The Portland daily press., 1862-10-16
BY TELEGRAPH.
TO THE
Portland Daily Press.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Decision of the Commissioners Of
Internal Revenue.
Mail Steamers Seized by Guerillas.
Measures taken to protect the Borders
of Pennsylvania.

WASHINGTON, Oct. IL.
The following decisions have been made by
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Dis
titled spirits may be removed from the place
of manufacture for the purpose of being ex-
ported or redistilled for export, and refined
coal oil may be removed for the purpose of
being exported after the quantity OF oil or
spirits so removed shall have been ascertaned
by inspection, according to the provisions of
the excise law, upon and with the written
permission of the Collector (see blank No. 81
o. The District, without payment of the tax
therein previous to such removal, the owner
thereof having first given bonds form No. 32)
TO the United States with sufficient sureties in
at least double the amount OF said duty to ex-
port said spirits or OIL or pay the duties there
on within period not exceeding ninety days
from date of said bond. This bond must be
given BY the owner of the spirit or oil, wheth-
er distilled or otherwise, and must be execut-
ed to the satisfaction of the Collector before
the spirit or oil is removed from the premises
where distilled or manuiacted. When bond
for export has been given and permit grant
ed, the spirit or oil may be exported from the
specified port without the intervention of the
Collector, under the excise laws of such port I:
list. Collectors may grant permits to pro-
ducers of coal oil not refined and known as
distillate, TO remove such distillate from the
place OF production for the purpose of retin-
ing the same elsewhere, upon condition that
the producer or owner first give bonds to the
satisfaction of the Collector of the District
where tue same is produced that the distillate
shall be refined and the tax or duty thereon be
paid to the Collector of the District where the
same shall be refined, provided, however, that
the oil when refined may be bonded for ex-
portation under the regulations relating to the
expectation of coal oil.
3D. 1t shall be the duty of collectors and
deputy collectors, before granting permit for
the removal of distillate, TO cause the casks
containing the same to be marked in such
manner that they may be identified, and the
permit shall contain an accurate description of
such marks, and copy of the permit shall be
transmitted 10 the collector of the district to
which the distiate is TO be removed.
Gems. Thos. l.. Crittenden and Prentiss, and
other released prisoners, arrived here to-day
from the West.
Commander Patterson has been detached
from the Chocura, and Commander Fitzhugh
from the Cyan.
Third assistant engineer James Millin, of
the u. ). steamer Delaware, having been alb
sent without leave, since the 9Th inst, has been
dropped from the rolls of the navy as a de-
serter.
Second assistant Postmaster Mcclellan has
received telegram, dated to-day, from the
Postmaster at Cairo, stating that the mail
steamer Hazel Dell was seized by guerillas at
Caseysyille, KY, the mail taken and mail agent
Duncan taken prisoner.
A letter has been received from Gov. Curtin,
in which it is stated that he has been informed
on good authority that the generals in COM
mand of troops at Hagerstown knew that the
rebels had crossed the border at 10 o'clock on
Friday morning. Twenty miles by rail from
Chambersburg were in our possession, a like
distance by good roads, and the rebels did not
lea Chambers hury until p'elncE Gatppdav
morning, SO that the whole force could have been
captured and the people of Pennsylvania saved
from the disgrace cast upon them. The Gov
ernor desires thorough investigation, and the
military authorities have already ordered an
investigation to be made. In the meanwhile
Gov. Curtin is taking active measures to pro-
tect the border from any further rebel raid.