Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-03-31


the returned prisoners upon complaints
made by their officers. They will be tried
Tor acting as rebel spies. Still further
proofs OF the placing of gunpoRder nuder
Libby, and of Col. Sapdefson's petfily.
are furnished by the officers of this last
arrival. : 80
.7t7 SPECIAL TREASURY AGENTS.
The Secretary of the Treasury has trans.
mitted to the Senate, in response to res.
olution, list of special agents of the
treasury, their field of operations. pay and
emoluments; from which it appears that
under the act of March. 1853, twenty seven
supervising and special agents have been
appointed, some with salaries of five and
others with six dollars day and ten cents
mile for travel, in no case to exceed five
thousand dollars in full. Under the act of
the 7th of July, 1852. to further provide
for the collection of revenue, len special
agents, some with salaries rs above: one
At one thousand two hundred dollars. j.
Z. Dillon, at Nashville; one at four thou.
sand I'VE hundred dollars, Thomas P, MAY,
at New Orleans; thirteen under the act of
march, 1853, for the collection of internal
revenue az similar salaries, including one
thomas Brown, for the Pacific coast, at
nine dollars per day and ten cents per
mile. =.
IMPORTANT FROM RIoHNoED-TRR MISSISSIPPI
| PI TO BE AGAIN CLOSED.
Intelligence received ia this city from
Richmond leaves little doubt that the rebel
plans for the coming campaign have been
formed with view to the reclamation of
tennessee and Kentucky TO the Confeder.
ave rnle. The military leaders appear to
have determined not to do what General
Grant would like TO have them do. The.
will not make the chief obIect of the cam !.
paign to hold Richmond. That civ has
been strongly fortified, and Jeff. Davis and
Bragg believe thata comparatively small
Itorce will be able to make a lonp st.D5
against the army of Grant In, ihe mean
time the great bulk of the Confederate
forces will be massed in the West and
When the season for low water in the Gum
oerland and Tennessee shall arrive a hold
push will be made, with three objects: 4
70 capture the garrison at Chattanooga and
E recover East Tennessee; ., to reach the
onl lS river and establish control over sec.
uon 81 country from which ample supplies
may De uraWu; and 8, TO again cIose tho
Mississippi river and restore rommTnis ~
ion with the country beyond. Its nre /.
dlSted, therefore, by the rebel sympathi.
heEs that General Grant will encounter liz.
ue serious opposition unLil he shall reach
the Notifications of Richmond, which as
mas oeed stated, are relied upon 10 resist a
J long siege and enable the rebels 10 carr
out their plans at the West Its nrohsbis
That Generals Lee and Johnston viii ex.
ehange placesiignd that the former for The
tnlrd time Will essay the offensive. He he
heves IN that plan of conducting the war.
while Johnston's idea is the defensive mol!
ICY, which win be put in practice In Viz.
glnla. Already standardization leaders at
the West: are calling for better general
than Sherman. Ashe is one Of the beet
2. cur generals, the probability is they will
i MILITARY ARREST.
Major Bond, Chief OF Gen. Roseerans,.
stan, sent here by the General with dis
Petches, was ordered under arrest o.dav
" General Halleck, for reasons supposed
" pe more contested with Gen. Rosecrans'
Tsceat speech in st. Louis than with the
Malors walk and conversation An old
aud dead orderfof the War DenarIn,Snt
torotddipg officers to come to WasbinotoH
except upon The permission of ithe Sscra-
saty OF War, ts Gen. Halleck's justification
,St Ints treatment OF N eritorious officer.
In the discharge of his duties.
DUTY on DlsrrIIEp sr1RIrs.
By the act of March I, 1854, the duty Of
SlAty cents per gallon is to be levied, col.
leetsd and paid on all spirits that NAV ina hs
distilled aud sold, or distilled aud Removed
Tor consumption or sale, on and after
March 8, 1854 Commissioner LeVjs5 I,Ss
decided that spirits distilled prior d WarS6
1864, are not subject to this Increased
tax although not sold or removed iii Nor
the ith daS Of March; also, that distilled
spirits cannot ha raTnhva,I 4, :, a.. O. ,s ~
o. the act ofJuly l, 1869, except in bond
IoE me purpose Of being redisttiIed for ex.
pes.atio9. Removals for the purpose Of
: Ky 9ksHti on, without Pe5meat OF duties,
must De made under transportation bond,
% q ss prescribed By the Secretary Of The
Hl. as. aoAns DEPOSITED BY EATroNAL s1rEs
AZ IA 1As been suggested 70 as at The Tran. /
y 81, pSsp9E.ms9t g state that the Treasurer
Sl ". ESteteS the custodian 81
Banks 70 secure The redemption Of 1 SiSon