Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-10-10

dent sent nlm PARDON OF MS own ao'
cord.
Under the order reducing the force
AID expenses OF the Freedmen's bureau
there have been mustered out nine Of
fcers OF the veteran reserve corps, and
about fifty civilian agents have been dis
charged.
The Printing bureau OF the Treas.
ny Department is printing fractional
currency to the extent OF sl00, 900 daily,
til st amount being necessary to replace
the defaced currency returned for re.
d,mption.
-Senor Romero, the Mexican Minister,
took leave OF the President, Saturday,
aud subsequently called at the State
Department to preseut Senor Mar'schal,
the Secretary OF Legation, and charge
affairs OF the Mexican republic.
The applications OF Alexander H.
Stephens for pardon, and that o, Col.
Belger for reinstatement in the regular
army, will, 1t is understood, be brought
b. fore the Cabinet to day. There appears
t. be no doubt but that the first one will
b. granted.
Among the names which are being
pressed for the vacant Deputy Commiss-
iooership in the Internal Revenue are
Ex Collector Spooner of Cincinnati and
Gov. Gibbs of Idaho. There is host OF
applications from New York city.
-Advices OF trustworthy character
have been received at the capital which
show that the Louisiana Convention has
been called by majority Of about seven
thousand votes, though 1t appears that
at least twenty thousand OF the regis
tered votes were not cast
The President has been quietly re.
moving assistant assessors and collect
ors in all parts of Pennsylvania, and
filing the vacancies with conservatives
and democrats, hoping to derive there
from influence in the election which
takes place to-day.
The statement that Gen. Grant has
refused to revive the consideration OF
claims against the War Department,
which were refuted by Secretaries
Stanton and Cameron, is untrue. He
| has reversed several orders issued by
them, and has ordered the re-opening OF
several cases unfavorably passed upon
by his predecessors.
The Washington correspondent of
the Cincinnati Gazette says that any
week will be followed by the removal Of
Gen. Grant from the war office, reOr.
| gauiZstion OF the cabinet so as to include
southern men and northern c0pperheads
the removal Of Gen. Howard and COM
plete overha uling Of the departments
with view to the expulsion Of all radi
Gals.
Some OF the newspapers are wrong in
their statements concerning Attorney
General Stanberry's opinion in the Phila.
delphia habeas corpus case. The fact Is
that he holds authority to issue the writ
and to compel return, and the produc-
tion OF the body of Gormley. In con.
formity with this the Secretary OF the
Navy has revoked his former order and
instruc ted Commander Selfridge to pro.
duce Gormley before the court.
The receipts of internal revenue for
the frst three months OF the present
fiscal year, up to october l, were S54, 1866
3l4, showing falling Off from the re-
ceipts OF the same quarter last year, OF
S43, ,070 848 About 5000, ,000 OF this
difference arises from an increase Of the
amount Of income exempted from tax,
and the reduction OF the rate OF tax on
incomes above 81 900, and the balance
from the additions to the free list and
the reduc tions from the rates upon man.
utactures. The difference In receipts
and the amount collected last quarter is
tie same as was estimated at the time
Of the changes in the law.
Since July Is, 1862 the government
has furnished MANNED soldiers 1881 arti-
fetal legs, 2240 arms, 9 feet, 50 hands,
and 125 surgical apparatus. Hereafter
a money value is to be given in lieu of
an order on some manufacturer. The
total number OF wounds recorded was
1873 ,952, and Of operations 2843S. The
surgeons killed In battle during the war
were 90, by accident IL, died OF wounds
10 died in rebel prisons 4, OF yellow fever
I, cholera 8, OF other diseases 27l-
making total of 1856. Medical officers
wou nded in battle 35; 2l0,027 soldiers
are recorded as discharged on certif-
ic.tes of disability.
EuRors.-Itis is reported that Buchanan
& Co, OF Glasgow, who were recently
announced as having failed, will be fully
ahla IN nav all their indebtedness