The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-09-28

TIE JOHNSON DEPARTMENT CLUB.

TIE JOHNSON DEPARTMENT CLUB.
| As the johnson Departmental CLUB Is
much magniicd by telegraph, it is but JUS
ticc to the clerks in the departments at
Washington to say that they number over
) 600 that they have all been seen and in
| formed that their places will mainly de-
pend on their joining that club: and that
We. but 1903 ont of the 5000 have become
members. and when the club marched to
meet the President, on his return, their
numbers, all told, were scvcnty-tour.
INTERNAL. REVENUE DECISION.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
having been asked "if carriage makers are
allowed, under the present law, to deduct
from their returns Of sales the value of
! such articles entering into the manufacture
of carriages as may have already paid the
manufacturers tax," has replied as follows
The new law exempts spokcs, hubs,
bows and fellocs, poles, shafts, arms and
Wheels not ironcd or finished; springs and
wire made of steel axles made of iron or
steel, rivctS, nuts, washers, and bolts used
in the manufacture of vehicles or carriages,
and also paints. But the iron and steel
! from which many of these articles are
made are subject to an impost or excise
duty, also the leather, cloth, and trim
mings. And the finished carriage is liable
| 10 duty of five per cent. at Udt0ren, with
| out any deductions whatever of articles
.or materials, taxed or untaNcd, which
enter into the construction of the car
riayc. If any assessor has allowed de-
ductions of any kind from the value of the
finished carriage before assessing the tax,
| Inc has done it on his own responsibility
and without authority Of law, and measures
will be taken Immediately to correct the
/ erroneous assessment.
PUT THEM OUT.
| One of the delegates TO the Pittsburg
Convention, who was refused leave of alb.
Scnce, and then left without leave, was to-
dav, on Recommendation of the Third
Auditor, dismissed by the Secretary Of the
Treasury for insubordination.
EuLoGIzING BOOTH.
No surprise is manifested at the remarks
eulogi>tic of Booth reported to have beer
made recently at Bedford, Pa, in this city
where such things as cheering for Booti
and Davis, and offers of money to erect 9
monument to the memory Of the former
arc daily occurrences. Since the Presi
dents open sympathy with the enemies 81
Union, cx-rebcls and rebel sympathizers in
this city have carried their heads high, and
are beginning TO talk boldly.
CONDITION OF THE PRESIDENT.
There is a painful feeling abroad, ire
sistiblc by reason of many corroborativC
circumstances, that the Presidents mind
| is more or less affected by the cares of of.
! flee: that he has been in a morbid cOndi-
ton for months past is the belief Of many
! This is realized more particularly by those
who are in almost daily intercourse with
| him. aud il is thus his best friends account
for his many vagarics and Inconsistencies
| A close observer could not have failed t
notice when the President returned from
| his recent trip West that his cOuntenancC
/ indicated great mental tribuatiOn: III,
smile was forced aud unnatural, and ii cvi-
IDENTIFY required an effort to appear at ease
| The fear of Impeachment, a lingering doubt
a. to the success of his policy, and hence a
failure to be reGlcctcd-an event upon
| which his heart is unqucStionahly Sct-and
above all, the dread of assassination, are
constantly before his minds eye. On the
other hand, there are those with good OPP
portunities Tor observation who scout the
prevalent rumor and profess to believe the
| President as sound in mind rs at any time
during the last five years. Without ut
tempting to decide between these two OPT
Mons, give the facts as find them.
THE last two items were taken from thu
Baltimore Amrjcm, a Radical sheet, ant
NAV he set down as unreliable.