The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-08-04

Gen. Ruger is assigned to the com
mand of the District of Alabama, with
headquarters at Huntsville.
4 The 18th infantry IS ordered to
concentrate at Mobile, uader the
! Commander. Brevet Brigadier Gen
eral O. l.. Sheppard, with a view to
! Its transfer 10 Texas, in compliance
with orders from the War Depart
ment. Gen. Ruger will relieve Gen.
Sheppard as Commissioner of the
Freedmen's Bureau and discharge
the duties. Pending the action of
the Commissioner of the Bureau,
companies G and q, of the 9Th cavalry
are to act as escort and guard of
| Major General Candy at Atlanta
In Florida the six companies of the
9TH regiment are stationed as follows !:
At St. Augustine. two companies; at
Tampa Bay, two companies; at jack
sonville, two companies. The head
quarters Of the regiment and district
is at st. Augustine, and the Colonel
will assign the Lieutenant Colonel to
the post of Jacksonville, and the Ma
jof to that Of Tampa Bay.
In conclusion, General Meade says
The discontinuance of posts and the
cessation of control over civil matters
will enable large reductions to be
made in the perSoael Of the COM
mands. All unnecessary staff officers,
clerical labor, &C., will at once be
ordered to their companies, and every
effort made to retrench expenses and
enforce economy.
The inspecting officers are instruct
ed to give especial attention to the
manner in which the above is exc
cuted, and report any failure to com
ply with the same.
General Howard will start for the
South this afternoon. His object is
to visit all the principal bureau sta
tions, and confer with his officers as
to the best manner of reducing the
force preparatory to a final winding
up of bureau affairs on the first of
January.
b He will also investigate the require
ments of the educational branch
when the other functions of the
Bureau have been discontinued.
The Director of the Bureau of Sta
tistics has completed the statistics of
our imports from all foreign countries
TO the close OF the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1868. Specie and bullion,
1871 ,97l Al total for previous year,
$4l1731. .l04, showing a decrease Of
$40,000,000. Our heaviest importa-
tions occurred In March last, and the
whole movement is constant and
steady at the rate of about one mil
lion and tenth per diem.-
+ The tables include the returns from
the Pacific coast, embracing Califor-
MIA, Oregon and Alaska.
A paragraph was recently tele-
graphed hence, saying, among other
things, that the voluntary increase of
pay, granted by the Postmaster Gen
eral to contractors on the Northwest
ern roads, has added to the deficit of
the Department. There.i is authority
for saying this assertion is entirely
without foundation, and that the
Postmaster General, under the law.
has no discretion to fix the pay for
the service on any route.
Col. w. w. Smallwood was to-
day designated by the Postmaster
General to take charge Of the post of
fee in New Orleans. in place of the
present incumbent, who had been
suspended on charges made by the
Solicitor of Internal Revenue. Blink
ley will enter upon the discharge of
his duties tomorrow.
a number of gaugers and store
Keepers under the Spirits and Tobac-
co Tax law have been appointed
There are many applicants. About
120 commissions for the former class
have been made out at the Internal
Revenue Bureau, but have not been
signed by the Secretary Of the Treas
ury.