The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-02-19
THIRD EDITION
wASIIIN GTON.
Special Dispatches TO the EpeninS Telegraph.
WASHINGTON, February 10.
RemfssiOu Of Duates.

Remission Of Duties.
Alarge number OF appeals, from persons claim
ing from the Treasury the remission or return of
duties enormously or illegally assessed or col
lected, have accumulated and been delayed, in
order that some rules of practice governing these
cases might be established. The law imposes a
duty upon the Secretary of the Treasury to pre-.
scribe these regulations; and in pursuance of
this law, and on account OF the great and in
cIeasing amount OF money flowing out from the
Treasury annually for the repayment of Internal
Revenue taxes enormously or Illegally assessed
and collected or excessive in amount, as well as
for the payment of claims for drawback for
bJnded goods under the Internal Revenue ac-
counts, Mr.. McCulloCh has decided that all
such claims SHALL after having been thoroughly
examined by the Commissioners of Internal
Revenue, pass through the regular course of set
tlement in the offices of the accounting officers
of the Treasury, in the same manner as all other
expenditures tor the Government.
1ha National Debt, aud How 60 Pay Kt.
The statement originally made by the Con-
troler of the Currency, showing the ease with
which the national debt may be paid by tax of
ten cents per pound on all cotton raised in the
United States, is attracting much attention. 1t
raising, and in no other way can a sinking fund
be so easily raised. Others favor Constitu-
tional amendment reversing the CONSTITUTIONAL
provision inhibiting export taxation. Senator
Dixon introduced proposition for such an
amendment at the last season, which failed.
He will introduce similar proposition again
this season.
The Richmond "Examiner."
10 AI,nAo CD,
raj Grant refused to revoke the order suppress
ing the Richmond Examiner, expressing himself
: in decided terms against the publication of a
certain class of articles in Southern papers, as
calculated to do irremediable mischief
On Sunday, however, Mr.. Pollard was officially
informed by an officer of General Grants staff
that the order would be revoked The course
oi that paper will, in the future be less liable to
objection.
General Grant will, however, take care that
no newspaper shall be published containing sen,
tlments of dlsloyalty and hostility to the Gov,
ernment in any of Its branches, and the publica
tion of articles calculated to keep up hostile
feeling between the people of different sections
of the country will not be tolerated. The circu
lar to this effect, dated February IT, is addressed
to Department Commanders, who are required
TO give such Information, with a view TO the
| suppression of newspapers of that character
There is no distinction as to North and South.
The Freedmen's BIIl.
There was a Cabinet meeting at ten O'Clock
| to-day, and no visitors were admitted upstairs
| Meantime the report prevails that the business
for which the President called them together
has reference to the amendatory freedmen;
| Bill
1t seems from present appearances that Con
| gress and the country will not much longer bt
kept in doubt as to his action on that measure