Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-01
FROM
WASHINGTON, February 81.
OUR NATIONAL CEMETERIES.

NSACb OA Jul D1btA htluS. NltulI tlC iho y "NNh
the graves have been supplied with lettered hesl
and foot boards in the cemetery of Hollywood, norl
of and near Richmond, said to be the finest cemeter,
in the South at lakewood, southeast Of Richmond
and at Belle Isle. In the Hollywood and 0akwooC
cemeteries there are buried 10000 Confederate
soldiers. None Of the graves of Union soldies, il
these cemeteries, that were buried in 1861 or 1862, car
be identified, no record of them having ,been kept
The site OF the cemetery at Coal HarbOr has been
selected, and the work of establishing it begun. II
IS located on the White House road. on the property
OF Mrs. Ida Slaughter, about one mile from the Coal
Harbor House. The cemetery will be a square en-.
closure the two main walks extend from side to's;de,
and cross each other at right angles, and a mound
for a flagstaff is in the centre.
1.-THE Star, from which this paragraph is taken,
makes Il grand mistake as to the number of Confed.
crate dead who lie in Hollywood and lakewood CEN.
eteries. 1t is lamentably true that the number is
large, but it does not begin to approximate the fig.
ures given.l
WHITE HOUSE.
No one obtained audience with the President TO.
day, as the Cabinet was in Sc sion from noon until a
late hour in the afternoon. All the Cabinet Minis.
tiers were in attendance.
RETURN OF GENERAL GRANT.
Lent. General Grant and the members of his stan
who accompanied him to New York, returned to the
CITY this morning.
II NAVAL ACADEMY.
1t Is proposed, We learn, to remove the Naval Ac.
auemy iron annapolis to some place on the shore of
The Chesapeake Bay, where the cadets will be reno
we'd from the temptations of n town. and where a
sniticlent area Of territory can be obtained TO ad.
NIT of extensive drill ground.
SCAN. MAG.
1t is rumored that the wife of a Member of Con.
grcss, from one of the Western States, has commenced
an acton against him for a divorce, and that the
trial will disclose some piquant features of fashion.
able society here at the Metropolis.
THE PRESIDENTS CABINET.
The New York Tribune of yesterday SAYS:
"ThOse members of the Cabinet, We are informed
on good authority, who contemplated ~rcsigning theil
portfolios, have concluded, after consulting will
friends, TO await the action of the President. They
prefer to give him the opportunity of removing
them, should he think proper, rather than of accep.
ting their designations. IL is not improbable that
he will accept the alternative in the case of one OF
these gentlemen, in the course of a few days. Such
is the expectation at Washington among persons
well informed"
THE REsmEA ABOUT TO PROCLAIM PEACE.
1t is reiterated that the President will, in a few
days, issue his official proclamation that peace has
been firmly established at the South, and that the
States will then be left to govern themselves under
the constitution and State and local laws, without
military interference, except in relation to the freed
mems bureau, to continue one year after the date Of
the forthcoming proclamation.
IMPORTANT To ToBAcCoNISTs.
The following order, just issued from the Treasury
Department, explains more fully one that was issued
some weeks ago, and is of great importance to man.
u~facturcrs and holders of Tobacco
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.,
OFFICE OF INTERNAL REVENUE,
WASHINGTON, Feb. %, 1866.
BY the order Of the Secretary of the Treasury,
dated February 2. 1866, Especial No. 81 it is provi-
ded that on and after March |, 1906, all Southern
manufactures in the possession of the manufacturer
shall be held subject TO the present rates of duty
no exception being made in any case on account OF
the date Of manutac ture.
The reasons assigned for this order are, that abun-
dant opportunity has been given manufacturers 10
dispose of the goods on hand at the time OF the es-
Enlistment OF collection districts, and that the
privileges granted under the circular Of September
IA, lS5o-intended for the relief Of manufacturers
from duties which under the circumstances. might
bear hardly upon them-were nevertheless inconsis-
tent with the general provisions of the law, adverse
To the interests OF manufacturers who are paying
the current rates of duty, and susceptible of very
great abuse. The effect OF this order is to place all
manufactures and productions which were in the
possession of the manufacturer or producer on the
lst of March, 1866, on which no duty, or the duty to
which they were held liable under the circulars Of
June 81 and September II, 1865, had been paid, Oh
the anne footing as Ike manufactures aud pro.
ducts were placed by the act of June 80, 1864, and
to make them liable to the current rates of duty
when sold, or consumed, or used, or removed from
the place of manufacture.
l. Tobacco owned by the manufacturer on the LIST
day of March, 1866, and not in bond, although in.
spected, branded, and u tax having been paid
thereon before the LIST day of March, 1866, will not
be exempt from additional tax under the order of
February ..
2. Tobacco which has been shipped by the manu-
iacturer in the States lately in Instruction, in bond,
will not be held liable to any additional duty to that
conditioned in the transportation bond.
3. Tobacco in the hands of a purchaser, (the tax to
which it was liable either within or without the "in-
surrectionary states" having been paid, and bearing
the proper inspection marks, will not be held liable 10
any additional tay aitOr tho LIST of March.
4. Tobacco in the hands of a purchaser within the
. insurrecti0nary States y and made prior to the eS.
Enlistment of Il collection district, and purchased
prior to March |, 1866, will not be held liable to tax
unless transported beyond the limits of such States.
o. Tobacco owned by a purchaser and shipped in
bond will not, after the first of March, be held liza
bic 10 any additional tax to that conditioned in the
transportation bond. In this respect the manufac-
turer and the purchaser, having shipped tobacco in
bond, will be regarded alike, and subject to pay only
the duty named in the bond.
6. Parties who hold tobacco which they manufac-
tured themselves are to be regarded as the manufac-
turers, though they may not now be engaged in tie
business Of manufacturing.
Z. Tobacco in the hands of q manufacturer, made
prior u TIE eSldDilSnmeHIO I u CONNECTION ulSIflct, or
subsequent thereto, must, before the same is used, or
removed for consumption, be inspected and marked
with the date of the inspection and the name Of the
inspector. When such tobacco is sold, consumed
or removed Tor consumption or sale, or removed from
the place of manufacture, (unless removed TO Il bond.
ed warehouse or shipped in bond } the tax accrucs
thereon, and on and after the 1st day of March, 1866.
the tax on all such tobacco will be assessed and col.
lccted according to the rates of duty imposed by the
excise law now in force, or which may hereafter be
in force, at the time of sale, removal, &c.
s. The same rules substantially apply to all other
manufactures and products, except cotton and spir-
its of turpentine, as are herein given concerning the
taxation of tobacco.
L. A. ROLLINS, Commissioner.
sERENADE TO Mr.. J. W. FORSEY BY A c0LoRED
BAND. W.. =. Gives VENT TO HIS FEELINGS BY
SPEAKING A PIECE.
Last night, says the National haeligencer of yes
terday, Mr.. John w. F0rney was serenaded at his re-
sidence, on New jersey Avenue, by colored mu i
clans. The music attracted TO the spot a score or two
of whites, and about fifty blacks of all ages and
sizes. After the band had played several airs, three
cheers were given for the ~''freedmen's friend, the pa
triotic Forney," whcreupon that individual APP
peared, and proceeded to speak q piece" As his
remarks were in the main a rchash Of the abuse and
villitication Of the President which daily appears in
his disunion sheet, we prefer not to infict them upon
the readers of the MtcHigencer.
Toward the close of his remarks, the speaker was
particularly sweet and afTectionate upon the freed
men, and his remark that he could almost weep TO
think that four millions of. his fellow-cOuntrymen
were deprived of their just rights under the COnsti.
tuition created a decided sensation among the ne
grOcs.
At the conclusion of the speech Mr.. +. was the
recipient Of cheers and a flourish of trumpets. He
was then RECALLED with vocal music, the band sing
ing something about the reedmen, and of conrse
John Browns BODY was resurrected. An effort
was then made to get the musicians away, but they
fingered awhile longer, probably in the hope of be-
ing invited to partake of what was Ielt of the
dead ducks served up at the entertainment of the