The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-11
To-DAY's WASHINGTON NEWS.
Special Dispatches to evening Telegraph.
WAsHIS0roN, August IL.

collation.. They leave for Philadelphia to-day
ct noon, and will arrivo home Tomorrow noon.
They are escorted thi, morning by battalion Of
The Veteran Reserve Corps, band, and dele
cation OF citizens from Philadelphia and this city.
Army OF the Po,Omac.
There is nothing new from the Army Of the
Potomac this morning. Artillery aud picket
firing still continues. The present lull IN active
operations in that quarter will probably continue
for several weeks yet
mr.. stanton has Not Resigned.
The statement transmitted yesterday, to the
Eject that Secretary Stanton had resigned, was
msde on what appeared undoubted authority, but
both the President and Mr. Stanton, to-day, deny
that there is any truth in the report.
Mr.. FesscDden's Return.
Private ktters received from Mr. Secretary Fes
stnden make it propa'le that he viii return
sooner than was at FIRST contemplated. il, is
looked for about tho 18th.
Architectural Alterations.
Arrangements are now being made for tearing
down the present state Department building aud
extending the Treasury by the addition Of anorth
front. When completed, this will be one OF the
largest il is one Of the finest public edIices in
the world
Collector for Montana
Mr.. Nathaniel 7. Langford has been appointed
the Territory Of Montana with head quarters at
Bannock City.
Internal Revenue Decisions.
The Commissioner OF Internal Revenue has
decided that owners or agents OF vessels or
canal boats do not appear, under section 1903,
authorized 10 charge in their freight bills the
"a per cent. tax in addition TO tho amount agreed
upon for freight. The word fare" in the aG:,
cannot properly be construed to include freight.
The same equity which infl Ienced the enact
ment in the proyisO rs to fire would seem TO
apply equally to freight, and it may have been
by accident that the provision in favor Of the
transporter was not made to include both objects.
But we cannot undertake 10 supply by conf lecture
omissions in an act OF Congress. Fare is an en-
tnely different subject from freight, and lnnot
be interpreted by any reasonable latitude Of con-
structon to include il. The gJth section has no
application, and does not cover the dill .ulty.
IN RIoARD TO PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.
Public documents printed for the State, which
are not sOld but gratutoUsy distributed, are not
he'd to be taxable.
CHARCOAL.
While common wood.charcoal and bone-dust
are specially exempt from taxation, the animal
charcoal made from bones, and known and sold
as animal charcoal. Is taxable.
THE STANDARD TON.
By the act OF June 80, 2OOO is fixed as the
standard ton for purposes Of taxation under the
Revenue Law.
PUBLISHERS AND hook AGENTS.
Where publisher sends an agent to solicit
ubscTiptons for book which he is about TO pub
lish, and afterwards sends out another agent TO
deliver the books when published, it Is necessary
that the latter agent should take out peddler's
license.
Change of Commander ia Florida.
Brisadier- General William Brney has been
Telievtd from the command OF the Florida Dis
tIict by General j. p. Hatch. and ordered to
report TO General Butler at Fortress Monroe
He will probably be assigned TO jhe command of
the colored troops in General Buffers depart
ment. General f i. Potter has been assigned
to the command of the District Of Hilton Head.
Clothing for three month"; Men.
The War Department has decided that the
allow ance for clothing Tor three months men
who have served less than that time shall be
fixed for the full time of service. The same rule
spphes 10 six and nine months men. The one
hundred days men will be treated in this respect
the same as the three months troops.
unpaid RequIsitiOns.
The amount Of unpaid requisliGns In the
Treasury du,ing the past week were reduced
eight millions six hundred and thrty-seyen
thousand dollars.
Treasury Operations.
One hundred and thirty-t|o thousand dollars
in fractional currency were issued from the Trca-
sury last week. Over four millions of the three
years seven three-tenths notes were converted
! into bonds betw cen the ID and OH of August,
Expected News from Mobile.
The Navy Department ha, no despatchboat at
Mobile, and IL is expected that tho next adVices
from Admiral Fsrrugut Will be received at New
York via New Orleans, with which city he finds
means of communication Letters from the
Department are daily addressed to New Orleans
for the Admiral
Recruiting COIOred Men.
General Patrick has issued orders forbidding
recruiting agents from enlistng colored men
within the lines of the Army of the Potomac.
The New Register Ot the rreHsury.
Goddard V. Colby, OF Vermont, was appointed
Register OF the Treasury to-day vice the Hon. j..
H. Chlttenden, resigned. Mr. ChitenIen mas con-
sented to remain in charge Of the bureau until
his successor returns from Vermont.
Term of Service
An order from the War Department to-day
declares that officers Of three. years organza-
lions, when promoted aud recommissi med, must
be sworn in for three years, and mol for balance
5t 5tuUeXpired term Of regiment or battalion to
when they belong. The spirit of the order
applies also to promotions in forces organized for
less than three years. This practice has pre-
vailed for some timo, but is now first embodied
in general order.
Officers nnd Men Exchanged.
By command Of General Banks all officers and
enhsted men, prisoners of war, who were de-
iivered at Red River LsndiRg, July %, 1864, to
Colonel c. c. Dwight, Commissioner Of Ex-
change, have bcon declared exchanged. Officers
inclnded in this exchange belonging to regiments
in the 9th Army Corps, are ordered t. report a
once TO Major General J. !. Reynolds, 70 reoiu
their regiments. Those belonging to regiments
formerly comprising the 1871 Corps, 20 Brigsii
Cen5Ial I. w Sherman Commanding Defclses
at Rew Orleans, These ohCers aud enlisted men
belonging 70 organizations whose term Of service
has expired will at once he raasported e. their
respective States, there 10 he mustered out, in
accordance With circpllr No 50, Var Depart
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