The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-12-29
The Latest News.
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ny the Union Line.
once, corner of Main and Monroe streets.
From Washington.
NO LOAN NEEDED.
Watching Mexican Vessels.
PACIFIC RAIL ROAD.
Gen. strong's Report.
Heavy Failure in . Chicago.
New Rules in the Treasury
and Internal Revenue
Departments.
aIIsce1Inneou. Items.


YEw YORK, Dec. ga Washington
dispatch states that the casualties In
Alexandria on Christmas were over es
timated. Only one white and two color
ed men were seriously injured.
The Times, Washington special says
| Secretary McCulloch denies that hC
wishes or needs loan of 800, 00O, OOC
aside from the regular revenues of the
Government as has been currently re-
ported.
An order was issued yesterday trans
ferring the Headquarters. of the Depart.
ment of Tennessee from Knoxville t.
Memphis, Tennessee.
The Secretary of War has issued ar
| order forbidding the examination O.
any non-commissioned officer of the
regular army for appointmentto brevet
Lieutenant who has not served at Ieast
two years in the regular army.
The Worlds Washington special
says:
The Secretary of State has directed
the United States attorney to keep 6
Vtgtlant watch on all vessels sailing fol
Mexican ports, and to seize all contra.
band articles. The parties in New
York engaged in this business allege
| that they hRYe a carrier route entitled
Maremitian Express Company. Some
facts will shortly be made public show
ing up the matter more definitely.
GoOAlG dBO ILS nECRSSaIY papers
were filed in the Treasury Department
showing that forty miles of the second
division of the Kansas road had been
completed, and application was accor-
dinghy made for the six hundred and
forty thousand dollars of bonds, Since
the above, the representatives ofanother
interest have presented themselves a
the Treasury and notified the Secretary
that the bonds called for are in their
possession, and ask that the bonds be
issued to them and not to the Kansas
and Leavenworth party. The Secretary
has all the papers and documents re-
lattng to the subject and will render
his decision in a few days.
The Secretary of the Treasury and
the commissioner of internal revenue
have adopted new regulations relative
to draw backs upon shipments to Brit
ish provinces. In case goods are to be
shipped from a port or transportation
through a frontier port to any of the
British provinces, where the draw back
claimed in any one shipment does not
exceed the sum of fifty dollars, the ex-
porter will file his entry in triplicate at
the custom house at the port of expor-
tation in the same form and manner as
prescribed for shipments made to other
foreign ports, in the amended circular,
dated May LIST, 1865, one of which en-
tries Will be submitted to the collector
or other officer of the customs at the
frontier port through which the goods
are to pass, and he will examine the
packages to ascertain if they agree in all
respects with those described in the
entry. IF the packages are found to
agree, the officer of the customs will
permit them to BIO sent forward without
detention to their place of destination,
and will execute ON the back of said
entry certificate that the packages of
merchandise described in the entry for
expectation to Canada or other British
provinces have been duly inspected at
that port and delivered for exploration
as aforesaid. The exporter will then
proceed, in preparing the balance of his
papers, in accordance with the above
mentioned circular. The instructions.
changing each of said forms to suit the
altered circumstances of the case, the
bond will be cancelled, If the exporter
shall produce, within ninety days from
date thereafter, certificate, under the
hand and seal of the collector or other
chief revenue officer OF the condition or
other provincial port, that the goods.
wares and merchandise described, inn
ported into the province herein mem
TONED, and duly entered at the Custom
House, and that the duties imposed by
the laws in force in the province. have
been paid or secured. Merchandize.
wherever for expectation, with benefit
of drawback, under the internal reye-
nue. law, may be forwarded through
those frontier ports through which i'm
ported merchandise may be exported
consistently with lawful regulations,
and no other of the merchandize be
shipped direct by sea, from port of
expectation, or II shipped direct from a
French port to a port in the British
provinces. the regulations prescribed in
the amended circular instructions, da-
ted May LIST, 1866, will be observed
where the drawback claimed, on any
one shipment, exceeds the sum of S56.
Consular certificate will be required
in addition, to be certificate Of the
ship revenue officers for the cancella-
ton of the bonds. In all cases these
regulations will be enforced; on and az
ter the LIST of January, 1866.
Tho Herald's Washington dispatch
states that Gen. VIM: J. Strong, Inspec-
tor General on Gen. Howard's staff re-
turned 10 Washington yesterday from a
three months tour in the Southwest.
He reports affairs in the interior of
Texasi in a deplorable condition. Much
destitution exists among the blacks and
whites; the blacks are willing to work
but the whites are not in condition TO
employ them. The latter also uniyer-
sally complained of bad treatment, and
violation of such contracts as had been
entered into. Bitter hostility to tbe
Government and general lawlessness
prevailed. so great was the Ignorance
that the whites scarcely knew the war
was ended, and the blacks Thought
themselves yet slaves.
When President Johnson's brother
was accidentally wounded by the dis
charge of his gun, number OF sur
geons were applied to for professn onal
treatment, each one refused his services
upon the ground that he was the BROTH
er of the President, and he was Obliged
to send nearly one hundred miles for a
federal surgeon, and died solely for
want of prompt surgical aid.
The Worlds Washington dispatch
The presence of Clarence A. Howard
in the city revives the rumor in circu-
Iatton some time since that Congress
stonal inquiry will probably be made
concerning the alleged fact Of his being
interested in Mexican speculations nm.
der Macmillan, while acting Secretary
of State, and supposed to be priyy 10
the intentions of our Government to-
wards the empire.
The Tribune's Washington dispatch
says:
General Augur has directed a thor
ough investigation of the Christmas
riot at Alexandria, and has ordered the
commanding officer ut that place not
20 surrender any of the offending par
ties to the demand of the civil autIori-
ties, but to refer all such demands to
ment.
WAsHsoToN, Dec. 2s.-The National
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