The New York herald., 1865-03-16

Printing Bureau, as the Treasury Department has 70
signed the publication Of this has brought TO washing
ton several persons seeking All the supposed vacancy
Northern banker said to Secretary McCuoch yestor
dayYos speech the heads Of the Treasury Bureaus
on tho occasion Of their calling upon you when you took
office reminded Of Louis Napoleons annual words
the diplomatic representatives who visit him New
Years day Your sentence accepted ali through
the country indication OF the financial policy ofths
government for the four years II encouraged the
patriot 1t warned the disoya Gold gambling accepted
your few words its death DOOM" The public impress
son reported at Washington by letter and by visitors
having business with the department, is that Mr. Nc
Cuoch determined to for the Of the
United States home and abroad the high credit to which
it entitled that he will tolerate longer the mschev
Gus and waseful difference between gold and the national
promises, which unpatrctic men all the country
have, by combination, ardcay created that he knows
that the OF this country equaed any
whore on this earth; and that while he applies the
economy and caution Of fnancier trained in
school Of practical banking and in which he has acquired
and established reputation for conservatism he will
stand resolutcy upon the strength Of the nation and
lean his department upon the people. This public I'm
PRECISION Of Mr.. McCuloch's character and Of his pur
pose Of administering the Treasury accepted In Wash
ngton correct and doubt il felt here that the pub
lie will heartily sustain him. II 10 known that the Sec
retary has determined to put down the price Of
gold to its just relations to paper; but not
to do this in haste indeed to take just that the
fall DO not so rapid to precpats ruin upon any inter-
est But In view Of this settled policy OF the Treasury
Department II is regarded here wise for all men in
business to unload their burdens betmes and be cautious
in assuming burdens. The books Of the Treasury
show that for sometime past the daily receipts Of gold
would give for the year, In round numbers sos 0o0
The allowance Of interest the public debt payable
gold is but SOS 0O0 From the single OF sup
ply Of the customs alone the to meet the gold
bearing obligations Of the government half greater
than its requirements
The following is copy Of . letter. dated Treasury De-
partment Office Of Internal Revenue Washington harch
49, 1866
sIR:The following is copy Of section second Of the
late act OF Congress- approved on the Sd inst =
SECTION 2And be further enacted, that from after
a as % hs ae the mh ss 70 an
mat matches other articles i part o. wood and used for
You will observe that In consequence Of this provision
of the law all luclfer and friction matches exposed to sale
without being stamped are liable 10 seizure, notwith-
standing their importation from Canada, or other foreign
countries and their sac in original packages Whenever
you ind packages Of matches large small offered for
sue without being stamped, you should therefore mme
datey seize the and proceed to enforce the penal
ties Of the law. Yours, respectfully,
JOSEPH J. LEWIS, Commissioner.
PRESENTATION OF THE AUSTRIAN MINISTER.
Count wydcnbruke today presented to the Presi-
dent by Secretary Seward, Minister Resident from
Austria The usual complimentary and friendly sauta.
tions were exchanged
GENERAL HOOKER DESIRES SERVICE IN THE FIELD.
strong effort has been made to have General Hooker
assigned to active command is understood that
he has been applied for and will be sent into the
field.
HERALD CORRESPONDENT APPOINTED AID TO
GOVERNOR PIERPoNT.
Governor Pierpont Of Old Virginia or so much OF az
Is under Union control has commissioned Mr. George H.
Hart formerly army correspondent of the HkRALD an
ad camp, with the rank Of lieutenant colonel.
THE NEW CONSUL GENERAL TO HAYTr.
Prof. q. E. Peck Of the obern College, Ohio has been
appointed commissioner consul general 10 the repub-
lie Of Hayti, vice B f. Whidden resigned The salary
is seven thousand Eve hundred dollars per annum.
THE FLOUR CONTRACT
There was slight error in the despatch Of Monday
night in the price Of -four accepted that day. II
should have been $11 80, instead Of S1l Is.
FRAUDS IN TRANSPORTATION TICKETS.
Last night Charles Cook formerly the ticket agent At
the Baltimore depot Charles Williams the ticket agen.
at tho Sanitary rooms and Thompson, the agent the
depot arrested by the military authorities and COM
the government Of about thirty thousand dollars worth
Of transportation tckea Thompson is charged with alb
sractng the tickets from the oce and giving them TO
Cook and Williams, who disposed Of them through
agents The first suspicion Of the affair created by
many Of the certificates found aoat in the city, and the
detectives in hunting up matters, found quite number
OF agents who stated that they received fifty per
cent for disposIng Of theu but laterly twenty FIVE
MEDALS or HONOR PRESENTED TO SAILORS.
To-day i've sailors, who were among the fifteen who,
under Lieutenant Cushing, blew up the rebel Abe
marie, when eleven captured two drowned and
two escaped presented with medals Of honor pre-
pared BY the Navy Department Each medal was &c
companied by letter from the Secretary saying was
awarded for gallant and mertonous conduct The
OF the recipients are:-Henry Wilkes r. H. King, Ber-
nsrd Hawiey, VIM. Smith and Richard Hamilton.
PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION TO DKsEaTERs.
The Provost Marshal General has issued circular in
conformity with the proclamation OF the Presdsn
pardoning deserte certain conditions instructing
all ocers and employees Of his bureau TO give prompt
attention to the receiving and forwarding Of such de-
may present themselves accordance with IT.
provisions The Secretary Of War has directed that
reward be paid for the arrest Of deseers who may
arrested subsequent TO the receipt Of this order by the
District Provost Marshal.
The Income Tax.
TREASURY DDpARrxssI,
OFFICE or INTERNAL REVENUE
WASHINGTON, March 3, 1865
SrRCouv an,s have been made TO this Office as to the
manner In which income returns have been made in
many collection districts In the United States and
cernng yours among others IL is in the power Of the
assessor and s also his duty TO require all persons
who may have filed shidavits that they in pos
session Of $500 income for 1852 and ls63where he sup
poses the statement 70 be fradulen-o appear before
hip, apd explain Tectfy their returns ahdavits
II is reasonable that persons whose family expenses
were over " 600 per year must have taxable income,
and yet is known that persons who have lived rate
requiring expenditure OF from 81 600 S. 600
made atavs that their incomes did not amount TO 5000
per year in the yeae referred to- All such returns