The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-08-25
| FROM WASHINGTON THIS AFTERNOON.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO EVENING rELEGRAPH.l
WASHINGTON, August rs.
The Internal Reveuua lava

The Internal Revenue Laws.
revised edition of the Internal Revenue
Laws is in the hands of the printer, and will
be ready for use in a few days.
Seizure of DistIlIerIes by Internal
Revenue Officers.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has
received information of the seizure of the pre-
misses OF ninety dlstilleries in Philadelphia for
distilling whisky without a license
The Executive Power to Remove from
Office.
Attorney-General Stanbery s preparing a
decision in reference to the legality Of the Pre-
sidents removing persons from public offices
and appointing others in their stead, without
the advice and consent OF the Senate. It will
be ready IN a short time.
Delegates TO the Loyal Southern Com
ventiOn.
The Union residents of Was hngton held an
informal meeting last evening to arrange for
sending a delegation to the Convention of
Southern Loyalists at Philadelphia. Judge
Edmunds, late of the Land Office, and Judge
Advocate eneral Holt are spoken of as dele
gates.
Surveys by the Land Office.
The General Land Office has just received re-
turns of surveys and confrmetions embracing
the Mexican claim designated as the Rinale
A. NJ. De Richardson. The tract is situate on
the San Puebla bay, California.
A Rebel Jubilee over the PhiladeIphia
Convention.
A citizen of the neighborhood of Culpeper,
Va, arrived here to-day. and states that, on the
receipt of the news OF the action of the Phila-
delphla Convention, Confederate flags were dis
played from many of the dwellings in the place.
The Customs ReccintS.
The receipts from customs az the four princi-
pal ports of the United States, from the 18th to
the 18th of August, were as follows:-Boston
4ls,544'2l; New York, 50, Asa, ,72l'69 Philadel-
phia, Sl49, 9,62l26; Baltimore, S8l, ,38566; total
receipts at these four ports during the week
So, l04, ,272'82.
The Political Prospects In Pennsylyania.
Letters from prominent Pennsylvanians TO
parties here state that the enthusiasm of the
people over the course of Congress is intense
and that careful canvass makes the State sure
for General Geary, the radical candidate for
Governor, by very large majority. gain of
three congressman is almost certain.
Records of Dependents on the Freed
mems Bureau.
The records of the Freedmen's Bureau show
that the aggregate number of sick refugees and
freedmen that are now inmates of the hospitals
and asylums in the several districts of the
Bureau to be as follows:-Virgi mia, 500; District
of Columbia, 226; South Carolina 22l; North
Carolina, 2l5; Alabama 2S7; Georgia, 274; Mis-
sissippi, 100; Florida, 3s; Louisiana, AS;
Arkansas, l2S; Kentucky, 81. Total number
2763.
RumOred Removal of Judge Holt.
1t is rumored that Judge Advocate Genera
Holt has been relieved from his position in the
Wn naE
as his successor. Fullerton had several law
books in his trunk during his Southern tour,
and has been studying Blackstone & Co, dill
gently. No one ever dreamed of his aspiring
to General Hollis place, but it seems he has not
been studying for naught
Payment of Bounties to CoIored Soldiers
stopped.
The Secretary of War has issued an order to
the Paymaster- General, directing him to stop
all payment of bounties TO colored soldiers, and
to turn over all claims appertaining to the
bouuties to the Second Auditor for settlement
Under the act of CONGRESS. approved June 26,
1866 the Secretary Of War was directed to pro
vide for the payment of these bounties 1t is
only two weeks ago since Paymaster.General
Brce commenced paying the bouut;cs to the
colored soldiers.
A Rare Instance of Economy.
Commissioner Cooley, of the Indian Bureau,
has established precedent in economy which
is worthy of notice. Having been authorized to
use an appropriation of $54, 900 to treat with
certain refractory Indians, he, in company with
special commission, last August visited these
tribes, remaining with them over two months,
and after entertaining the representatives of
seventy-fve thousand Indians, and expending
$4,000 in presents, and ratifying treaty, anly
expended $4,000 for this object. This is the
first instance of this character on record at the
Indian Bureau.