, 1864-08-12

matterh at the CapItal-Thc tobacco
Tax-1ntereAtfng summary.

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Trisune.]
WAeHrSGroS, Thursday. ~. II,
PROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT..
The War Department promulgatcs to-day
that volunteers serving in three years organ
izatlons, aud having less than sixty days to
serve, may at once re-enlfst for one two or
three years, and receive the bounty provided
by the recent act Of Congress. The new term
will commence with the date Of re'enlist-
ment- No furlougbs a1e promised ut th. time
Of re- enlistment. It Is also announced that
the came provisions as to re enlistment will
apply TO the 100 day forces, with the further
provision TINT where seven hundred men Of
this force re-enlist from one regiment, they
moy retain their present officers and organi-
zations; but where less number recruit,
they will be organized into full companies
and differed by such Of their officers rs are
selected By the commander Of the army Or
department. Re.en1sted men Of this force
day join other regiments as they desire.
1 another new order embodies whit has
been the practice for more than year, viz:
Ofbcers Of three years' organizations, &C.
ceptiDg promotion md new commissions, are
held to service for three years, from the date
OF their last muster In. The Department re-
cog. ICES no muster In for uneyptred terms Of
aD organization. 1he order also applies iii
spirit to officers Of forces mustered FOR 100
da:s, or any terms less than three years.
Troops organized Tor less term Of service
than one year, shall receive the full allow
ance Of clothing for their respective term,
even II mustered out before It's expiration.
FAYMAsTEIs' oR1EFs.
To-day two paJmasters just arrived from
New Orleans, in which section Of county
they. hare been fer some months, learned thst
| the tax On incomes hal been raised from
three to FIVE per cent, beginning with July.
| OF course their accounts are made up on the
basis OF the old law.
Circulars were ee1t out ~ the Internal
| Revenue Bureaus as soon as possible, after
| the passage OF the Law, but many seem never
! to have reached thrir dest t,nation. Every
| day brings US more or less cases like these.
! The opinion ia expressed In mapy quarters
that Congress- in the next session will be call
| ed upon to pass relief act.
TIE TOBACCO QUESTION.
| Has given the Internal Revenue BuEeau
more trouble than any other one growing
out Of the recent change In the revenue law,
By reason Of number1ess trlckb resorted to
BIZ manufacturers to evale new duties. sey-
e1al assistant Assessors have been removed
for conspiring with manufacturers to de-
fraud the Government, and half & dozen
more have been ordered here for examfna-
'tion, on charges affecting their honor and in
teerity. Rumors indicate that many color
able, OF fictitious sales Of tobacco, snuff and
cigars were made in July, but dated back
into june, with o view Of avoiding Increased
duties under the new law.
Important circulars were yesterday issued
by Commissioner Lewis, which declare that
these sales will not affect the right OF the
Government to such increased tax; and IS.
SCISSORS are Instructed to treat them as fraud
ulent; on proof that they are made with q
view to the manufacturers subsequent sale
for his use. The Commissioner further d.
1ects, that whenever. it shall appear that CT
ears have been sold by the manufacturer d
than tax that denoted By Inspectors stamps,
or when It shall be discovered that articles
have been fraudulently returned under the
| former rates, and that the manufacturer Il
I legally liable to the increased tax, assessors
win Immediately re'assess such ciga1s 70,
the additional tax to which actual sales show
them to hayo been liable. He also gives d.
rections for the enforcement Of this addition,
al tax and its collection. Another abuse o
| The Law has been the sale by Inspectors, to
manufacturers, OF the stamps required or
the boxes Of cigars, and the offering OF thai
stamp to tho manufacturer at bis oWu Plsas