The Portland daily press., 1862-12-27
BY TELEGRAPH.
TO THE
Portland Daily Press.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Secretary OF the Treasury's Views on
Finance.
Decision Of the Commissioner of informal
Re7enue.
The Porter and Mcdowell Court
Martials.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2e.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.
The Secretary of the Treasury in compl-
ance with the request of the committee on
Ways and Means, has prepared and sent them
| a bill embracing his views. The 1st section gives
| authority to raise 300,000000 for the service
| of the current year, and S60O,00O,000 for the
next fiscal year; and to raise these sums in
| any of the modes heretofore sanctioned by
| this Congress, as public exigencies requires
These include the issue of 6 per cent bonds 1.30
bonds, Z per cent. bonds, or bonds bearing less
rates of interest, and also issue of small notes
bearing 1855 per cent. interest, and legal ten
der notes bearing no interest. The Secretary,
in his letter to the committee, expresses
strong desire to have the limits as to the modes
Of provisions, and the amounts to be provided
in each mode defined as precisely as possible
by Congress. The remaining sections author
ize the formation of banking associations to
issue notes furnished by the T. S. alike in
form and secured alike by U. S. bonds, but
payable on demand primarily by the issuing
associations. The bill in its main features is
the same as that introduced by Representative
Hooper, of Mass, during the last session. In
his letter the Secretary expresses his profound
sense of the Importance of this measure to the
negotiation of loans, to the collection of inter-
nal revenue, and security of the people against
the evils of an enormous unredeemabe paper
money circulation.
By recent military order from the Chief of
the respective Bureaus, they will designate
the officers to be assigned as Adjutant Gener-
al, Quartermaster Commissary of Subsistence
and Inspector General of each army CORPS
The Aids de Camp authorized for corps COM
manders, are to be appointed by the President,
with the consent of the Senate, on the recon-
mendation of the corps of commanders.
The 18th section of the Excise Law, which
provides that shocks, hoops and holdings shall
not be regarded as manufacture within the
meaning of the act applies, according to the
decision of the Commissioner, to those articles
in the rough, or when prepared and sold as
slaves, hoops or headings. Shocks considered
as hogsheads, barrels. or similar packages TAX
en- to pieces for greater convenience in pack
ing, are subject TO duty of per centum ad-
valorem, as manufacture not otherwise pro-
vided for.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue is
prepared to furnish revenue stamps of every
kind and denomination. Stamps which were
ordered on or before the oath inst, will be for
warded during the present week.
Acting Assistant Paymaster L. X. Windshp
has been ordered to the steamship Massachu-
sets.
Gen. Sigel in his cross-examination, desired
to give some explanations of his previous tes-
timony. Gen. Mcdowell objected. After a
secret session the court decided that General
Sigel might make corrections of what he had
already said. but other explanations must he
deferred till The close of the crosse xamination
He returned a negative answer to the follow
ing questions Whether he did, or not know
the strength of Ricketts, division which had
been ASSIGNED in the General order, which
Sipel admitted to have seen to he the duty of
taEino I,ongstreet At or near Thorougbf,re
Gan: whether he knew. or did NOT that he
sides Rickett's division. another had been sent
mn from New Raltmore on the west side of
Rpll Run RIDGE. IN attack the enemv,s fiank
while they should he MARCHING tbrougb
Thorouehtare Gan: whether he knew. or did
NOT thai Rovds d;v;sion and two hr;godos