Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-10-11

ports in consequence OF the difficulty of obtain
ing national curency TO pay the duties at the
place of purchase, the Treasury Department has
issued circular fof the guidance of Collectors OF
Internal Revenue and of Customs, by viii h it is
provided that articles dutiabe under the Internal
Revenue Laws may be removed from any col &C.
ton district or State lately in instruction, and
shipped to New York. Philadelphia, Baltm ore,
Boston, Cairo, ST. Louis, Cincinnati or New Or
leans on execution, by the shipper, of a satisfac
tory bond, TO be given 70 the Internal Revenue
Collector at the place whence the articles are 10
he removed, and the dnty paid to she Collector at
the port of destination.
JEFF.'s TREASURE
The treasure captured among JEFF Davis effects
by Major. General Wilson's forces in Georgia, and
brought here by Mr.. Twombly, of the Redemp-
ton Bureau of the Treasury has been cocnted at
the Cashiers room of the Treasury. 1t amounts
to SS7 67S in gold, mostly old coinage; S6,S?2 in
silver I46 pieces of foreign coin gold and sill
ver,) value not yet estimated, and Sc bricks Of sill.
yer, weighing over five pounds each, estimated
value 500 each-the value of the whole being
somewhat over Sl0O,O00.
Some of the money and bullion Is claimed by
the Bank of Virginia, the Exchange Bank of Vir.
portion OF their funds carried off at the time
Of the evacuation Of Richmond. No decision has
yet been made by the department on the claims.
THE WHITE HOUSE.
The attendance Ofvisitors ct the Executive Man.
sion to day was quite small, not over q dozen be-
ing present The rush of pardon seekers seems to
have permanently abated, and the receptions CIV
en- by the President TO those having business with
him begin to resume their wonted decorum. The
Office Of the Sec et2ries are no longer invaded by
impertnent crowds, and the members of the Pres-
dents household can now occasionally venture out
from the private apartments without being eX.
posed to the impudent stare and criticism of par.
don lOungers.
The health of the President and family con-
tinues good, notwithstanding the sickness that
evil from the supposed malarous influences gene
rated by the fats OF the Potomac.
CONTESTED ELscrIoN CASES.
Under an order of the last Congress q very
valuable legal work has been prepared by the
Clerk of the House Comnittee on Elections, on
ali of the contested elections which have been
before either branch since 1884, It IA a volume
of six hundred aud sixty pages and is issued In a
neat form by the Government printing ottce. In
the House, 1t appears that there have been one
hundred and eighty-iour cases since the year
named, and in the Senate fourteen. In the
coming Congress there are some six or seven
cases to be settled aud as they are mostly decided
on the precedents already established, the new
volume will save the committee and the House q
vast amount of labor.
RESULT OF THE MISSION OF IR. DAVIS, OF KEN
TuC6T.
WASHINGTON, October 9-Mr. Garret! Davis
left the city to-day for his residence in Kentucky.
Ii ia understood that while be has not obtained
from the President assurance of that summary &C
ton he desired, he is, nevertheless, satisfied that
the military will be withdrawn from his State.