The New York herald., 1871-02-01

0f0cer % act IN that capacity II none DC assiBucos
second, the authorized number OF aides-de-camp on
the commanders grade; third one medical Director
who shall also perform the duties Of attending sur
geon Of the post where the headquarters OF the COM
mander s established; fourth an officcr OF the Quar-
termasters and one Of the Subsistence Departments
may be designated az ch efs OF those departments at
any headquarters provided they also perform depot
or purchasing duties, but no additional ofncer wl
be allowed for that purpose without special au'
thority; flh an officer OF the Pay Department may
be designated as chief paymaster provided ne also
makes his proportion OF the payments WITHIN the
command; sixth, when an officer OF engineers or
ordnance is required temporarily for spechc duty
on the stan of division or department CON-
mander he Will be announced as such IN orders
from the Adjutant Generals ONCE and Will De re-
lieved or transferred by similar orders; sev enth'
officers belonging to the Inspectors or Judge Ad-
vocates Department, who have heretofore peen
assigned from the Adjutant Generals once wiz
continue as assigned, but no additional line ohcers
win be allowed for the duties OF those departments
All line officers now attached to the stan OF the
several headquarters, except those above desienated
In the first and second sections OF the order VIII be
Immediately relieved aud ordered to Join their regi-
ments and all staT oflcers now attached to the
headquarters Of division and department COM
manders not included in this order will be relieved
and ordered to report for instructions to the Adiu-
tant General of the army.
Abolition of Omces in tho Navy.
conference committee has been ordered on the
bill to abolish the rank Of admiral ana vice admiral
In the navy after the death resignation OF the pre-
sent incumbents. The result Of the con-
ference committee win probably be an
amendment to the bill, providing against
the promotion Of commodores to be rear
admirals 1t is complained that there are too many
rear admirals more than there are appropriate
commands for, and that the number should be re-
duced by deaths or designations as they may occur.
Reissue of National Bank Notes.
The Committee on Banking and Currency agreed
to-day to report bill providing for reissue Of the
national bank notes OF the denomination OF ten,
twenty fifty ana a hundred dollars. They also
agreed to insert q clause in the bill requiring
the work to be done In this city at the
Treasury Department. 1t has heretofore been
done by the National and Continental Bank Note
companies OF New York. Several gentlemen rep
resenting these companies have been here to op.
pose the b which has been agreed upon by the com.
mittee. The committee, however, after q careful
examination OF all the facts and figures relating to
the matter, came to the conclusion that the work
could be done cheaper and better at the printing
bureau Of the Treasury Department,
Annual Report Of the Patont Once.
Acting Commissioner OF Patents General Duncan
sent to Congress yesterday the annual report OF that
ONCE for the year ending with December last. The
amount received on applications for patents re-
issues, extensions, caveats, disclaimers, appeals
and trade marks was $603,T75. The amount re.
celved for copies OF specifications, drawings and
other fpapers was $46,559. The amount received
for recording assignments was $40, ,l22. Making a
total Of $685. 458. The total amount expended was
s667l47 which includes $4o4,143 paid for salaries.
On the 1st Of January balance remained In the
Treasury Of $64S,s55 The number of applicants for
patents during the year 1870 10, Ill The rum-
Der Of patents issued including reissues and designs
were 1881. or these there were granted to sub
jects Of Great Britain a49 France ss other foreign
subjects, 2O6.
Expectation of Distilled Spirits In Bond.
1t is understood that the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue Is in favor Of the passage Of export law
allowing the expectation Of all distilled spirits In
bond for payment Of tax, the same TO be shipped
from the place OF manufacture in bond to the export
bonded warehouse at the port OF entry, and from
which 1t must be exported in six months the exc.
cuton Of an expectation bond and paying the tax
the difference between the gauge Of the spirits at
the time OF expectation from that shown by the
original gauge, less such per cent for loss In
portation as the Commissioner may allow. On proof
OF landing In foreign port total destruction at
sea- drawback OF twelve and One-half cents per
pared already the Internal Revenue once to this
end winch VIII shortly find Its way into the hands
OF the Committee OF Ways and Means for introduc-
tion in the House at an early day.
Bonded Merchandise Duties on Gin and
The following is the joint resolution yesterday
signed by the Presdent:-
Resolved &c That all foreign merchandise which
arrives M at port Of the United States on or before
the 3lst day Of December, 1870, and not entered
transferred TO public store or bonded warehouse,
shall be entitled to the benefits Of the twenty sixth
taxes, and for otner purposes" approved July IA,
l6s0 the same such merchandise would have been
on or To To ns s
December 1870: provided that the owner Of such
sage OF this resolution, make application therefor
IN writing to the Collector OF the port at which such
And be it further resolved That said act is hereby
iurther amended by inserting the words 'herein"
w 1ne seGon thereof between the
words occur together in said section; and this
amendment shall take effect from and after January
/, 1871.
The effect OF this amendment is to reduce the
tariff on wniskey, rum and gin to two dollars per
gallon, the same as now paid on brandy.
Nominations by the President.
The following nominations were sent to the Senate
to-day
Thomas Adamson, Jr., to be Consul at Melbourne,
Cordova, Argentine Republic; Chester W. Greene to
be Collector Revenue FOR the First Mas
sachusetts district; John c. Abercrombie TO be Sur.
veyor or Customs at Burlington, Iowa; Charles F.
Swift, 10 be Collector OF Customs at Barnstabe,
Mass John g. Morrison, to be Collector Of Internal
Revenue in Colorado Territory.
Nominations Confirmed.
The Senate, in executive session to-day, confirmed
the following nomnations:-
Joshua D. Geddings to be United States Assistant
Treasurer at Charleston, s. O.; Thomas REYNOLDS
Pension Agent at Madison, Wis; John Han, Pension
Agent at Brooklyn N. Y.
NEW YORK CITY.