The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-07-09
TO-DAY's WASHINGTON NEWS.
Special Dispatches to Evening Telegraph.
7EIsH1NaroN, July Q

Among the recently passed acts OF Congress Is |
one abolishng all determinations as to the cm-
ployment Of persons on public or private vessels,
with provso that officers Of vessels of the United
States shall in all cases be citizens thereof
The sum of S2j0OOO was appropriated for
protecting the commerce Of the Lakes by causing
the public works connected with the harbors on
Lakes Champlan, Ontario Erie, st. Clair,
Huron, and Superior 20 be repaired and made
useful for purposes Of commerce and naYgauoui
and the further sum of 100000 for repairing
and rendering useful for similar purposes works
connected with the harbors on the seaboard.
The act to prevent smuggling provides that all
goods, wares, and merchandise, and all baggage
and effects of passengers, and all other articles
imported into the United States from any con-
tguous foreign country, rs well as the vessels
cars, and other vehicles or envelopes in which
the same are exported, are required to be unladcn
in the presence Of, and inspected by an In
pectOr or other officer OF customs at the first
port of entry or custom house where the same
shall arrive. I
The Secretary Of the Treasury is authorized to
appoint additional inspectors of the Revenue for
the districts named below as follows, to wit
Passamaquoddy, Me-, 4; Portland and Fal-
mouth, Me, s. Boston and Charlestown, Mass,
IA Pcmbina, Mimi, 2; Chicago, H., 8; Nichilli-
mackinac, Mich, .; Sandusky, Ohio, |; Cuya-
haya, Ohio 3 Erie, Pa, Buffalo Greek, N.Y.
g. Niagara, 2; OswegO, D; Oswegatchie, p
Champlain, 4; Vermont, 2.
On the lst inst, the postage on letters mailed
in the United States for transmission in the
British mail via Southampton, to the colonies Of
Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasma-
mia, South Australia and Western Australia or
to New Zealand, was increased to 45 cents per
single rate of one half ounce, and prepayment is
required
Letters for Australia addressed by "priyate
ship" may be forwarded in the mail TO Great
Britain, and from thence to their destination by
private ships, at reduced charge Of % cents per
single rate, prepayment also required
All Quiet In Front of Petersburg.
an quiet IN front of Petersburg" remains still
the formula of the military situation. General
Grants pause in front of Petersburg has lasted
now for about a month, which is a much longer
period than he has delayed before any other OBJ
stacle of the campaign. This, however, is inter
preted only as indicating more mature plans and
preparations and holding forth the surer promise
of ultimate decisive success.
Secretary Fessenden TO visit New York.
Secretary Fessenden will, at the beginning of
next week. visit New York, where he will con
suit with the leading merchants, bankers and
financiers touching the wants of his department.
Emigration from Switzerland.
Recent adyice5 received at the State Depart
ment contain the important announcement that
upwards of ten thousand Swiss emigrants now
await passage TO the United States ut Hayre and
other European ports. Considering the COM
paratyely limited emigration from Switzerland
during past seasons, the fact. above stated fur
nshes q remarkable instance of the growing
appreciation with which this country s regarded
in Switzerland, and the desire of her people 70
come hither.
The Western wheat Crops.
Mr.. Commissioner Newton has received recent
adyices from the west representing the wheat
crop to be better than was anticipated, rs regards
excellence of grain and quality of straw. The
yield will not probably be an average one, but
the falling off in quantity will, 1t Is thought, he
fully compensated by the improved quality of the
grain.
The New Revenue Law.
The new revenue law provides that all manu-
factures and productions, including distilled
spirits, which were in the possession of the manu-
facturer on the lst of July, the former tax not
having been paid, shall be subject to the in
creased rates. The Commissioner OF Internal
Revenue has decided that where moneys have
been paid to the Collectors on goods which had
not been sold, and which were not subject to tax,
such payment cannot be considered as payment
of the tax, and the articles subject 10 the in
creased rates. Liquors in bonded warehouse are
subject to the same rule.
Distilled spirits, coal oil, and tobacco may be
removed TO the bonded warehouse, under trans
portation bonds given to the Collectors, in the
same manner as spirits, under the act of March
T. 1864. The regulations for the inspection of
cigars will be issued as soon as the necessary
stamps can be prepared, which will be done IN a
few days. Tobacco is not subject to inspection,
except where II is removed in bond. The in
creased rates on legacies apply only to egacies
passing from persons dying on or amer July l..
The stamp duty on telegraphc dispatches con-
tinues until August l. The whole Of the old law
in relation to stamps continues in force up TO
that time.
The DeerhOund" Case.
Strong pressure is being brought to bear upon
the President and Secretary of State to have our
Government formally demand from the British
authorities the rendition of the pirate Semmes
and that portion of his crew who were picked up
by the Deerhouad. 1t Is claimed that when the
alabama struck her cOlors, all of her crew at
once became prisoners of war to Captain Wins
low, and that the DeerhOgid was summoned by
him to the rescue of the drowning men solely
through motives Of humanity and that she after
wards surreptitousIy, and in violation of the
rights Of war carried our prisoners to the English
coast. Secretary Seward will resist this pressure
Rebels in Texas Making for Mexico.
Letters from Matamoras, Mexico, state that
the Rebels are removing vast quantities Of cotton
and cattle from the interior of Texas across the
Rio Grsnde in Mexico, and that there are other
indications that the Rebel forces there under
Dick Taylor contemplate an evacuation. The
writer of one Of these letters states that Taylors
losses in the recent campaign against Banks were
upwards Of $4,000.
The Rebels are rgdly enforcing the Conscrp-
| ton act all over Texas, and there is scarcely a
! Union man left in the State, all who were able
to get away having escaped to Arkansas and the
adjoining territories The total Rebel force in
| Texas, which has been recently considerably
augmented by conscripts, does not number more
than 25, 900 men.
General De Russy.