The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-03-12

80 WASHINGTON, March lO.
| The q. s. Consul at Liverpool informs tn
State Department that the disease rinderpes
| is still on the increase. No remedy has We
been found that meets with any general conf
| dence, although there are several that promise
| well. The official report for the week ending
| Feb 18th, states the number of new cases te
| be 1901. This is an increase of 2437 ovel
| the number reported last week, and 3S48 over
| the number reported as having been attacked
week before last. g
The U. S. Consul at Gibraltar reports to the
State Department, Feb. 18th, the wreck OF the
American coasting schooner Edwin Reed, OF
Boston. She sunk on the 18th, in lat. 30 4
| W, Ion. SO e w. Her crew was taken of
by Hayonarian brig, Capt. Hendricks The
Edwin Reed was from Philadelphia with a
| cargo of coal for Boston, was blown to sea,
lost her Sails spars and boats. The master
and crew were all saved with the ships pa
pers. osg.l.is. II +. s..f.f - el..5 Hiflss
The President has pardoned 1413 individu-
alssbelonging in Alabama, since the publica-
ton of the amnesty proclamation, under the
$1,000 clause. The number pardoned under
the 13Sth exception in the border States is very
few. Most of those who have been pardoned
come under the l0Sth exception. ad3 ~ j
. Gen. Sprague, Assistant Commander of the
freedmen's affairs for the States of Missouri
and Arkansas, reports to the Commissioner
under date of Feb. goth, that 2S,4S4 rations
more were issued to white refugees in the
month of January than were issued in De-
cember, as the number OF refugees requiring
assistance had increased 1901. The number
of rations issued to the freedmen in January
were 4154 less than issued in December. De-
pendent freed people have diminished 1871 since
the close of last year. He believes the issue
to refugees will have to be further increased,
because in many parts Of the district there was
but scant supply of food last fall, and this
has been exhausted. The poor are without
money or means to procure food from dis
lance, and there seems to be no alternative but
to supply the helpless women and children
from the government c0mmiSsary stores, Or
leave them to starve to death. The Commits
sioner, therefore, is placing a liberal construc-
ton on the word "refugee," and is preventing
starvation in all parts of the district He es-
Inmates the number of poor that will be de-
pendent on the government for support during
the next three months to be about 1000. Two
hundred and fifty boxes of clothing have been
distributed among the destitute white people.
WASHINGTON, March IL.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has
decided that inspectors cannot retain for their
own use that portion OF the spirits taken from
the caSk or packages in order to ascertain the
proof. = ' F'aA 10 ''iai'l' 11'- '''-
Inc ASSISTANT commissioner Oh Inc rreSa-
mems bureau INFORMS Gen: howard tnae Ins
NUMBER Oh helpiess poor IN AIkansas anu
missouri thaS WIN De uepenuent upon tne
GoVefnment ior support curing Inc heAt tnIee
months, VIII Dc aooot 4,ooo. lhey are WIFI
guy money or sae means 70 procure loou ,ro.h
i've Dut 10 supply Inc helpless women anu
children from the coh1mlssary STORES, or ieaVe
them 10 stafve. 80 49,, !.
In obeqience 70 instfucu0ns from the war
department the Military DlStrictS OF south
ern, northern ana western NeW-Hefk- have
been discontinued. sOT "a "