Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-07-24
TELEGRAPHIG.N
THE NEW ISSUE OF POSTAGE
STAMPS.
THE REPORTED CONSULTATION
AT WASHINGTON.
Federal Forces Captured Near
Fredericksburg.
THE REBELS AT sORDOHsVILlE
Gen. HaIleck Appointed Com
mander.in.O Chief.
10000 REBELS IN RICHMOND
War Organization In Missouri
AFFAIRS IN KENTUCKY.
TuTe vF0puTTc,e pppOpm
Gen. HaIleCk Appointed Com
maRder.in. Chief.
War Organization In Missouri
AFFAIRs IN KENTUOKY.
THIS MORETHgs REPORT.
PROM WASHINGTON.
HAsHTrCTOy. Julv

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There Is 4 very general misapprehensiOn
with regard TO the act authorizing pay
( ment in stamps, and to prohibit the cfrcu-
7 lstion Of notes Of less denomination than
one dollar, which was approved July 18th
I last
Under the provisions Of this act, the
Secretary Of the Treasury, and not the
Postmaster General, is directed 10 furnish
postage and other stamps to the Assistant
Treasurers, and such designated depositor-
les Of the United States as the former NAV
select 70 Be exchanged BY them on appli-
cation for United States notes.
Prom and afleF the first day Of August
next, such stamps shall be received in pay
ment Of all dues 10 the United States less
than FIVE dollars, and shall be received in
exchange for United States notes when
presented in sums not less than Eve dol
lars to any Assistant Treasurer or desig-
mated depository selected as aforesaid.
Hence this law does not make stamps legal
lender, nor does it require Postmasters to
receive them in exchange for United States
notes.
is expected that the Secretary will fur
nish postage stamps TO be used as a circu-
latlng medium under the law, in such form
that they cannot be attached to letters or
other mailable matter. Such stamps viii
be exchanged By Post Masters for the reg
ular postage stamps, besides being redeem
able BY treasury notes by Assistant Treas
urers and such designated depositeFies as
the Secretary Of the Treasury may select
No postage stamps can be exchanged at
Post Ofhees or redeRmed By the Treasury
Department unless furnished through the
agencies Of the Department.
Postage stamps now sold by Postmasters
are not exchangeable or redeemable by
then, and if such stamps are gummed to
pasteboard or some other paper which soils
or renders them unit TO be used in the
payment OF postage, they will be rejected
for postage, because when so soile3 they
cannot be distinguished from stamps which
have already been used for postage. It is
understood that the p07taze stalmns viii In
ment or the Treasury II so changed or
altered BY pasting on other paper or other
wise az TO render them unfit for postage
uses.
This is absolutely necessary TO prevent
frauds. Already defaasd postage stamps
are being bought up and passed at their
nominal value, after having the defaeing
ink extracted, and being pasted on paper
to conceal the loss Of the gum.
Special to Tribune:
The current report that high officers had
been summoned here by the President that
they might give their opinions respecting
the eOnfscation act, and take their choice
whether TO obey or resign is simply alb
surd, and is sufficiently contradicted by the
! fact that the order vas published before
I the arrival Of Gen Halleck and staff, or OF
/ Gen. Burnside.
A scouting party Of Indiana cavalry are
reported at fredericksburg 70 have fallen
/ into an ambuscsde few miles from that
place, and only ten out Of seventy came
back to camp
Forty men Of Gen. Hateh's are reported
/ 70 have been captured by the enemy a.
Orange Court House, where they were for
aging.
The statement that Gen. Hatch had en-
tered GordonsTiIle and Charlottesville wa
founded on the supposition that be ha'
obeyed orders He is much censured TO
disobedience Of orders, and Is here to Civ
an account Of bis dOings. Ts ~
The rebels IN force now boldthe railroa'
from GordonsTilIe 70 Stanton.
The Navy Department has dpmisssi
Prof. Wm. R. Hopkins, Assistant Professo
Of Philosophy a. the Annapolis Nava
Academy. he brought charges of disloy
atty against those connected with the in
stifutiOn, and then refused to give testi
mony 70 suhstantiate them.
A Iette7 from McCleIlan's army to th
Times, dated the 20sh, says:
, Two dsserters from the Sixth Firgini
Cavalry came into camp yesterday. The
say the main force Of the rebel army is X
Gated on the Bluff, near Old Tavern, Q
Trent Hill, and on the opposite side Of Il
2 Chickahominy, On Gaines Hill.
/ They estimate therebel force about Ricl
, mond. inelndinR the troops BeauregUl
brought from the West, ~ 10000 men.
The rebels do not anticipate any demol
2 strations from US on this side Of the JaHs
{ river but are making preparations to r
|. sist any attack that may be made upc
: Petersburg or Richmond, from the scu
? side Of the river