The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-04-02
BY TELEGRAPH,
TO THE DAILY PRESS.
Monday Morning, April Q, 1866.
From WQshi,a0tou.

| -. WASHINGTON, March 81. 4
The President has deemed it advisable that
| Claudus Edward Harbicht, Consul for Swe-
/ den and Norway at New York, and s. NJ.
1renson, Consul Tor the same Government at
| New Orleans, should no longer be permitted
to continue in the exercise of their Offices and
therefore has wholly revoked their exequators.
| Gen. Howard, Assistant Commissioner OF
| the Freedmen's Bureau Tor the District of Co
| lulnbia, has promulgated circular stating
that by the NNccessful operation of the en-
ployment ONCE in this city and Alexandria.
| and branch offices sustained by benevolent as
| sociatiOns in Baltimore Philadelphia and 9TH
er Northern cities, employment at good wages
| has been found sufficient for all able bodied
| freed people who are without work, and all
| who are working for wages inadequate to the
| support OF their families. BY this and similar
means the Assistant Commissioner is prepar-
ed to provide for all colored orphan children.
The aged and infirm, and those permanently
disabled will be furnished with comfortable
houses at the freedmens village at Arlington,
and at the soldiers rest in Virginia. There
being therefore no longer any need of issping
government supplies to- freed people of this
District by this Bureau, all such issues will
cease on the 10th of April. Thereafter gov
eminent relief to freed people will be afforded
only in the manner above indicated Soup
houses will be closed. and distribution of wood
and clothing will be discontinued. 1t is be-
lieved this measure, which may seem harsh or
unkimd, and may even result<in some suffering
in limited numbtr of cases, will be of great /,
and permanent benefit to all the colorel popu-
lation of the District
Three criminals were pardoned by the Ex-
ecutive to-day. Jesse Lemons convicted on
three indictments for smuggling, in the U. S.
District Court, Michigan, and sentenced topay
a fine of $4,000 on each Indictment and to be
imprisoned until said fine should be paid. He
has been in confinement since June, 1865.
ALBERT F. Gilman convicted in the U. s. Dis
trict Court of Massachusetts,, on the charge of
counterieiting fractional currency, and SEN
fenced to three years imprisonment and to
pay fine of one dollar. He has been confin-
ed since March, 1865. III e.s5 sa #
The official report of the Freedmen Bureau
in Arkansas for the month of February, says
rations have been issued to 1901 refugees in
that month against 2,310 in the preceding
month, and that rations were issued to 567
freedmen against 547 in the month of Janua-
ry. The number of destitute refugees who
have been supplied from the government
stores has increased as anticipated nearly 100
per cent. since the month s.of January. 1t is
stated that thus far all efforts to induce the
civil authorities of a single county to make an
attempt to provide for their own poor, wheth-
er white o. black, have utterly failed. Some
assert their inability to do so at present, and
others appear to be Indifferent to the matter.
Hon. E. A. Rollins, Commissioner OF Inter-
nal Revenue, has just issued the following
circular: - ~ ~
tasks and patterns either of wood or
iron, whether made by foundrymen or pur-
chased OF parties whose business it is to make
them, which have a commercial value and
common or general use, are liable to duties as
manufactures and must be returned for taxa
ton. When foundrymen manufacture TASKS
and patterns for their own use, which have no
commercial value, such TASKS and patterns
are not to be returned for taxation. Any
ruling or decision of this office inconsistent
with the above is revoked"
Under the regulations of the Secretary of
the Treasury, contained in his circulars dated
June p and Sept IA, 1865, relating to articles
manufactured in the States lately in rebellion,
permission was given by this Office to rework
mouldy and funky, and otherwise damaged to-
bacco without payment of the current rates
of duty upon tobacco merely manufactured.
In the circular, dated February Sd, the Sec
Rotary directs that on and after the LIST of
March, 1866, all privileges granted by former
regulations inconsistent with the general pro
visions of this law shall be and are revoked
The privilege of reworking or manufacturing
such old and damaged tobacco, I am satisfied
| is inconsistent with the general provisions Of
| the law aud open to great abuse. 1t operates
| largely to the prejudice of manufacturers of
| fresh tobacco, and deprives the Government of
| large amount of revenue, while the occasion
| of the privilege no longer exists. In compli-
ance therefore with recent instructions Of the
| Secretary, the permission heretofore granted
| to rewoik tobacco with payment of duties on
| ly upon increased weight, is hereby with
drawn, and after April 18th it will be required
that all manufactured tobacco and snuff made