nice is to send the Agricul-
tuss1 Department quantity OF the best wheat
q southern France
O1e OF the editors Of the LOUSY il1c Journal
is eaid to he receiving 81, 500 year for sIne-
cure appointment in the Clerks Office Of the
House. Loyal kcrtuckians demand his re-
1Doyal.
Nothing has been done in 1tcDowen's case.
The Recorder reported no charges on Gls in the
Adjutant Generals Office asainst Mcdowell,
ard the court adjourned after sending, in be-
hs1f cf h.cDowtul to the President asking FOR
an Investigation.
Up to ills tate, Commissioner Barrett o.
:he Tension Bureau has made 154 appoint
| n:Ets of pension surgeons throughout the
| country. It is understood that about ], 900 in
all will be appointed, SO Tint some fige-sixths
Of the Offices under the new pension 1aw re-
main yet to be filed. About forty five In all
will be sppcinted in Ohio. These appoint
ncnts are not general, as some have supposed
but each surgeon Las lis OWN district in TLicI
] to operate.
| The following are the latest Western ap
| pclntmenis TO these positions: DR.. Leigh nc
| Cluug, Ntnia, Ohio; DR.. Blackman, Athens
o.; Dr.. ". b. Humphrey, ut. Vernon, Q.
| Or. Henry Jones, Jacksonville, ILL.,; Dr.. B. S
| Cory, Waukegau, III.
Tie receipts for revenue stamps ut the oalc
] of the Commissioner Of Internal Revenue, 70
the week ending Nov. q, amounted to mor
| thsn s., ,S00, 600. The collector Of the sa,
Francisco district reports IS his total receipt
: for the month Of October nearly 800, 600, {
which ever So, 500 accrued to him as com1nis
'
! nuc has decided that in all cases where til
= wrong license has been taken out under errs
: ronecus Impressions or instructions, the pc
l. son taking such license must make
sworn statement Of the facts, attcs
l. ed BY the assessor, and forward tt
It same directly to the Commissioners Office.
s if the petiticn be granted, the collector vi
&C be instructed to refund the amount for 81
If | license. The Commissioner has also deci5.
that a person whose business it is simply /
oe collect money for the rent Of real estate do
d not thereby become commercial brok
d within the meaning Of the excise Law. T. 81.
$ pie hill collector is evidently not embraced
e the words "purchase, rent or sell,'' but it
1e for the assessor to determine, at each cas
10 TINT person who thus collects for others
a not also engaged in the other occupation.
c. The Commissioner Of Pensions appoins
sa the following examining surgeons for Irdisr
G to-day: DR.. Joseph s. Hendricks, Madiso
'ts E. s. Gale, VeyaE; VIM. T, 8. Cornell, Y,
~ eailes; Jas. F. Dodd, Bloomer; VIM a. Rug
Rusnyilie; Thos. 7. Butler, Noblesyill
a ". N. Lotta, Goshen; John A. 1looc!
II GreenEburg; John ". Crops, Rockfort.
'at WASHINGTON, Nov. 24-On Fsiday Pre-
Of dent Lincoln, In the course of an in.eryi
re | with unconditional Union KeatuckiRns, d
,,s enssed at length the question Of emaucij
- tiGn4 BE said he would rather die than Is
u bnck n word Of tie proclamation Of treedo
es, and he dwelt uron the advantages to the B
nd der States Of his scheme for the gradual ab
" .shnaent Of slavery, which he urged up
them to bring fairly before the people. I'll
assured him that it should be done. Mr.. L
ast | coin also expressed his determination to
force rigorous treasures to rid the State
rebel sympathisers, and for that purpos,
= new Provost Marshal General, who has
>. heart III the work, viii be appointed
Secretary Ctas:'s report will undoubte,
contain an urgent Recommendation, suppo
a Cd by m elaborate argument, to Congress,
~, rake measures for the substitution Of COVE
sHa | ment lot bank currency, by taxing the latt
Tcc- ana mating provision for the clrculasi
through the banks, Of the former
-, The court Of inquiry In the case of G
ao- Buell. Will probably adjourn, shortly af
meeting at Cincinnati, to Nashville. Tor
TO convenience Of Witnesses many Of WHOM,
in Rosecrans' army
ny Gen. Meredith, of Indiana, has reported
for | Gen. Burnside. q. E. Holloway, son of
in Commissioner of Patents, ie Connnfssione,
-, Subsistence Of his sta1E
A strong wind prevailed all day yestcrd
ard | and The mud is rapidly drpiug