New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-01
WASHINGTON.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES SUIT AGAlNoI oEShE-
ny ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
WASHINGTON, Monday, Nov. 80. 1853.
49,. Grant accompanied by his wife and Gen.
.s.,ock took an early train this morning for the
-. ~ He will visit Philadelphia, New York, BOs-
aud Providence, remaining q day or two in each
.r He will be absent about ten days. The army
,".douarers are to be in charge of Gen. Dent until
-. ,eturn Mrs. Grant will stay few days in Phil
's.Inhia Joining the General in New-York on his re-
IN from his New-England trip. The General has
soelned the hospitalites rendered him by the NUM-
nal authorities of Boston during his brief stay
,hare. The object of his visit is to make arrange
=, ts for placing his second son as student at Cam
hd0e in September next. and he will endeavor 10 re-
main unobserved. He will leave Boston on FRIDAY
80 Us Sotunlay-pass o night with Gen. Burnside at
northumberland then go to New-York, to attend the
.arriaOe Of Major Benjamin to Gov. Fishs daughter
on tbe sth and the reception to be given in his
-, ~ the house Of Marshall o. Roberts that same
evening.
SPEAKER Colfax and wife arrived here very quietly
an Saturday evening, and their presence in the city
zoe generally unknown until to-day. They attended
,hureh at their usual place of worship yesterday.
T1,po far n greater number of Senators have
.uoA bere than of Representatives Fourteen of the
,or,os, are in the city, namely: Messrs. Cole, Cor
,ott pomeroy. Harlan Rice, EdmuDds, Trumbull.
Sneneer. Morton, Sherman, Sumner Howe. Osborn
.nsIIarris. Senator Sherman will depart for the
West tomorrow. but Will return before the close OF
the week.
A runor is in circulation here in effect that the
limited States Government does not accept the pro-
toool for the arrangement of our difficulties with
Great Britain which has been forwarded by Minister
JobnsOn and that amendments to it were sent by
Gable after the Cabinet meeting on Friday.
Poll for
ending June 80 1865 will show that the total expense
of assessing the Revenue for the year $G142e3l
The total expense of collection for the same period
was 469 exclusive of Office expenses. The total
assessments of Internal Revenue were 0,0S9,S9l
and the total collections were $254,4G06l4 In the
State of New York the collections over 100000
less than the assessments. Commissioner Rollins
paid the Revenue and Special Agents of the Bureau
during the year. in salaries. $92,9i2. and expenses
tCO50l. in all $l53,413 The salaries of Internal Reve
nue. Inspectors for the year S2S4SS, and their
expenses $S1, 911, making $S71,Si9.
The revenue receipts to-day were larger than usual
amounting to SIS, $50; for the month of November
t9641, SO4; and from July to Dec. l, GO,SS441.
The Hon. E. B. Washburn, Chairman Of the Com
mttee on Appropriations. has been calculating esti-
mates for the coming session of Congress- He says
that the condition of affairs would be very satsfac
Tory DuJ lcT Tue lHuidu WAY, WIhCu stllOuSly III
ereases the necessary expenditures of the War De-
partment. He thinks that the next Administration
can make the Post Office Department pay its own
expenses and that the expenses of the Treasury De-
partment may be largely diminished.
Admiral Dahlgren Chief of the Naval Bureau of
Ordnance. will ask Congress for a limited appropra-
tion TO be used IN experimental gunnery. No appro-
priation has been made for this purpose, although
The Ordnance Bureau of the War Department is not
similarly treated.
H has been the general opinion that bondsmen
indorsing contracts with the Executive Departments
here were never called upon TO make good their
sureties in case of default. The Post-Ofce Depart
ment, however during the past year instituted 800
suits for deficits due the United States and obtained
e7s judgments
The Court Of Inquiry in the case of Gen. Dyer re-
snmed its session this morning. Col. 7. I. S. Laid
lev of the Ordnance corps, called and examined
by the prosecution in reference to the Dyer and
Amsterdam projectile The Court having applied to
the Clerk of the Joint Ordnance Committee of Con-
gress for certain documentary evidence that was
taken by the Committee, reply was received to-day,
the Clerk declining to furnish the evidence until
directed to do so by the Congress Committee.
Owing to the proposed discOntinuance Of the diyi-
sion of referred claims in the Generals Of
flee on the of Jan next by Of the exhaustion
of the bounty claims the following additional
paynasters are be mustered out of service at the
close of the year under the provisions of General
Order No. 30 of May, 1865:
Brevet Lieut-COls. Jesse Bowen, ID. H. MePha, Frank
Bridgman. owen 4. Turney j. W; Drew David Taylor,
N A. Tucker, George ". Dyer, A d. KoDinson yelling
ton VrOOmdD, George Truesdel and Edwin L. Moore.
In the Circuit Court to-day the complaint of John
Naglee it, against T. M. Stanton was, motion Of
f. L. Stanton discontinued; the plaintiff to pay cost.
Naglee owned a farm in Prince William County, Yir-
ginia which was occupied, in 1861 by United States
troops under the orders of the defendant, Secre
tary of War and the plaintiff claimed damages for
the driving away Of the cattle and injury to the
crops.
during the last fiscal year 991 American seamen.
who had been left destitute in foreign ports were
retained to the United States at public cost by
Consus, the expense amounting to $l2,l3S. From
Honolulu 136 were sent back at a cost OF 81 G75 The
American COnsuls, in addition, disbursed during the
year So 227 for the relief of destitute discharged
men in foreign ports and 1901 for criminal seamen
The experimental firing at Fortress Monroe has
been completed and the reported result is that none
of the targets had sufficient strength to resist the
ponderous balls that were discharged by the heavy
ordnance used. The targets built Of granite
and of earth, faced with iron.
Suit has been entered against E. b. Olmsted, late
Disbursing Clerk Of the Post-Ofice Department, to
recover $4,000. the amount of his defacation A
criminal smiths also pending against him.
Frank Moore is in Washington on business CON
nected with the (" Rebellion Record" and 10 collect
accounts of the ceremonies attending the decoration
Of the graves Of Union soldiers.
The President will do nothing respecting the Union
Pacific Railroad until he receives report OF ITS IN
spectlOn.
The following appointments have been made by
the President
8 J. Hooker. United States Marshal for Visions In;
Walter irwin Commss'oner To- negotiate treaties WIN
and other Indians IN Western NewfOrk, and