The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-02-03
WASHINGTON.


INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. The internal reverue
receipts last noath were fourteen millions
nine hundred and eighteen thousand dollars.
Tie receipts on Friday were half million.
THE SECRET SERVICE.
Eecretary Stewards remon trance to the
Beua;e against the abolition of the Secret Ser
vice agents Of his departing MT, says such action
viii greatly embarrass f,reign a6airs and often
IN ! tate AGAINST success ful negotiations of inn
portant pubic interest. Some of the most i'm
portant treaties have been concluded by special
agents and could not b. easily negotiated by
ally other cffeer.
FORFEITURE OF RAILROAD BONDS.
The bill pending the House relative to
bouthern railroads iorfeits millions and a
halt acres OF land granted to them. The Pres
!dent viii veto the bill If it passes Congress.
TIE SUPREME COURT BILL
When the Sup. eme Court bill comes before
the Senate, an amendment will bs offered
striking out the i7yo-tIirds provision uf the
House bill, and substituting il lieu thereof
provision speciiyln2 certain classes OF laws Of
w2.oh thc Court shall not take Jurisdiction.
INNOCENCE OF JUDGE FIELD.
Il i, stated that it was not Judge Field who
mad5 certain statements relltiye to the recon-
stIuction laws, but another person resembling
him.
THE ALABAMA CLAIMS = D55IEDrArE SETTLE
1iENT OR WAR
NEW YoRE. Feb. 1.-The Heralds special
" Washington says:
The regeneration of Secretary Seward is of
avail no more. Another and higher authority
has determined upon the course which is to be
pursued In respect TO the claims OF tie United
otaies Government upon Great Britain. am
authorized 10 state most confidently and de-
cisVely that the legt mate demands which
y W . -en SO 10 'ekly u 9ed b. the Secretary
OF stats upon tbs 2 t sh Cabinet. are tol
enforced AZ whatever hazlrd, The new British
AAinEterI 5lf' Inorn ON, viii probably Le pre-
scented to PRESIDENT johnson on Tuesday Al.
lhpush thS addresses that are To be exchanged
between the Presid. ut and Minister Thnrn on
may be Guarded ard serene, ihe fact vet r..
mains That speedy and sIsfsfact ory resnrns.
'uust be mada by The British Governmrnt to
The ullimatum OF The Executive of the United
States. or else declaTI ton Of war against
Great Britain musL inevitably eHsne.
The Iribnne's Washin ton spec 8 says on
. the same subj CT: "a / the negotiations Tor
Fette.Bent OF the AlabamI GAINS having been
Closed BY cCrtresfonr nee b tween our Go
.ver inen6 AMI that Of Great Britain, tie mat
yer stands aS though no hing had been done
by either gGvernl emit tending o an az jus
meat There is auih0Ii Y tr saying thai tueSe
elt ms viii at once he push d 10 a Ii1aliiy wi Ii
Nl-or and that the Government win 6ema1d
immediate reparaton iur the wrongs suffered
NY gu; ciiiz4ns ut the la dt OF the AIahamt
aHd o der vessels fitted out In England under
Ake circumstances during the rebellon"
EXTRAORDINARY
LUIS aIe to BE- reported establishing depots
az totb No,sseli' Dakota, t. supply troops, also
directing The ) eretary OF War TO conc nitrate
toe offic 5 and stJrehoases OF the tlenart,nent
Of New York INK two buildings, mo hnnro-
pration Cmmittee have cut Off tha SaaaPor'1
Assistant Secretary OF Stlte. Examiner Of
Claims, and Statistic Sup .rintanden..
TIE PUBLIC DEBT.
Tde monthly exhibit of tho public debt ia net
70 lie issaed b fore Feb. 5, owing TO the large
drafts from various Departments Of the Gov
eminent, and the small receipts f,om Gus
TOM, and the payment during the month Of
about $4,000 900 interest on the Five Twenties
Treasury ho d s1O8 43o COO, On the first Of
1errua-y thare Will be about S39,0s0000. For
tha maxi two or three months the prospects
VII ss Better, a. thszs Will BE- Ittls de-