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WAsHIEGToN, February 1.
Mr.. Stewards srder In relation TO the City
Jail, Issued 70 the Marshal of the District,
gives great satisfaction to nearly all the cit :
iEene Of Washington, with, perhaps the ex.
ception ofa few slave-owners, who have been
in the habit Of sending their slaves to the
jail whenever 1t was convenient, and paying
the Marshal therefor thirty seven and a half
cents per day, which usually left profit OF
twenty-five cents. The order of the SecFe.
tary Of State will abate the worst class Of
abuses connected with the Jail, and, with the
farther legislation which Congress will en-.
act, will divest this notorious institution of
half its horrors.
SECRETARY STANTON.
The clear, positive and practical 'orders"
issued by Secretary Stanton, give pleasing
assurance that he is neither an idle theorist,
a puppet in the hands of contractors, or the
mere clerk Of regular officers, he seems to
clearly understand the true spirit of those
who would preserve the Government from
the assaults of the rebels, and 10 display an
honest, vigorous manhood, a frmness Of
nerve and a comprehensive statesmanship
that will soon make him not only the leader
Of the Cabinet, but a favorite with the
people. Venders Of spawned horses or con-
demned fre-arms-fabricants Of shoddy uni.
forms or shoes with pasteboard soles--swind-
ling railroad officials or political beggars Of
commissioned can now reckon that their
occupations gone" The new Secretary
will defeat all these rsscsls in their warfare
against the Treasury, and it is also to be
hoped that he will organize victory for our
troops.
QUEER MIsTAKB.
In making up the estimates Of the Govern
ment, it is said that an oversight which had
han Warrfp lF
lions OF dollars for contracts, was discovered.
CONTRACTORS
The contractors from the North. western
States are truculent-looking set, with I'M
mense hats and boards, and wearing a sutfi.
cient stock of chains, breat- pins and finger
rings to set up giftenterprise with. The Penn
sylvania Treasury -beeders are more sub
dued in their manner and those from New
York and Boston are often thorough bred
gentlemen" yet none the less keen at driV-
ing bargain, or making the most of their
contracts.
ATELHGRAPH AROUND THE WORLD.
Hon. Hilton s. Latham, one of the most labo-
rious and active of all the rising statesmen
OF the day, will shortly introduce bill for
the purpose of establishing line wedding
the United States to the Russian Empire,
which, when completed, will almost encir-
Gle the globe with the electric wire. He will
sustain it in an elaborate and eloquent report.
THE TAX BILL.
II is understood that the tax bill is now
being perfected in its details by the Commit
tee on Ways and Means. 1t proposes a
moderate rate of taxation upon most of the
articles of necessity and consumption, with
higher rates on distilled liquors, aud other
articles of luxury, on legacies and probates
on passengers by railroads and other convey
ances, on newspapers, and telegrsphic mes
sages. From these sources taken in connec-
ton with the tariff on imports, it is conf
IDENTIFY expected, after the most careful inves-
tigation, that the Government will derive an
annual revenue of at least $3.50, ,000 900. This
tax-bill will give to the United States bonds
sure specie paying security. The Commit
tee have also considered the subject of
national banking law, which will require the
deposits Of the United States stocks as
security for the bank-notes that are circulated
as currency.
All quiet along the lineS-wet and muddy
into the bargain.