The Portland daily press., 1862-10-22
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Portland Daily Press.
FROM WASHINGTON.
GEN. SCOTT'S POSITION.
Order by the President.
Decisions by Commissioner Boutwell,.
FROM WASHINGTON.
GEN. sCOTT's POSITION
Order by the President.
Decisions by Commissioner Boutwell,.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.
Early in 1861, when the civil war seemed
pending, but had not actually broken out, Cen
Scott wrote two papers containing his views
professional and political, on the crisis, and the
rights and duties which devolved on the gov
ernment in the momentous conjuncture. One
of them has recently been published without
the writer's consent. The second appears to-
day. having been furnished to the press by
himself 1t establishes in the first place, the
patriotic anxiety Of the general-n-chief to
prepare for the coming storm, and his earnest
and repeated etloits TO prevail on the govern
ment to garrison and secure the Southern
forts against every possible attack, and dis
closes in the second place the causes of his
failure, which it is now evident resulted from
the indecision of President Buchanan, who
was doubtless misled by treachery in the Sec
retary of War, if not in other members of the
cabinet, In whom the head of the government
reposed misplaced confidence.
The President has appointed Hon. Andrew
b. Diekerson to be Marshal of the Northern
District of New York. Hon. Thos. III. CLAY
of Kentucky has been appointed Minister res
ident at Nicaragua in place of Mr.. Dickerson.
Commander Balch has been appointed by
the Navy Department to the Pawnee. Capt.
Giles has been appointed to steam sloop Ossi-
pee. Lieut.. Commander Gillis has been or
dered to the steamer Commodore Perry Lieut.
Commander Bacon has been appointed to the
steamer Commodore McDonough
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
Washington, Oct. 20, 1862.
1t is hereby ordered that all persons who
may have actually been drafted into the militia
service Of the United States, and who may
claim exemption on account of alienage, will
make application therefor directly to the De-
partment of State, or through their respective
Ministers or Consuls.
tSigned) ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President, w. ii. Seward, Secretary of
State.
WAR DEPARTMENT.,
Washington, Oct 90 1862.
Pursuant to the above order, the proper
officers are directed to report to the Depart
ment of State the cases to which the orders
refer. EDWIN NJ. STANTON,
Secretary of War;
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has
made the following decisions list Alcohol
manufactured from whiskey, distilled prior to
Sept. 1st, and on which tax has not been
paid, will be subject to duty of 3 per cent.
ad yalorem.
I'd. A regularly licensed auctioneer can sell
in his own store the goods of any dealer, but
he cannot sell the goods, wares, &C., of any
unlicensed dealer who is subject to a license
tax in his 1.-THE dealer's) place of business
WITHOUT peilg sutyect 10 tne penaity. An
auctioneer can sell such goods as are not
usually included in the stocks of dealers.
wherever such goods may be situated, without
taking special license therefor.
Sd. Section II in speaking of any persons
owning, possessing or keeping any carriage,
yacht or billiard table, is to be interpreted as
referring to three different classes Of owners,
viz: such as possess any carriage, and as a
second class such as possess any yacht, and as
third class such as possess any billiard table.
There is nothing in the wording of the law
referring 10 plate that wonld lead to the infer
ence that the tax upon it is to be made contn-
gent upon the keeping of a carriage, yacht or
billiard table.