The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-01-12
FROM WASHINGTON.
WAsnMeroN, Sunday. Jan.

s---, -WASJiINGToN, Sunday. Jan. 3. 1900.
T'hesreceipfs from internal revenue for the
week ending Jan 7tIl were about $40 600,
90
Ohio. has been designated a depository oil
public moneys. ...-,,S.
anna Tne Commissioner Of Internal Revenue
has decided that sales of town lands at auc
ton. except wllen made hyjudicial or exc
,.u,i,. iii ers by decree Of court. are
.,,,,,t from t.,xition. Ais that deeds given
3. Nv. \, iliifuiopd curporstion Of lands sold
e1r.t.t<es are exempt from stamp duty =
s Coupons on railway bonds inpst be return
ed as nico,tc for the year IN y icli they ma
ture The i've per cent salary tax is to be
II withheld on payments Of prize money the
accounts Of which were adjudicated subse
auent to.Iuue so 1864.
To guard against fraud, the War Depart
ment has ordered paymasters. when not act
uaIly engaged in mraking field payments, to
render tlleir monthly statements promptly,
and turn over their balances according
thereto on the first of every month. They
are also ordered to transmit copy of their
accounts monthly to the chiefs of their de-
partments.
Gen. Burnside is here In. consequence
of the freezing up of the boat in the Susqpe
hanna River at Havre de Grace, mail com
municaton with New York aud the North
is cut off
The senior of the Blair family has gone to
Richmond, the obstacle which checked his
former effort having been removed 1t is
believed TO be fact that pass for him tc
go through our lines vas in the army and
ready for him Oh the occasion Of his late Wis
it within less tEan five hours after the time
when abandoning the hope Of getting it hC
had returned home.
1t is understood that Admiral Wiiks vii
be restored to active duty after the 4th 0
March.
The Instructions in the river at Savannah
still prevent vessels from ascending to The
city aud supplies have to be wagoned from
Ossabaw Sound. This is mentioned as one
b. OF the explanations OF Shermans apparen
inactivity. The Instructions are of tn
most formidable ch racter.
Gen. Franklin yesterday examined
before the Committee on the Conduct Of tn
War on the Red river disaster The bur
den of his testimony thus far seems to tent
to ward "a division Of the weight Of response
blty between Banks and FrankIiu.
The CdroDicls, speaking the organ Q
the Administrations this morning, reflect
the opiniou of the Government and of tn
capital concerning MIR Geo. d. Prentice, a
follows:
"a very sad and sickening comment Oh
the generosity Of the President in permit
ting Gcorge Prentice, Of the IouisviIl
JD@,ua,, to cross our military lines aud re
turn for objects strictly personal, is sug
gested by the publication of the letters II
another column from Mr. Prentice and Mr.
Crismau, formerly a member OF Congress
from Kentucky. Mr.. Prentice, up to til
Presidential election, was one of the mos
conspicuous revilers of MIR LincoIns Ad
niiuistration.
The Union men of Kentucky have bee
embarrassed from the beginning Of the re
belon by the malignant aud treacherou
course Of his newspaper the J1Hinat an
yet IA the spirit Vt forgiveness which Iva
animated MIR Lincoln, and all friends of til
Administration here aud elsewhere Nh
Prentice. as the editor of the J0UrHal, wa
given tree pass to Richmond for domes
TIC aud strictly personal purpose. The cor
respmtence we print this morning SHOW
how this nercltui and maguaniu"us con
duct on tile part Of }lr LIueoln aud friends
has been recIproystrd by Mr. Preutice.''