Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-11-07
CORRESPONDENCE.
Letter from Washington.

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ternoi ReUeuue Decision.
The Tunisian Embassy have about concluded the
visit here, and will probably take their leave to-mo
row, believe it is their intention to depart fro,
the country next week. Mr. Cox. of the State De
partment who was dcputed by Secretary Seward
pay such attentions to the distinguished visitors q
American hospitality would require, and who hs
| performed that duty in an admirable manner say
that the Tunsian officers have expressed therwarm
| est acknowledgements for the civilites extended
| them.
The sightseeing over. the embassy have been in
vlted within two three days past to enjoy social in
tercourse with some of our citizens, and have bee
entertained by the Metropolitan Club where speeche
OF the kindest character were made by Mr. Lorime
Graham, President ofthe club; Mr.. Jordan, Solicito
| OF the Treasury Department, who is Vice Presiden
of the club: General McCallum, Chief of Militar
| Railroads. Mr.. Franklin Philip and others.
They have also been entertained by Mr.. Franklin
| Philip and other gentlemen At o'clock P NJ tn
Embassy had farewell interview with Presiden
johnson, and at o'clock they will visit Lieut. Gen
Grant; dining in the evening with Mr.. Riggs, th
Banker.
The Secretaries and heads of the several Depart
ments OF the Government rapidly preparing the
reports of the operations of the different branches
the Government for the past year. They must neces
sariiy prove more than usually interesting in the
summing up of results at the close of the war and thu
re-establishment of peace. The Postmaster Gene
rails report will be of great interest, in view
the reorganization of the Southern mail service anC
Governor Dennison will bring his report down to
later period than usual in order to give an exhibit
the condition of Southern mail service at the presen
time The revenue of the postal service in the oya
States for the past year larger than that of al
the States before the war. General Grants report
which has been in the hands of the Secretary of Wal
for some days. has been recalled by the General.
The Pacific squadron will consist of the followine
named vessels: Powhatan twenty-five guns: Shame
kim ten guns; Tuscarora, ten guns; Vanderbilt, sew
enteen guns; Monadnock, four guns. Total sixty.
three guns. The Powhatan. a frst-rate frigate So
called, will be the flagship; the ShamOkn an iron
doubleender gunboat. will off Brazil; the Tus
carora, wooden gunboat of the Kearsarge class
will be in commission in the Pacific and the Wander
bilt, a large wooden ship, and the Monadnock, q
doubleturreted iron-cad. carrying 15-inch guns will
lay up in the harbor of San Francisco.
The inspection of the regiments of the Veteran
Reserve corps shows that about nine tenths of the
men are desirous of quitting the service. The rolls
for discharging such being made, and in all pro-
liability the organization will soon cease to exist
There is already great disproportion between the
officers and privates The Third regiment which ar
rived in New York last Thursday from Vermont un-
der orders to be mustered out consisted of one Col
one Lieut. Colonel one Adjutant, one Quartermas-
ter, and one private The duties now performed here
by the Veteran Reserves will be performed, it is un-
derstood by the veteran troops of Hancock corps.
The sale of Government buildings is going on to-
day at Forts MeigS, Ricketts,. Davis, and Wagner
beyond the Eastern Branch The only forts of about
forty constructed around the District that will be
retained, are Forts Sumner, Reno, Stevens. Slocum
Tottcn, Lincoln, Stanton, Carroll, and Foote north
of tho Potomac and Forts Winnie npI ElISportl,
and Battery Rogers, south of the Potomac.
Secretary Seward, assisted by his son Frederick. is
busily engaged to-day in preparing a large foreign
mail. Mr. Frederick Seward has now sufficiently re-
covered to fully resume his duties at the Department
as Assistant Secretary of State.
The following order was issued by Secretary Harlan
on Saturday:
To the Commissioner Of Bureaus IN the Interior De-
pIdrttnent-SIR: As all rooms, in the Patent Office
hereby instructed to notify the lady clerks of your
office occupying any of said that their services
will be discontinued from and after the Both instant
About one hundred ladies affected by this order,
but considerable number are employed in writing
for the Department outside whose connection with it
will remain unchanged.
The first batch of gold certificates of the one thous
and dollar denomination went forward to the New
York ub-Treasury on Saturday. The five thousands
have been in the hands of Mr. Van Dyck some days.
Now that there is something of an assortment ready
the circulation of gold backs will probably commence
in New York Immediately. The twenty dollar notes
are in press giving their elaborately engraved
backs the fac-simile of double eagle. Part of this
issue of gold notes will be printed upon bufcolored
paper. In respect they will be like Bank of Eng
land notes. Once they come back to the Treasury
they will not be reissued, but notes will be fur
nished instead.
To-day's Republican says
We have received copy of the Constitution and
ByL Laws of the Liquor Dealers Association of the
District of Columbia. Article twelve of the Constitu
ton strikes us little queer. 1t is as follows:
ANY white person engaged in the liquor business,
of good moral character, may become member of
this alton, receiving majority of the votes
of the members present at any Of its meetings, and
paying initiation fee of ten dollars, and signing
the constitution and bylaws including the pledge.
The Board of Trade of the District of Columbia
have selected at the of Sixth street and
Pennsylvania avenue for the transaction of business
in future.
The Commissioner of the Internal Revenue this
morning promulgated the following decision concern
ing the liability of the manufacturers and producers
of articles especially exempt from duty under Sec
ton So.
The act of July, 1862 declares that certain articles
enumerated in the last provso but one of the 18th
section should not be regarded manufacturers
within the meaning of the act The producers of
these articles therefore, not required to take
manufacturers license. They were however. re-
quired to take license dealers, according to their
annual sales.
By the Goth Section of the act of June 30th 1854,
many of the articles, not regarded manufactured
within the meaning of the former act, are exempt
from duty while others are made taxable as manu-
factures The same act Section 70, paragraph 81. de-
fines a manufacturer to be any person, firm cor
poration, who shall manufacture by hand ma
chinery any goods. wares, or merchandise, exceed
ing annually the sum of one thousand dollars.
Any person, firm, or corporation, therefore, who
shall manufacture by hand or machinery, any of the
articles exempted from excise tax by the9 section,
are to be regarded until actually woven, marble and
slate other building stones in block. rough and
unwrought charcoal, coke, all -four and meal made
from grain, bread and breadstuffs butter, cheese,
concentrated milk, cider and cider vinegar, and su
gar or molasses made from other article than the
sugar cane, parafne, whale and fish OIL value of the
bullion made in the manufacture of silver ware, sill
yer bullion. rolled prepared for pasters use ex
clusively. and cut tapes and small wares used IN
the manufacture of hoop skirts, and all the man
ufactures where the increased value does not eX-
ceed five per centum the cost manufactures, and
are liable to take manufacturers S license. The ar
tices exempted by the 96th section as follows
Newspaper boards, shingles laths and other lumber;
staves hoops shocks, headings, and timber partially
wrought and unfinished for chairs, tubs, pals, hubs,
spokes felloes swaths lasts, shovel and fork han
dies, match wood umbrella sretchers alcohol made
or manufactured of spirits or materials upon which
the duties imposed by law shall have been paid, bone
dust plaster or gypsum, malt burning fluid, printers
ink fax prepared for textile felting purposes or
value of the materials from which they are made or
produced. DR..