Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1866-12-21
Contract for stamped letter Ea
YelODRs-SefzurRs Etc.


WASHINGTON, December 20, 1866
The contract for applying the POstofiee
Department with stamped letter envelopes
for the current fiscal year, ending June 80,
1867, has been extended to Mr.. George T.
Nesbitt, Of New York, who has been sup
plying the department for several years
past. Over 100000 of these envelopes
were furnished to the department last year,
and it is estimated that 100000 will be
required for the present fiscal year. Inter
nal revenue receipts from this source to-
day were S56, 0S9 $50. D.. jos
Gen. Spinner, Treasurer Of the United
States, to-day received letter from Assist
ant Treasurer Van Dyke, of New York,
inclosing two hundred and fifty dollars
paid him on behalf some party whose name
is unknown, which had been enormously
paid him by the government.
The statement of pardons, called for by
the House of Representatives, is being pre-
pared at the Attorney Generals Office. An
expert clerk can prepare eight or ten COM
mon cases per day, but the recommends
tlons and papers in some cases are so
numerous and voluminous that it takes a
whole day for each, and as there are about
II, 600 of them, it will take months 10 com
plete the work "-
Two seizures of steel carriage springs
one of $4,000 pounds at Cincinnati, and
another of $4,000 pounds-and 296 sets OF
seat springs at Chicago, have been made by
the Deputy Collector of Customs of Ogdens-
burg, who was specially detailed for that
purpose. These all came from factory in
Canada, and are seized for an evasion
the custom duties.
A large delegation from Buffalo, of rsve-
nue. officers and parties interested in a
quantity Of whisky seized in that city,
were in attendance at the Internal Revenue
Bureau to-day. The parties interested are
endeaYoring to obtain the release of the
whisky on the ground that there had been
no Intentional violation of the law, but that
the offence was merely technical. +
The Commissioner of the General Land
Office has Just prepared patent for the
Pacific Railroad Company, embracing over
10000 acres. The area of the tract APP
proved by the Secretary of the Interior, as
insured to said company by actsof Congress
of l86S--64. The patent is emhellished
with a beautiful miniature map of the
United States, Handsomely colored, showing
all States and territories with distinctness,
as also the Pacific Railroad, from the Val
ley of the Mississippi to the Pacific. Du-
ring the month ending the 18th inst, 1865,
land patents have been transmitted by the
COMMISSIONER of the General Land Office,
for delivery to the patentees, for entry OF
lands sold for cash, located with bounty
land warrants, agricultural college scrips
and certified private claims, and the returns
received at the Land Office for the month
of November, 1866, show the disposal Of
a. 58 acres of public lands at the follow
ing Offices.
Detroit, Meh............... ......... Z Sol acres
Marquette, 9Tl2 81
Topeka, Kansas Al =
The Secretary of the Interior has ap-
proved the additional lists of swamp and
oVerhowed lands, in San Francisco, Stock
ton, Marysville and California District
covering an aggregate of 1,099 acre.
These lists have been prepared in pursuance
Of the Add section, of the act Of July 23d,
1866. 10 ft
1t is understood that the postofice com
mittee of the House of Representatives,
has determined to report in favor of bill,
to establish a government telegraph be.
tween Washington and New York.
.
Judiciary Committee and Mr.. CaIveF
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20-The Judiciary
Committee had the case of Mr.. Culver be-
fore them last evening. Culver will be
permitted to take his seat The committee
express themselves satisfied of Culyer's iTr