Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-07-15


CWhien we referred TO the Military Com
nllt'e-) which provides that the iIue OF the
army, - now copsti Hsed be reducnd to thirty
airy, and four regiments OF artillery; e7uh re.
regiments OF the several arms now in service.
H i00 sd se same SeiSs so.
the Presidenr is directed to muster ont
erhstfd mrn now in service until
he tota! . n umss- NJ rrmalni1g in service shan be
ari'le-y, rs o, ioiantry, Il, 100; provided, tha
of eniissnd msn OF the ngiuc IT and ordnance
deparimenfs fsere shall be allowed 7C0 eDd no
more; and provided further, that until said re-
ductton Is reached no further eulisiments into
the army shall be made, snd thereafter there
shali be no more th.u 26.0C0 enlisted men In the
sn,horizsd any ore nme, unless e.ner wise
the service orgr uizPd uuder tie provisions Of
the law approved July oS, 1860, except the
bend at the military scaderny, shall be honor.
soly disc ~rg1d without delay! The Secretary
OF war, isnmeVistely alser the passage of thus
aci, Is requir"d % apoeint a board OF officer,
TO prepare and submit to HIM a plan for carry
ing INTO effect the provisions Of fhis act, speci-
flying in detail the manner ia which toe con-
so'ldation Of regiments shau be effected,
ana desiguatipg from the officers On
service, those to be retained on duty with the
eoosolidaied regiment; those to be wholly dis
eha 'ged FROM service, and tho not REFINED
on DUTY with tue regiments authorized TO be
refa,ned. Said plan to be submitted for the
action OF Congress. From and after the pt.I-
sage OF this act all W ear cies occurring auaopy
u 3 commis sioned oficers Of tne army, either
line or af. Of any grade, shall be lett untitled
nht1l Otherwise directed by law.
HEAVY REDUCTION IN THE TEBaAURY-
Between this date and the first of Saptember,
over Two hundred male and female employees
VIII Re dismis- cd from the various bureaus OF
the Treasury Dep1r; mept. The appropriation
for the pay of temporary clerks has been cut
down IRON S37j,0C1 to SIOO,COO tor the present
bscal year, hence there are no funds from
which TO pay such temporary employees, and
the discharge must be made. majority OF
those TO be di, missed are females, and of course
the Secretary will be bcsieged by Irieuds to re-
tain them, but it will be utterly impossible tor
him TO do 20, as they cannot be paid.
QUAETKRMAsrYRs TO ne Mustered orr
Under the provisions of General Orders, No.
~, of May 1st, 1865, the services Of the follow
mg-named assistant quartermasiers OF volnn-
tiers being no longer needed, they have b,en
Aonorably mustered out of the service Captain
CbsTles Barnard, Captain Edmund h. Whit
msp, captain Charles w. Folsom, Captain
HarTi ON A. Royce.
THE WHITE HoUsK.-The crowd of visitors
Al the Executive Mansion this morning was
very lerge end many were admitted to see the
President. VIM. P,nekney Whit, E=q, the
new Senator lrom Maryland. Secretaries Scho-
field, McCullOch, Browning, and several rep
entativ's had interviews with the Executive
during the day.
TIE TAX BILL.-The committee of confer
ence on the tax bill expect TO repoI. this after
noon. We understand that they agree to the
amendment throwing out the bank tax. Coal
taxation. Fers OF inspectors are reduced; and
the Senate amendment making the tax on
grape brandy the same as on other spirits, is
sgrced to.
GENERAL GRANT.-A letter was received at
the Headquarters Of the Army this morning
Tom General Grant, who is now stopping on
his farm, near St. Louis, in which he au.
bounced bis intention Of leaving there duriog
the week tor his trip TO the Plains, but win
Pre- baby return TO his farm in the course OF a
tew weeks.
ARMY ORDEEs.-The President has accepted
the IT, ignatioR Of Captain VIM. p. McCleery,
18th u. s. Infantry. 10 take effect from the 1lth
ipstan;. Major w. A, Rucker, Pavmsster has
I en- ordered TO report TO Brevet Brig. General
L. w. Brown. Assistant PaymsSter General
81 ST. Louis. Mo-. for Assignment to duty in the
pay distinct of 81. Louis. 80 .
COLLECTOR SNYrHK fs about the Capitol TO.
Fay working 70 sccure his ccndrmauon as
Minister TO Austria He has but little pro .
r ct Of success as the Cohmittee on Foreign
Relations have decided against him, and will
not reverse their action.
WASHINGTON AND GEORGETOWN SEWERAGE
Sepate District Committee re-
porTcd to-day, without amendment, the bill in
tropaced n few days since by Mr.. Harlan 10
In, orporaf1 the Washington and Georgetown
beverage Company. II was read twice aud
ordered 70 be printed. F1rs
J n 6oss, member of Congress from the
fourth district Of South Carolina has arrived
here and his credsntials were to-day referred
to the House COMMITTEE on Elections
I PROMOTIONS IN THE TREAsURY-The fol.
lowing promotions have been made in the
Treasury Department since the first inst
Secretary's Office-Vm. Goodacre, from first
to .ccond class. Register's Onhce-C. A. Bar
wart, from second to third class. ..
CoNPIRMATIoH-George Hubbard was con-
frm"d in executive session OF the Senate yes
terday as collector for the district Of Hunting.
ton, Connecticut. tI.j .a
SWORN IN.-David Heaton, OF North Caro-
lima, was to-day sworn IN and took his seat as
: member Of the House.
INTERNAL REvKsUK-The receipts from thls
source to-day were S55S,721.23.