The Portland daily press., 1867-11-04
Fran, Waahingtan.

WARRINGTON, Nov =.
JEFF Davis has Indicated to his counsel his
readiness to appear the 18th inst, in ac-
cordance with the letter of Chief-Justlce
Chase.
- Mr. 0'Connor and other legal gentlemen as
sociated with him, are not disposed 10 acceue
to it. Judge Underwood and District AttoI-
ney Chandler are in conference with the AT
torney General to-day in preparing the case,
aud will be ready to proceed whenever 1t
comes to trial. a.,
President has had it in contemplation for some
fine to recall Minister Adams with view of
Offering him the portfolio of the State Depart
ment
telligence from the Rio Grande to the effect
that whiskey smuggling is carried on to an
alarming extent In that localisy in which rev.
enue officers are implicated Four hundred
barrels We're recently seized. Government of
sficials engaged in it have been summarily dis
missed s. e SO = q
, Inc following order was to-day issued from
the War Department.: n
Head Quarters of the Army, Adjutant Cen
erafs Office, Washington, d. C-Nov 2.-Al
have been absent from their command on ac-
count of the yellow fever, will proceed to their
stations in time to be present thereat on the
30th Of this month"; t.efpl
By command of General Grant
The following dispatch was received to-day:
st. Louis, No. NoU. 2-Hon. o. w. Brown
ing, Secretary of the InteriOr:-Please con-
graduate the President and the country upon
the entire success of the Indian peace commits
sion thus far. 1t concluded treaty of peace
with the Cheyenes of the South on the 18th
ult., being the only tribe that has been at war
in that quarter, More than 1900 Cheyennes
were present. The Arapahoes and Cheyennes
treated together. We also made distinct
treaty with the Kiowas and Camanches, con-
federates, of which tribes there were present
1000 or 5000. Every thing passed off satisfac-
tory The commission expect to reach Laramie
by the 9Th inst. When Commissioner Beauvais
telegraphs us we will meet the Crows, Sioux,
northern Arapahoes and all the northwestern
Indians. f.1s5r
(Signed) w. G. Taylor, 7.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs and President
of the Peace Commission.
rg .,rft.,.f. WASHINGTON, Nov g.
IT is stated that the Memphis & Charleston
Railroad Company have paid up all their in
debtedness to the Government, amounting to
about half million dollars.
Regulations, supplemental to those of the
Treasury Department of August 20, 1867 series
3, No ., on the subject of internal revenue
bonded warehouses, have been prepared under \
the Immediate direction of the Secretary OF the
Treas ury, with a view. to relieve the tobacco
and coal oil interests from the restrictions inn
posed upon them by former regulations, which
were especially designed for distilled spirits,
but can be dispensed with in the case of coal oil
and tobacco with safety to the revenue, saving
much time and expense to dealers and import
ers. ta- ~ ah l5 Hs ssa 81
Mention has heretofore been made Of the
Belgian-franco counterfeiters. Col. Wood, of
the secret service division, with his forces has
continued on the track, and StraLegn, an ex-
pert photographer, and Whices, an expert en-
gineer, two Of this gang, have been secured
and are now in Jail in Toronto, C. W., awaiting
an order for transfer to Brooklyn, N. Y, ac-
cording to the extradition treaty. Cushard,
one OF the same gang, is in Jail in Brooklyn.
IL is said that this gang counterfeited all kinds
of greenbacks and fractional currency, $500
notes included, and the 800 designed gold
bearing interest coupons of various notes.
h Col Wood has secured all the presses, stones,
plates, dies and tools OF this gang, including
plates of gold bearing bonds. There are now
over fifty of these stones with the impression
Of the counterfeit plates upon them from five
cent notes mp to 81 900 notes. One of the gang
attempted TO Grace the Impressions Of the
plates ON the stones after his partners were arr
rested by means of sand and water, but the at
tempt proved a failure, for Col. Woods experts
again restored the face of the impression by
chemical process.