The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-04-26
by TELEGRAPH.
Washington News and Gossip.

WASHINGTON, April 25.-Brig General
Rousseau, who was ordered to the command
of the Department of Washington Terito-
ry. was taken i'll on the eve Of his depart
ure, ard to-day looks upon his disease as
quite serious. ....
The meter to be used by distillers, for the
prevention of frauds, has been adopted and
prescribed by the Secretary Of the Treasu-
ry, after its careful examination by Pro-
fessors.
The Department reserves the right at
any time, should the meter prove insult
cient, to rescind the contract. No frauds
by distillers have been compromised since
the statute of July, 1865, was fairly In ope-
ration.
The several District Attorneys of the
country are under instructions from the
Commissioner to exhaust all the penal and
punitive provisions Of the law for the pre-
vention Of fraud The detective force has
been considerably increased.
The Treasury Department received In
| telligence yesterday of the capture of j.
! NJ. Parkmnn, late President Of the First
National Bank of Selma, Alabama. who
recently absconded with one hundred and
| sixty thousand dollars.
The Government Is not yet acquainted
| with the object of the Japanese ambassa-
dors. They will be presented to the Presi-
dent early next week upon the return OF
Mr.. Seward from Auburn. The Depart
ment entertains no doubt but that their
mission Is one of commercial Importance.
The Department has ample information
that, in various sections of the country,
large amounts of whisky are still being
sold at less cost than the 50 per gallon in
ternal revenue. Detectives will be around
Another iruitless dash has been made to
have the President remove "Sir'' Isaac
Newton, the Commissioner of Agriculture,
but the Presidents ineXorable, he probably
likes to have the Radicals of the Senate
annoyed by the imbecllities of one of their
own.
Messrs. Robert j. Walker and Chas
O'Conorare preparing elaborate arguments
to be delivered in the Supreme Court, on
Friday, in the Georgia insurrection case
The Attorney General will deny the juris-
diction of the Court, and argue from that
ground
A dispatch from General Sully at Fort
Sedgwick. Colorado on the Ath, states
that they had met twenty Sioux from the
North at California Crossing. They gave
all the particulars of the Fort Kearney
massacre. One admitted that he partici-
pated, and perhaps all did.
Reverdy johnson win represent West
Virginia on Monday next, in the United
States Supreme Court, In a suit brought by
Virginia for the recovery of Jefferson ant
Berkeley Counties.
The Internal Revenue receipts are nov
averaging about $500.000 per day, and fol
the month of April will reach about $l5,
,, 100000. The aggregate receipts for tn
present fiscal year TO date, are S226, 100000
I The receipts of the Treasury from jun
80, last, to the 23d inst, from Internal Rev
enue, were 1925. .639.000; from customs
Sl37, 100000. The total is a decrease o
Q about thirty millions from the correspond
c ing period last year.
There was great excitement at the Treas
, ury Department, Wednesday night, over
lost 81 900 bond. The employees were de
e tanned several hours while search wa
II made. The next morning it was dscovere
that everything was o. X, the missin
bond not yet having been printed.