The New York herald., 1863-12-29
NEWS FhOm WASHINGTON.

wAsBisGros, Dec. 2s, 1868.
PRESIDENT LIkooLss TRIP DOWN THE roronAc.
President Iucoin took trip down the Potomac yester
day. and is expected back topignt
OFFICIAL REPORTS PROM ADMIRAL DAHLG rem
Tho Navy Department receipt Of dispatches from
Dahgren tho cath inst. Everything is repre-
scented be very quiet Charleston harbor. and no nm
por.ant movements. had taken place No msntiod Is
Of injury 10 the Monitor Lohigh. heretofore re
ported the represented 70 he Ia good con
dion and disasters have occurred snss the sinking
OF the weebawken.
oArruKs or ruE asBEL sonoosHa MARSHAL ).
Smith.
Tho schooper Marshal Smith laden with cotton
and turpentne and bound from Mob,e.to Havana. was
captured on Mobile Bay after brisk chase ana several
Intellectual subtsfuges hopes Of escape. by Lieutenant
Commander McCann. Of the gunboat Kennebec Her
thrown overheard: but 10 was understood
cargo included hundred and sixty bales OF
cotton considerable sum OF nsoney was captured.
which LEFT chsrge Of tho Assistant Psymaster OF
Kennebcc subject toahe order a the proper suhor'
ties The schooner ana cargo sent to Now Orleans
fo- adjudication. Heb ooers and crew consisted o. the
following persons Herman Parker, master, = Erich
son, mate j. r. smita, sopsssssss JcAa Bohtof. car
pentsr, Charles HanssI Charles williams Thomas "
Nelson and A. e. Olson. sesmes. 90
OPERATIONS OF oUsRILLAs.
As In Fairfax county have Tor como time. With fsw
exceptions been remarkably quiet, the gueriilas sppa-
renty having withdrawn from that sootion fcw days
small squad Of usu were rcd upon at F:int
Hl the guorillns escaping in tho dense woods several
OF the inhabitants for the North during tho last
month not daring remain another winter opposed 10
the depredations these banditt Horses stolen
they be found and ell citizens outside our
lines suspected OF atty forced to abandon their
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DISAPPEARANCE or Mn. Z. y. xLLrorr.
Much anxiety felt In regard TO tho safety OF T. r.
Elliott. the we'll known Actusry OF tho Sanitary Com
son who. II will be remembered loft here 70 attend
the International Statistical Convention Berlin
September. Nothing has been heard from him since he
was Berlin either BY tho commission his friends
although he was have been At homo By the 1st Of
November, and his presence required At the
misson by that timo fearod that msfoftune
or foul play befsiion him.
GRAND REVIEW GENERAL AU0sRs TROOPS.
Arrangements are being made for grand revicw BY
General Auger all the troops tho defcnces north Of
the Potomac. As OF the regiments number
teen hundred men 6ne display Is anticipated.
THE EMPLOYMENT OF rU0s DY TIE oUARr1RhAsrERs
An investigation being prosecuted concerning the
employment Of tugs by tho ouartermasiers once at
| Alexandria. No charges TO have bean pro-
Of the and tho expedisncy Of retaining large
number OF steamers in government employ.
| RECRUITING IN rHK DISTRICT or COLUMBIA.
Recruiting in tho District progresses quite slowly less
than two hundred having enlisted tho enrolment
Owing TO the III that has ATTENDED the efforts 70
raise bounty fund BY voluntary contribution recruiting
agents abroad nearly drained the city volun
tcers leaving hardly sufficient number 70 furnish sub
sttutes The War Department has prohibited the eDlst
OF contrbands In the District for tho Nov England
States ana instituted prevent recruits from
leaving but Notwithstanding tho vigilance Of tho ocers
many agents still succeed running on 70 detri
| ment OF eniistments here
DESTRUCTIVE PIas AT ALEXANDRIA,
destructive Gre broke out In Alexandria cbristmas
destroying Hecn thousand dollars worth OF government
bay and large amount Of Other valuable property.
QUARrERxAsrRn ossRnAL MxI0s
It is reported that Quarter astor General Megs Is 10 bs
renstated hts ONCE here the conclusion OF hs
| speoting duties at ChAttsnoogs.
ARREST OF 0sOaos RoBn
George Robb arrested hers to-day. charged With
stealing from tho Quarermastsrs once of tho Artillery
reserve Army OF the Potomac three thousand dollars IN
checks on the United ststss Treasury
LAND SURVEYS IN COLORADO rBRaronv
Surveys In Colorado Territory. spp~svsl DscsuSs~
1885, reached tho General Land Ocs from Dsaver
City, for townships hrce and four NORTH range sixty
seven west. township two Aorth SIXTY eight vest
and township tvo north rAge sixty nine vest d the
sixth principal meridian. porson or those lands
the Platte river, asd an tho snrfsrous REGION
which is being rapidly ssstisa
THE WESTERN ICE CONTRACT.
CONTRACT. has boon awarded BY tho Surgeon General
Of tho Army J. ". Parish. VIM. L. House and George
c. Hadley. OF 81. Louis, Mo. for furnishing all ths leo
required tho OF the Uniscd States geoers hos
raals a, the West and of Division u the
sisspp and Department OF the Calf fo~ tho year
1854
fHH BLUE B0oK.
Tho Register or Blue Book !" for 1894, by Dstur. |
neu has mads its appearance here.
IMPORTANT DECISIONS OF THE SECRETARY or rH1 |
rRnAsUaY.
The Secretary OF the Treasury has recently made deei
sons OF questions arising upon sprshs by importers
tow the decisions OF collectors relating the proper
classification tho Tariff OF July II, 1897 OF
tccs OF foreign manufacture and production appears
that appeal made from tho decision OF tho Colse
Pembna. Minnesota assessing duty q. the rstc OF
fourteen per nd vaorcm certain bunso robes i'm
ported med 10 be entered at ten per esnt The
Department decided January 1902 that busslo robes.
being enumerated under tho act OF March 1881 wcs
by force OF twsutieh section OF tho Tariff OF 1s,2
liable the rate Of duty "urs the sxin" 10
wit teo psr cent Tue act Of July II 1892, imposes
additional duty ave per cent "dressed furs" II
admitted robes question dressed tanned
by the Indians aud consequently subject 70 duty at
the rate OF fifteen per eentun, sd salorem.
An appeal made IN behalf of the Pepnsylysnis
Railroad Company from decision assessing duty al the
rat. o, thirty.fvc per cen, a vaborcm
An appeal made from decision assessing duty q.
Of twenty per hares furs the
ground The only duty which hAros urs cnlled
pay per cent ad vsorcn, pursuant 70 the twenty
fourth section OF the Tariff act Of March q 1891 which
al unnanufscturcd articles not herein
mcratcd or provided for duty OF ton per oenium Al
vaorem that the article In question Ia not import
cd hatters furs, and never used in the manufacture
OF hats such, but morey worked into the bodes OF |
hir FOR The purpoee Of impartinr psaocy thereto
The decision OF the Collector overruied the ground
that the article In qucstion "fur nos on abe stn,"
and undrcsei sod undsr nneecnth section of the