Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-11-04
LATE ~ EWS
HE T-EEEGFGssTEs.
WASHINGTON.

Warrington. Roy. 9.--'Fle mount Of
Fractional currency issuel FROM The Printing
bureau during be week was s52 so FIR
var.iet. hence 20 United States Gepos.tories
Elk Chicago. sle1G0 - NatiDr.g Il .nks
ava osusfs, sls2,00e National Bark cur
rem received aud Destroyed, s35 100.
0siers iave been isssed from lhe Navy
Department to iesy Atmifai ii X Hcn. TO
hold himself "A READINGS 70 take command
u tic North Atlantic squadron in the eiriy
POI; 81 December, thus releasing Admiral
Palmer.
Commissioner Eoliins has given an i'm
p1Ttant aecisi =. i. 4. Ia reply - q Letter
from Collector Stokes, of New YORK city,
relative 10 the an,icireted Procedure for
the forfeiture { ( epiri;s in bond. in which
he saws that, alter careful consideration 81
the subject ia all its bearings, l AN fully
nersusded that 20 allow the forfeiture of
spirits which have been properly en-
tered In bond would be contrary
20 the true meaning oi the statute.
There is but single question 10
The statute where spirits in bond are dis
,inctly and specially referred 10 as subject
TO forfeiture, and in this case the language
is that the person who shall in the manner
Indicated violate the law shall forfeit all
property IN such spirits. lie referred 70
other sections of the law which provides in
more general terms for the forfeiture OF
spirits, and says they DO not contemplate
that the spirits whose forfeiture Is pre-
rourCc1 viii he found in the bonded ware
house. ana Ia NV judgment there are
weigh,y reasons wby SPIRITS ia IA bonded
warehouse should be proceeded against Tor
.or,citufe at bonds. II bonded warehouses
DO not secure places OF storage /. must be
our oiior. 10 make them do so. lie main
t.,is that il would be uns .fc 20 sell such
spirits and divide with the iniormers, be
cause the proceeds Will not alize tbs tax
which ought 10 have been collected
The opinion concludes by stating hat the
Secretary concurs IN these We've, and in
structions will be sent To distillers not to
proceed for forfeiture OF spirits held by
them, AS he prefers that culpri,s be pun
islied in some other way; that II u demand
he made for the delivery OF such spirits row
held, Il can only be by virtue of libel filed
prior To Instructions by the District Attor-
ncy, m which case they are requested TO
await further Instructions from him.
WASHINGTON, New ;;.-Receip,s Of inter
nal revenue for the week, $50. 13l 600
a. The pension Office, the whole number
IL claims received during October. original
increase o! widows, dc, were lsy OF in
dividuals 100; claims admitted. original in
crease of widows. &c, l,3l4 Of individuals
$50 Total number Of claims disposee OF
during the month go. On bounty land
division a warrants of 1G0 acres each were
issued thee Of i20 acres and one OF ~
acres.
The following order was to-day issued
rem the War Department
Officers belonging to stations in the South
who have been absent from their mmands
on account of tine yellow fever " III proceed
to Their stations in time 10 be present
thereat on the Both of this month.
| Regulations supplementary TO those from
the treasury Of Aug. Goth, 1867. series }.
| No. y, on the subject OF internal revenue
and bonded warehouses, have been prepared
under the direction Of the Secretary of the
Treasury with view To relieve tobacco and
| coal oil from many restrictions placed on
them by former regulations, which were
! desighefi for uisiill r. but can be dispensed
"lih Ia tn case q; Ca., 81 aud tobacco
7 VIII safety ana much lt.- - pense to DEALER.
! II !: stat.'i ~ I the a!eiapiiis 4 tsarlrs.
! ton railroad io.s paid up AL It's debts to the
2 GoIerfment, amounting &, liail million.
The announcement thai the retreBehment
\ reforms aifeady irau.ura,e;! In the War
y Depar ment ~ Con Grant VIII nDaunt t.
! I'VE million dol - pr anAur', hos attracted
muon inquiry. K pret.nr the payments at
J IL" li,usary on account o. scIyicc st ihc
4 y at pni c from Jan Isl To oct a0th, there
/ wns a.d. ~. 5jJW0, bounty. *lr.j 1900;
pnA'tes u ..,artmen', S}6 ~ ,00O,
s1hsistenee department, 4io,9ii ,uu. mis-
oelancnua, {2G,.S 01J; making "a total OF
$l09ed1,og0