The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-09-26
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REPORTED yoy ahe Daily Argtls.
Special TO the n. y. Herald.

! special 10 tue IN i IleEdiu
} WASHINGTON, Sept. 25-The act Of congress
! authorizing the 1910 loan fixed the limit at two
/ hundred millions of dollars, but the secretary OF
/ treasury finding that it interfered with the per
/ cent. loan discontinued it when one Thousand and
! sevcnty-three millions were issned. There is
probability that the remaining twenty-seVen mil
/ lions will shortly be put upon the market.
/ The post office department has issued d circular
| giving notice that the penalties fixed by law for
carrying letters outside of the mails when not en-
closed IN government stamped envelOps Will be
| rIgIdly enforced in every where violations
known to exist. Only letters relating to cargo
and freight of water craft other vheIlcles en-
ployed upon mail routes may be lawfully carried
/ not enclosed as above. By the terms of this order
unpaid letters for delivery and those prepaid by
! postage stamps cannot be carried outside of the
mail by any other conveyances without subJectlng
| captain, owner, driver and other employees to
! penalty of 500 for each offense
/ The first session (snce the close OF the war; of
the U. S. dstrst court, Judge Underwood, presid-
ing convened to-day III Alexandra, Va.
The attorney general 5. II. Chandler made
very eloquent and torcible speech urging upon the
count liberal policy in treating the large number
of cOnfscation cases upon the docket,
The Judge, before adjourning made the follow
ing decision:
Ordered That in all cases where pardons have
been granted, and where the amnesty oath has
been taken, save to those under the presidents
probation; all suits for property under the conis
cation law, dismissed upon payment OF costs.
a large number OF citizens Interested under his
ruling present in court and Imme lately came
forward and paid the that had occurred upon
suits brOaght against them.
Sepcial to n. Y. Times.
WAsHINGroN, Sept. 35.-The rush of pardon
seekers to-day was not great as usual.
Among those who have, tor weeks, daily sought
personal audience with the president to press their
applications L. Pope Walker, the first secretary
OF of the rebel confederocy also sent the ia
NOUS order to Gen. BeanregaTd' at haTiestOn, to
FIRE q Fort Sumter. he still waiting and
and - likely to continue to do So
1t is doubtful if the president will make
the contemplated excursion south.
! Among the southern mail routes
| ordered to be resumed to-day
| was en- route from Austin to San Antonio, Texas,
and from Jonesboro to Fayetteville, Ga
Sec'y Stanton resumed mis- official duties at the
war dept this morning.
/ The receipts of internal revenue. to-day,
were 81, 900, 1908.
| Collector King and Surveyor Wakeman, Of
! \. Y, are here, working lndustriOusiy to :
| gether, for the purpose OF reducing the expen-
| SEES of collecting the revenue. They have al
ready made considerable, reduction in that
way, and in dispensing with large portion
of the clerks and other help. In other de-
partments great abuses that have long been
! tolerated will also be now broken up.
Secretary Harlan left here, yesterday, for
! Iowa, where ne expect to remain tor two
weeks During his absence, Judge Orten,
| assistant secretary, will discharge the duties
! of his office.
Special to N. Y. Tribune.
WARRINGTON, Sept. 25.-The combinations
! for the speakership already brewing
Mr. Colfax leads. Il. Ely, of Ohio, has
maay earnest friends Green Clay Smith, of
Kentucky, is urged, while the advocates OF
| Henry J. Raymond are, of ALL undoubtedly
| no zaalauSl Y The hpileyp In
their ability to swallow all the lesser can0i-
dates and one, over confident, bOasted that
they were III the possession OF the proper ar
guments to ensure ultimate triumph.
Governor Logan, of Idaho, who has been
detained to receive instructions in regard to
the authorized treaties ne is to make with
the Indians of his SUPPLEMENTARY, leaves
for his seat of government, tomorrow.
The leading freedmen's aid societies have
recently consolidated under the title of Am
eIican Freedmen's Aid Commission" and
will hereafter operate through a single organ
ization.
This step has met the cordial approval of
the freedmen's bureau.
A petition was received by the president,
to day, from a large number of the citizens OF
New Orleans, representing that it was impos-
sible to distinguish confederate cotton-and
that the attempt to enforce the rights of the
government under the conhscatlon act was
causing much toouble and loss to legitimate
owners. The petitioners pray, therefore,
for the abandonment of this policy; and that
all osttou be admitted, subject to tax of
from 10 to 90 per cent, or such sum as
should be deemed sufficient to csver the
claims of the government,
, Some 80 or 90 of the oldest cotton houses
of New Orleans have Just sent q memorial
which states that no such difficulty exists ;
that confederate cotton may easily be dlstln-
guished from that owned by private parties,
and they protest against the scheme proposed
above as continuance for the benefit OF ir-
regular speculators.
The factories have large claims upon plan
, tiers for advances made before the war. 1t lie
supposed the spectators some time get hold
of cotton belonging TO the factories, and it is
suggested that they may claim ownership
under the laws of Louisiana, and even do so
against the U. S. con6scation act.