Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-11-29
F r ON WASHINGTON
THE TAX ON RE-WORKED TOBACCO,
Whskey Smuggling from Canada.
OPERATIONS OF FOURTH AUDITORS BUREAU
Numerous Applications for Pardon.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2s, 1865.
,THE ORGANIZATION OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-

WASHINGTON, Nov. %, 1865.
iTHE ORGANIZATION OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-.
TIyES.
few additional members of Congress arrived here
to-day including Senator Irumbul Of Illinois. =
No delay from tactious movements in the organiza.
ton OF the House, is ANTICIPATED Instead of extra
ordinarily exciting and turbulent times which have
been predcted, the present indications are in the
opposite direction. 1t is considered that there is
nothing IN the political aspect which cannot be re-
conced both to the satisfaction Of the President and
OF OongrgsS; Inc prospect, therefore, is that the
House Will be organized on Mon4ay, and the Prcsi-
dents message and the accompanying reports of the
on Tuesday. ~ '-i7'
Mr.. Colfax, for Speaker, and Mr.. Mcpherson, for
thus far for reelection
No one here, SO far as can be ascertaned believes
that any OF the members elect from the late insur-
recto9ary States, with the exception. perhaps Of
those from tennessee and Arkansas will be hermit
ted to take part in the organization of the House
THE FOURTH AUDITORS BUREAU.
Ihc operations Of the Bureau OF the Fourth Audi
tor oil the treasury Department for the last fiscal
year. ending June 80 1865 exceed those of any pre-
ylous year since the Government was organized.
Inc number Of requistons drawn was three thousand
the aggregate, one hundred and twenty-five millions
SIX hundred and seventy thousand six hundred and
677.4s.j u0ii''' '" ior'y eisht cents d2207o'
The total number Of accounts adjusted and settled
was thlrty-two thousand three hundred and sixty
nine (32,369, involving the sum of eighty millions
three hundred and siXty-seven thousand one hun
dred and eighty two dollars and thirty-ihre cents
$50 OtI lS2539 The labor of examining and adjust
ing this mass of accounts has been immense
The correspondence of tho Fourth Auditors Bu-
reau has been very extensive SiXty-siy thousand
eight hundred and twenty-five t66,S22) letters were
received, being twcnty-one thousand FIVE hundred
and sXtyseyen u $50 more than were received in
the same period last year. The number of letters
written and sent by the Office was sixty-siX thousand
threc hundred and tWenty-One (66,32l
The number of prize claims received was twenty
snyen thousand SIX hundred and ninetr-ouc (27 sol
and the number settled is twenty three thousand and
5eventy-three (23,Q13)
, The number of rcfunding acquisitions was three
hundred and seventeen l3l1l, amounting to one mil
lion ninety five thousand eight hundred and forty
l0ur dollars and nlnety-onc cents Isl 0a5. .SHqN-
There was paid over TO the Secretary of the Navy
as trustee of the Navy Hospital Fund. fifty-seven
ninetysix cents (;5795996). There was paid TO the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue obtained like
the foregoing through the settlement of paymasters'
accounts &c; }. one hundred and thirteen thousand
four hundred and eighty eight dollars and seventy
one cents GSl13, ,4S5.7D.
The amount paid for allotments to the families of
m arlneS and sailors was Million FIVE hundred and
thousand, SIX hundred and forty-tWo
dollars and iorty-wo cents, 81. .5936i2i2) Thirty
one 81 navy agents accounts, amounting to forty
five millions, eight hundred and ninety one thousand
four hundred and ninety-niuC dollars and ffty-ei
cents, fSi5S9 ,4995S( More than three times the
lumber of claims received and adjusted than in
the previous year.
WHISKY SMUGGLING OVER THE CANADIAN BoRDER-
CAPACIOUs BABIES
The Conmissoner Of Customs who has recently
been making every effort to suppress the extensive
been going on along the Canada frontier has re-
ceived intelligence from the revenue detectives sta
toned there that they have Just detected an ingeni-
GUS scheme for conveying whisky from Canada TO the
United States.
The attention of the officers was first attracted by
the extraordinary number Of women and babies on
nnd tIsDfn hIt 70, Il -
suspicious were aroused from the fact that out of
thirtytwo blessed babies but two gave evidence of
the rrepressbe animation peculiar to juveniles The
mothers, likewise, seemed especially anxious to
screen their little lnn0cents heads from pryng curl
osity, folding hem closely to their breasts and per
mttlng only the neat little feet and legs encased in
tiny shoes and stockings, to be exposed to the gaze of
the passengers.
The detectives were on the alert, and at tho first
station this side of the river where several Of the
posSessors OF the passive juveniles left the rain one
of the officers politely requested permission of lady
to hold her baby while she alighted. Struck with
the unusual weight of the infant and the excessive
solicitude of the mother. the officer commenced an
and on removing the wrappings dis
covered that the interior was tin case. fashioned
after the simlitude Of veritahlc baby filed with
from three to five gallons of whisky.
A general descent was at once made on the bogus
mammas, resulting In the arrest of about thirty and
the securing Of over one hundred gallons of old rye
PARDoNs
The Star of this evening says:
Notwithstanding the order Of the President direct
ing that no more pardon warrants be issued at pres
ent applicants continue to flock in upon the Attor-
ney General. Included in the list of applications for
pardon which have been filed away for future con-
'lderatlon, are the petitions of enc hundred and
hundred and twenty rebel general officers and
. members of the Confederate Congress There is
llso large list of the rebel leaders including Geo
Davis, Attorney General; Trenholm. Secretary of the
treasury Seddon, secretary of War; Mallory Secrc-
ary of the Navy, and Reagan, Postmaster General,
If the Confedcrates A. II. Stephens their Vice Pre-
ident; Governors Smith and Letcher of Virginia
Lowe, of Maryland; McGrath. of South Carolina:
Moore, OF Alabama and Clark of Mississippi. There
Davis which with the others, fled away with the
mass of documents accumulated in the Pardon Bu-
eau, to await developments; Many of the applica-
ions for pardon endorsed by our own Generals
md Senators.
DEsERTERs TO BE RELEASED.
The Secretary of War has ordered that all enlisted
eason of having been found guilty of desertion be
released from custody, and furnished
With transportation to enable them to report to
he chief usering officer of their respective States
Who will furnish them with discharge with the facts
# the case endorsed thereon, including the crime
entence, 6c and such other papers as they may be
untitled to- In eases where no pay is due tranSpor-
alton will be furnished them to their homes This
rider will be understood to apply to all enlisted vol
rm OF the service.
FARRAGCT COURT MARTIAL.
The case of Commodore Craven. which has occu-
led the attention of this court for several weeks
aSt, was SuD0ltLeu To tnc court tni5 morning Tor
erdiet, after the reading. of lengthy defense by
ounsel for the accused. Up to two o'clock P NJ.
he court was engaged in deliberatng upon IA yer-
ct, which, when rendered, will await the approval
f the proper authorities before it will be promuga-
ed.
The court will doubtless be dissolved Immediately,
8 1t Is understood there are no other cases to be
rOught before it.
OUR DEFENDERS.
An officer has been despatched to the battle fields
n the Shenandoah Valley by the War Department.
o in Of thn mir
roops who fell in the many engagements in that
lclnlty during the war. 1t is understood that
emetery will be laid out in the Valley in which the
emains of all the Union troops now buried there
1ill be inferred.
THE VETERAN RESERVE CORPS.
General Dent, commanding the garrison of Wash
ngton, is now engaged in relieving from duty all of
ice can be dispensed with. These officers thus re-
eyed will return their homes and report by letter
the Adutant General, directed in recent orders
rom the War Department.
WHITE HOUSE.
The Cabinet meeting was protracted to-day until
ate hour. All the Secret taries present The Mexican
uestion, it is understood was elaboratey discussed,
With what results however, are Of course unknown.
REQUIsITIoN.
This. morning, Sheriff Harvey, of Baltimore coun-
y, arrived here with requisition from Gov. Brad
ord of MARYLAND, for Barney Sails arrested here
nd committed to jail the charge of stealing
are from Samuel N France. of that county, on the
tn OF November, on which Chief Justice Carter is
ueu MS warrant anu SneIlH Harvey lett IN the ll.l0
rain with his prisoner for TowsontOwn.
TROOPS TO BE MUSTERED OUT.
The follow ing, among other troops, are to be mus
cred out of the service:-Connectcu Sth and 1lth
Infantry; Massachusetts lst and 4th companies unat-
ached heavy artillery: New York 41st and 1O3d in
lntry, and Pennsylvania 1SSth and 2l3th infantry.
INTERNAL REVENUE.
The total receipts from Internal Revenue since the
9th of June, amount to Sl46,500,000.
PATENTS ISSUED.
The business of the Patent Office this year is much
lrger than for any subsequent. Over 800 patents
aving been issued.
A COUNTERFEIT PLATE SEIZED.
The officers of the Treasury Department have
ezed counterfeit plate of the ten forty bonds, so
'el executed that the spurious bonds would have
cen difficult of detection.
COMPENSATION FOR DESTROYED PROPERTY.
- Eleven hundred dollars has been paid to Mrs.
sashlngton widow of Lewis Washington, rebel
tcer in compensation for household property seized
urng the war.
THE PIRATE CHICKAMAUGA.
The Rebel Pirate Steamer Raised and
TOwed into Wilmington.
A late despatch from Wilmington announces that