The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-08-27
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Correspondence FrsmOntJOurnal.I
WAsHINaToN, D, O., Aug. 20, 1868

WASHINGTON, u, U, aug. ~, Io69.
Among the important business of the Int.
Rev. Department since my last are:
The seizures of MOuntjsy's large distil-
cry, Phils., and of fabout $40, 600 of tobacco
in Charlotte, N. c., and Of $l2, 600 cigars in
New Orleans s. sas.f II ag ~,
A decision by Comm'r DelanO that all
owners or masters of water craft, from a
steamboat to barge, must take out liceD-
ses as Express Carriers. suoof rirf
Also, that the manufacturers of medicat-
ed bitters, containing 25 per cent. of alcohol.
prepared for personal use as beverage, are
not exempt from the tax of $500 as rest-
iers. .ll,. ,-estr 4,.., .a
Also, that Int. Rev. stamps, once they
have left the hands of the Government, must
not in any case be redeemed, or, if used on
goods spoiled, or in any way not taxable, be
allowed to be transferred to taxable goods.
Also, that the emptying of spirits from
the original packages into ''stand-casks, +" is
a "change Of package" and the "stand-
casks must be inspected, gauged and bran
led or marked. as required BY sec. Az, act
July 2Oth, 1868, as often as spirits are put
into them, III h
Since the defeat Of the Wells branch Of
the Republicans in Virginia the office seek
ing portion thereof, especially have fallen
back upon the hOpe-pretty confidently en-
tertained-that the test-oath would be ap-
piled to the LegislatOres elect, and thus
give the RAIDS. majority that would secure
them the Q. s. Senators, County Judges,
DC. But daily it has been getting more
doubtful that the hope will be realized, un-
til now it has come to look almost probable
that Gen. Candy, on account Of an accept
ance by the President as alleged, of the
whole Walker ticket as Administration Re-
publican, will not require the test oath to be
taken. a'''
You win have seen Judge Dents lively
letter Of the 18th, to Secretary Boutwell,,
taking the Secretary to task for influencing
the writer's brOther-in-law Of the White
House-4that is the pith of ito pronounce
against the Conservative" party OF Missis-
sippi, whose gubernatiOnal candidate the
irats Judge hopes to be. If he made no
better figure on the bench than he does in
this letter, it is no wonder that he was not
induced to remain on it, Did you pay the
| puffy affair attention enough to notice the
magnificent compliment he stupidly blum
ders into paying the SsCretaEy5 Let me
quote, for the once; .rog q ieaj hfsini7n~ Q
| 'Your official intervention for Wells, for
instance, gave 30, 600 majority to Walker
Your letter to Stokes gave Tennessee to Sem
ter by an overwhel mining majority vote Of
seventy Thousand" ."f5e
And he could repeat the feat in Mississip-
pi and Texas. Such mighty influence has
never been ascribed to created being since
Milton wrote Lucifer's leading of heavens
host into rebellion. +
o An order from acting Sec'y Of the Treas
ury, Richardson, addressed to the heads Of
| bureaus, directing that an account be kept
of all the time-hours and minutes-lost by
their clerks each day, by arriving late, or
going out any time before the hour for quit
ting, and that the sum total be reported to
the Secretary at the end Of the month, for
the purpose of having proportional amount
Of their salaries withheld therefore, unless
such loss be shown to be unavoidable, has
created greater hutter than any proceeding
order, and promises to be more conductive
to the end desired.
tAEistsnt Secretary of State, j. O. Ban
: croft Davis "a man of mark in spite Of the
} number of his baPtismal names), has bought
the residence Of ex-Sec'y McOullOch.
Nathan Sargent Commissioner Of Gus
! toms, argues, in Communication Of thre'
quarters of column in the Republican, tha
| Congress has no power to remove the. Capi
) tai, because the acts Of Congress accepted
the territory of the District Of Columbia
I from Maryland and Virginia to be the per
: msnent seat of the Government Of the Uni
ited states;' aud this compact, binding tn
. United States to the two. States, is farthea
I. binding upon the United States as a ''paf
{ and parcel Of the agreement s7s 51en
o tered into with those whom Goyernmen
e sold the lots and squares from time to time.
/ \ What do the movists in st. Louis AM
S \ elsewhere, think Of that ss sqcelch@r, eh
d Perhaps they will De foolish enough to con
i tend that the word 'psEmeasBt' doos Nc
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