Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-04-04
FRon WASHINGTON.
Special Dispatch TO tie Republican,
A

Z HNHA-a &A"N"NHa 4. NL# NaLEH"Ha.A#
W~AsHINCr0N, April l.
There are no additional developments
relative % the vote on the pending veto
message i'm the Senate, ON the Civil
Rights bill. The absence Of Senators
Wright and Dixon, viii, unless there are
some very remarkable changes. prevent
the veto from being sustained.
The Military COMMITTEES Of the House
wiz, this week, endeavOr to press to a
vote the bill organizing the regular army.
They have reported q substitute for the
Senate bill.
A number Of people have been called
here from different parts OF d country,
over the premature announcement that
rewards for the arrest of cOnspiratOrs
were 20 be distributed. The matter is
stil unsettled by the War Department.
Nearly live thousand persons have made
application for q share OF the rewards.
A new paper, called the Sunday Her
aid, appeared here to-day, in support Of
the Presidents policy. The ReDU56c0R
also appears tomorrow, as a morning
paper; il twill sdso support the Presidents
policy.
Thc WAYS asd Means Committee have
carefully considered the proposed tax on
cotton. The evidence taken by the In
ternai Revenue Committee on that sub
iect has Just been before them. some Of
the large Southern planters who testified
stated that in a political and not a pecu-
mary sense an export duty on cotton
would De dislfked BY the South. They
also added their belief that The cotton
crop for 1856 would not reach more than
one million and a half of bales.
The Commissioner Of Internal Revenue
has issued the following circular under
the regulations Of the Secretary Of the
Treasury, ccltaiued IN bis circular, dated
June p and September lb 1865, relative
20 articles manufactured in States lately
IN rebellion
Permission was given By this Office
10 rCW'Ork m0uidy, hnky and otherwise
damaged tobacco without the payment
Of the current rate Of duty upon tobacco
newly manufactured, in "a circular dated
February p, 1866. The privileges
granted by f5rmer regulations neon
sistent with the general provisions
of the law, shall Be aud are hereby
revoked The privilege ofreworking or re-
manufacturing old and damaged tobacco,
I am Satisfied, is inconsistent with
the general provisions Of the law, and Of
ten too greatau abuse. Itoperstes largely
% the prejudice Of manufacturer Of
fresh tobacco, and deprives the Govern
ment of a large amount Of revenue, while
the occasion Of the privilege no longer
eXists- in compliance therefore with the
recent Instructions Of the Secretary, the
permission heretofore greenfield to reworko or
renaanufacture tobacco, with the payment
OF duties only upon the increased weight,
IS hereby withdraw On and after the
18th day OF April, 1886, ID viii be required
that al manufactured tobacco and snuff,
made wholly or in part from Old caven-
dish, plug, twist OF other kinds which
may have previously paiu a TAX, shall be
inspected aud branded a. new tobacco,
and liable 60 the same rates of duty a.
like descriptions Of tobacco from new
material OF from the naturalleaf.
The special attention of eli Assessors
and Inspectors Of Tobacco IS called 20
this subject, and a rigid enforcement of
tins circular is hereby enioined.
The Supreme Cont heard its last argu-
ment on Thursday last. IL viii com
mence tomorrow and render deeisiOns
that en- the jurisdiction OF military com
missions is looked for with deep interest