New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-15
FROM WASHINGTON.
Mail Transportation on the Mississippi.
Number Of Colored Troops in the
Field.
s,.eisl Dispstch TO The N. Y. Tribune.
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THE GULF DEPARTMENT MAILS.
TIE following important official letters have just
been received at tue Post-Oiice Department:
HKApQuARTSRs DEPARTMENT or rvE TENyEssEE}
H S 20, Mi it, 1s s., bi isSy
SIR The MssisslpFi River oeins aad cleaners
y9s throughout iis entire nsvstbe length would sug
e hat Gil Dts or the Department, OF the Ouii ane Gun
Squadron be carried by this rose Is the safest and mos eA
P''''''' {. S GRANT. Msjer.Gensral.
Hs.D2uaRTKRs DErT. Cur, NKw ,oKlssAS''{
tn. Hon. MoSrGoxERr BrAIs-Sr: The Mississippi be-
in, now o,pm to regular Tuuicson' rep ~,
guest test the mails ior the . 81 e.ev 10 be
With uurh respect
n + BANKS, MAJ. -Con. Comd'r.
Tl;p RTPoRTEp PEACE CONFERENCE.
tn, Conference which The Herald persists in,
did ret occur The gentlemen named called upon
the President for various purposes, some OF 'hem IN
reference 10 the proposition Of Gen. Rosecrsns' but
NONE oF them nron pccal business as Tie HerdId
would have it,
COLORED TROOPS IN THE FIELD.
The number Of colored troops actually in the
field, is between twenty-five and twenty.three
thousand. Fifty additional regiments partly
orgsui2ed, and speedily approaching completion.
The estimate os one hundred thousand being IN
arps BY Vail will, it is thought, be fully sustained.
THR FRENCH QUESTION.
The statement. of Tie Herald that the Cabinet
had been convened quite frequently OF late 10 discuss
tie French que. tiou, and that certain results had
been reached, are both utterly false
REBEL PRISONERS TAXING THE OATH.
The following ofie ial order from Gen. Burnside
CLOVIS the shay faith of Rebel prisoners in the
Rebel Government and their COED faith i'll tue stsb-
iiy OF the Union;
HsAeauARTEKs DEPARTMENT OF rnE omo2
CINCINNATI o, Aug g. 1893. )
OBpERs, No l2t Il In Consequence. o. the
s1,e applications II TINS Department ou prison
take the oath Of ALLEGIANCE Brg zen N {
Of War such and 'shen satisfied OF the bon
s,y Of Their n'niion' VII release TIE on Their
taking the oath md furnishing sufficient bonds
All eOm%unic@ ioo. from prisoner. OF wa. mus, r.'
fla By cemn,sna Of M.iorGen BURNSIDE
LEWIS KlCBaosD. Assistant Adj ant General.
EXCURSION BY FOREIGN MINISTER'S.
Secretary Seward, accompanied by Lord Lyons,
the British Minister aud Spanish Minister, with. Eve
members Of the corps diplomatique started for the
house Of the Secretary tonight. Consul MERCER
will meet the distinguished company at New-fork
when the whole party Will, before returning TO the
city, vist Saratoga aud Sharon Springs aud Niagara
Falls.
IaE DRAFT IN WASHINGTON.
III II now thought tUhl lDe cOilsuIlmdIou U. tne
second draft in this city will be delayed for some
days. Substitutes are increasing and exemption.
are falling off thus lessening the chances of
ond draft The drafted colored men of the Dierict
are sent " the second cOlored regiment, which
numbers three hundred men. Ii is reported that
white conscnpts will be put in the regular army.
PAYMENT OF Suffers CLAIMS.
1t is not gene, ally known a Bureau for the pay
meut of suffers claims is DOW i'll operation in the
Treasury Department. All stoppages Of soldiers
wages by the regimental suffers are examined here.
There are numerous instances where suffers zeal 10
produce we.suthentcaied vouchers, and III these
instances tie amount claimed returns TO the United
STATES The Bureau 10 quite source OF revenue
10 the Government.
PROPOSED EXPEDITION TO TENNESSEE
Prominent Western men, among them Gov. Tod,
called on the President yes:erday and urged the
immediate rganization Of mounted force TO QUE
rate in Tennessee. TIE interview was renewed to-
day. The greater Importance is attached TO the e1-
pedition se Gen. Rosecrans deems such force es-
Genital to the success Of his future operations.
THE HEALTH OF GEN. mEADE's ARMY.
The beath Of Gen. Meade army is reported TO
the Surgeon Generals Office TO be good The entire
army was ne 5er in finer condition. Official reports
from the armies Of Grant and Rosecrans also speak
of the same good health among the troops Of these
departments.
RETURN OF GEN MEADE.
Gen. Meade left for the Army o. the Potomac tbis
evening, sfter having bad an interview with the
, President Cen lIalleck, and sectsty Stanton.
DENIAL
The Herold's paragraph in Thursdays issue Oh
d" the Internal Revenue might be dismissed with
the customary statement, il false, 1t not thai
the real intent of the paragraph lie rot apparent on
q casual reading The attempt TO create dirailection
among poorer classes by suggesting that the excise
tax must be doubled il mean spbteriuge which
will not work.
That the receipts from the Internal Revenue do
not reach the estimated amount Is no. denied but
that Secretary Chase 10 aux ous make up the deli
cit IA entirely untrue. The discrepancy between the
actual and estimated receipts is easily accounted for
From the time when the Internal Revenue law WAS
first agita.ed, ny TO July /, the time when it went
into operation, manufacturers aud others strained
every nerve to manufacture and lay in the largest
possible supplies Of taxable articles.
The clause exemptiDg ali manufacturers on hand
up to September wac another premium 10 accunu.
late stock, which was readily taken advantage Of.
Thus will be seen that the receipts from the tax
the first year cannot be taken as fair cI,e non.
The revenue for the month Of July, 1868
amounted 70 q, 967 Is, increase Oh former
months, and steady increase may hereafter be all
ticipsted furthermore, the gradual resumption Of
business and the growing trade the country are
two guarantees of still further large increase.
For the information Of The Heral6, we will state
that Secretary Chase and many other prominent