The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-09-03
FROM WASHINGTON.
Revenue Deeision--Indinn Ahairs-
Changes i'm the Clerks Of the Depart
menta-G General sickies' Oraer-'en

Revenue Deeision--Indinn Aha-
Changes i'm the Clerks Of the Depart
menfa-Genernl sickles' Order-oen'
ernl Grant.
W,suiNsroN, September 2.-The fol-
Levine internal revenue decision has
heen made: A person who ,distills
brandy from pure grape juice, wine, or
from Dure apples or cider, is to be taxed
tbe same in all respects as though he
made it directly from grapes or apples.
The provision allowing manufacturers
TO deduct freight from the place OF man
ufaetory TO the place of delivery, is
repealed by the act of Jnly 18th, 1856.
No such distinction should be made.
Manufacturers who sell their products
on time, without interest, should be
allowed to return their sales at the pres
ent worth Of the sum for which they
sell.
Some facts compiled from official
documents are published which throw
additional light upon our Indian trou-
hles. Letters from Generals Grant,
Hancock and Others, written some time
400. make it appear that the savages
were bent upon war and had no honest
intention of keeping at peace with the
settlers. They sent numerous threats
to the agents, ordered the military not
10 cut wood and wound mp by sending
in a message requesting the removal OF
the soldiers or they would help them to
leave the country. The Indians also
expressed their decided determination
not to permit the construction of a rail
road through their grounds. Upon
hic fnran
among them the impression prevailed
that he came TO murder them and de-
stroy their villages. The compilation
closes with an account of numerous
murders and depredations committed
by the red skins.
General Hancock, in his testimony be-
fore the Indian commissioner, IS very
decided in his opinion that serious
war exists, and even declares his belief
that if the troops were Withdrawn no.
n white man would remain in Colorado,
and the great highways to the Pacific
would be closed. The Indians, he says,
are amply provided with the best mod
ern weapons, even making use of spy
glasses. The expenses of the Generals
Department have thus far been sub
stantially those of a peace enlistment
He places the number of hostile Indians
engaged between the Arkansas and
Platte at $1,000 or 10000.
Assistant Secretary of Treasury, Mr.
Chandler, has returned to this city and
was at the Department Saturday morn,
ing, but was not engaged in the per,
Torrance of any official duties.
Four clerks of the higher grades in
nf1ian NUhn
discharged to-day, have been reap
pointed as first class clerks.
1t is contemplated to make further
changes of the same character in the
Treasury Department. \ number OF
employees, male and female, scattered
through almost all the bureaus of the
Department, have received notice that
their services will no longer he required
after the first proXimo. In nearly every
case the persons to vacate are those whC
have within the past twelve month!
Absented themselves without leave
commencing with these who lost much
time without good and sufficient eX.
cuses.
New YORK, September 2.-The Times
special says: In nutshell, General
Sickles' violation OF the laws was
this He issued an order which was in
effect a stay, and postponed the cOllec-
ton of debts by action of the State
Courts in this district for q ccrr ain time.
This order was evaded very generally
by means of the transfer of said debts
from citizens of North and South Carroll
ma to the citizens of other Staets, thus
throwing their causes of action into tue
United States Courts. which were open.
Gen. Sickles order No. 10 forbade the
execution of judgments thus obtained.
General Grant has ordered the dis
charge Cf one half of the clerical force
employed in the Paymas;er Generals Of
flee, the order to take effect this week
The number thus thrown out of employ
ment is twenty. Nine surgeons in the
United States service died during the
past month of cholera and yellow fever,
in the localities of the west and south
west.
c. Cutting Assistant Examiner at
the Patent Office, died this morning
of typhoid fever The deceased was Il
br'ther-iu-law of Senator Doolittle
The Worlds special says: Returns
from the internal revenue department
here show a falling off of fifteen mil
lion dollars in the revenue for the past
two months. Us compared with the re-
turns for the corresponding period last
year.
Notwithstanding the chronic reticence
of General Grant, an officer who has
daily interviews with him informed us
that he has expressed himself privately
against unqualified negro suffrage. This
fact is corroborated by leading Radi-
Gals, who declare they will not take him
for President unless he comes ont. square
on the question.