The Portland daily press., 1867-03-07
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Wednesday Morning, March g. 1867.
WASHINGTON.
Government of the Rebel States.
Blu for the Admission OF
Colorado.
DEBT.
WASHINGTON.
The Impeachment Question.
WARRINGTON Marcb

-. WARRINGTON, March 6.
An official publication was made TODAY
through the Department of State, of the act
to provide Tor the more efficient government
OF the rebel States, and the act regulating the
tenure OF certain civil Offices
4. AN hour after the Senate adjourned to-day,
the private Secretary of the President brought
70 the Capitol large number of nominations,
principally Of postmasters, and army and navy
omcers, for the action of that body.
1t is calculated that three or four hundred
vacancies under the various branches OF the
government are to be filled before the ADJOURN
ment of the Senate.
bill was introduced in the Senate to-day,
1t is substantially Mr.. Edmond's amendment
to the bill, so called, with an additional clause
continuing in force in terms the present terri
torial equal suffrage law of Congress, and re,
serving the right to enforce it and the civil
rights law in the State.
The following is a statement of the public
debt OF the United States on the lst OF March,
1867: Debt bearing coin interest hve per cent
bonds, $198O91 $50; six per cent. bonds OF
1867 hna and aS6s SG; SIX sn+ per cent
$12,5OOOOO. Total, $146, 6,4S5, ,5l9,18O. Debt
bearing currency interest, six per cent. bonds
$12,922OOO; three years compound interest
s9S,O5O. Total $787 ,O2s, ,S89. Matured debt not
presented for payment, 81 ,457 ,66S,9O7. Debt
bearing no interest, United States, 1876 ,235,-
625. Fractional currency, 1851 ,472,232. Gold
certificates of deposits, $18,3761S0. Total,
$424,1 6,528.32. Totat debt, $2690 587 10
Amount in the Treasury, in coin, $lO7 ,271 ,O3l.-
II; currency, $52 255, ,368.27. Total $159, ,S23, :
1913 Amount of debt, less cash in the
Treasury, 81, $50, ,763, $3.50. The foregoing is q
correct statement of the public debt as appears
from the books and Treasurer's returns in the
Department, on the first of March, 1867.
(Signed) HUGH MCCULLoCH,
Secretary of the Treasury.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue to-
day issued circular to Assessors calling at
tention to the changes made in the law by the
act of March I'd. Instructions and ruling con-
cerning assessments and amount of taxes will
be issued in few days. Where the present
number of Assistant Assessors is insufficient
for the proper assessment of the annual taxes,
an additional number will be appointed upon
the request of the Assessor. Care should be
taken to specify the division for which they
are needed. 1t will be some days before sup
ply of income blanks can be printed, and
in the meantime, Assessors who have
any of the forms of No. "a prepared
for use last year, can adopt them for present
use. Form "a IL can be used with the altera-
ton of dates. Only limited number OF last
years blanks can be furnished from the office
to those Assessors who desire TO use them
while waiting for the preparation of the new
blanks
At the Republican caucus tonight it was
voted to refer the impeachment question tojthe
Judiciary Committee, when appointed, and to
take a recess next Monday until the 8th OF
May. wv