The Portland daily press., 1866-10-01
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PORTLAND DAILY PRESS.
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Monday Morning, October Il 1866. oi j
FROM WASHINGTON. I;IHE
Regulations co,.ce,s.i,,g the jve,ga-
,, i,.g Of Cotton. /. az
Disbursements Of the Treasury.
INTERNAL TfsNIAAL REvENUE REcEHrTs.
Circular iii Relation ID ,lie Pay
a ga mcMts of Bsunsies. H9eeeia
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Capt q. X. GOldsb0rough, commanding the
Shenandoah, reports to the Navy DEPARTMENT,
under date of Aug. I'd, the arrival of that, YES
sci at Port Luis on the 29th of July, twenty
two days from Simons Bay Cape Of Good
Hope. The officers and crew of the Shenan-
doah are reported unwel. In the passage of
the Shenandoah two cyclones were ens0nnter-
ed one of which was very severe. In both of
them the ship sustained her reputation for
good, sea qualities vCabt GSldsborough re-
ports that the weather in the peighbOfhood of,
the Cape of Good Hope has been very bolster
GUS this season. Several hurricanes occurred
in the months of ,Innesanf July. In the form
er month"; three English merchant ships We're
lost and four aAmeficans so severely damaged
as to compel them to seek port for repairs. Two
American vessels under the English flag are
reported missing. Capt Goldsborough fired
day after his arrival 1T PIT Luis, which was
promptly returned from the shore. The Shen-
andoah would leave Port Luis for, Tamerlanc,
Island OF Madagascar, on the 8th of August,
and afterwards proceed to Muscat touching at
all the RyineipaI Seyohelle Islands, which are
frequently resorted to by the numerous Amer
lean whaling vessels in those seas - sltse
The Treasury Department has issued differ
ent regulations concerning the weighing and
marking of cotton since the publication of Sc
ries No. 8. 1t has determined to provide me-
tallic tagI to be used by the Assessor under his
oversight, at the time the cotton is first weighed
III place OF the paid tag heretofore used. II has
| Also Deeu ueclucu W dppOlnC Welgn6fS OF CoBbOn
at the places designated, where the quantity
of cotton and amount of labor may be SO great
that the Assistant Assessors located at the
places cannot rapidly and promptly perform
the work required. The fee for weighing and
marking COTTON, including tn. labor of insert
ing the metallic tag will be fifteen cents per
bale until otherwise ordered. be
aLi WASHINGTON, Sept. 90.
The disbursements of the Treasury on ac-
count Of the War, Navy and Interior Depaft-
ments, for the quarter ending to-day, were as
follows:
War Department se652 761, 81. NayysDe
partment $427 ,243 070 Interior Department
$347 1858. Total 81 ,426 IL, ,499 The follow
ing were ethe'disbursementsf for the week. War
Department $2,891 ,348. Navy Department.
$963443. Interior Department 81 ,261 ,5O5 To-
tai $5,1 ,298. The fractional currency was re-
deemed to the amount of $206, 200. Racsived
from Printing Bureau $507.50 Shipped tosthe
National Banks $5OO5OO. The amount of Ma
making the total now in circulation $293, ,062,-
903 The Government holds securities as fol-
lows; For circulating notes $685., ,298 800; for
deposites Of public money $39,211,95O. Total
One hundred and ninety patents viii be is
sued next week.
The receipts of Internal Revenue TODAY
were $4,210, ,13S4O. . z = - sl.a's is.2a
issued on the 9TH of October. 1t will shoE Il
cnpsiderable reduction of the debit and the coin
balance has increased to same extent it did
during August, VIZ, about $14,O00O00.
WASHINGTON, Sept 80.
The Post Office Department next week will
be prepared to supply the public with stamped
envelopes at the rate of $3.50 per one thou
sand, or 1926 per hundred and in this proper
tion for smaller quantities.
instructions for letters to be returned to any
business house which may be edesignated, if not
called, for within ten days. wilt be gratuitously
printed on the envelope, when the letters are
ordered in amounts not below $500 Many of
the letters returned to the Dead letter office
SLOW the fact not generally known, that reve-
nue stamps are not recognized for postage.H
Il stamped envelopes will, ON this account serve
toy render more certain the conveyance of let
te rs. p. is aaal ad fes ..i- . tiJt-tlH q (.
The Secretary of the Treasury has designat-
ed ,the First National Bank of Richmond as
spec ial depository for the safe keeping of the
publ.c money, under the act of june 18th,
1856, a i,i,,g. '.I J
The Treasury Department having reached
the limit of eight hundred millions of fivetwen-
tyt bonds exchanged for seven-thirty bonds,
with in serest payable in May and November,
the coul 1Ons Of those hereafter to be issued un-
der the conversion, will be paid ON the 1stof
january and July next. H7it.. ~ I :
1t is positively asserted that Gen. Dix has not
as yet signified either his acceptance or refusal
OF the French mission, as heretofore stated. 1t
is subject 10 his pleasure. .
n The following circular in relation to the pay
ment Of botlnties has just been issued: -
War Department, Adtuta7t Generals Office,
Washington, Sept. 20, 1866.-In order to correct
Misrepresentation in respect to thepayment of
bountes authorized at the last session of Con-
gress, the Secretary of War directs the follow
ing statement to be published:
Il The payment of bounties to soldiers under
the act of Congress, has not been delayed by
any action or interference of the President
After the adjournment of Congress- a board
with Gen. Candy as President, was organized
to prepare rules and regulations for the pay
ment of the authorized bounties. This duty
involv ed the consideration of the numerous
acts of Congress, and the regulations and prae-i
tise of Sc Teral bureaus, and upon it depends
the proper disbursement of over fifty million
dollars a1no ug more than a million claimants.
The board ,1evoted themselves diligently to
their work, and when it was completed made a
report to the Secretary OF War. That officer
revised the regulations, and having doubts in
respect to some legal points, referred their re-
port to the Attorney General, who, after ma
ture consideration, advised certain changes
The matter was again referred to the board,
with instructions to revise and amend the reg
ulatiOns. This was done, and the amended reg
ulations being approved by the Attorney Gen
eral were, promptly published, and orders is
sued to carry them into effect In this whole
procedure there was no interference by the
President or the Secretary OF the Treasury
The report was not suppressed nor seen by eth
er of them. The regulations were prepared uh-l
der the direction of the Secretary of War with as
much diligence rs the difficulties of the subject,
ond magnitude of the disbursements would
admit, in respect to the order temporarily sus-
pending the payment of bounties to col0red
troops. Congress had manifested an anxious
desire by amendments of the act to secure
these bounties to colored soldiers, and to pro-
tect them against fraudulent agents and as
signees. The amount Of these bounties is es-
timated at nearly twenty millions of dollars
The Secretary OF War felt it his duty to have
the regulations of the Pay Department care
fully revised 10 as to provide any additional
checks that might secure the bounty to colored
soldiers, and project the Treasury against
frauds The subject was therefore referred to-
Gen Canby's Board and upon their report be-
ing made, payment of these bounties was Or
dered For the temporary suspension of pay
1nent, neither the President nor the Secretary
of the Treasury is responsible. All the time
taken up was required by justice to the color
ed soldiers, and the public Treasury, and to
carry out the manifest purpose of Congress, so
as to protect the soldiers SO far as might be
done by carefully prepared regulations against
being cheated out of his bounty
By order of the Secretary of War.
N (Signed) E ID. TOWNSEND,