The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-10-17

The OH Painting In the Dcnd Letter ONCE
Claimed.
Publication was recently made tina. among number
Of articles forwarded the Dead Letter Office from
armies in the South toward the end Of the
an oil painting representing two children feed
ing . horse. aud that the painting would 10
restored to tho owner upon satisfactory proof.
This morning response tho received from
Columbia. s. C. IL appears the portraits arc OF two
children now deceased, ana Il is said its loss
deeply felt than that Of all their large property
which was swept away by the war. Tho painting wil
be At restored them BY Third Assistant Poss.
master Gerey.
Collector Of Customs mt Saimrin. Texas.
Tho President has appointed Jas. W. Hancock Collector
Of Customs for saluria Texas vice Charles Taylor, de-
ceased Mr.. Hancock is an old resiops OF Texas and
served a. . soldier In the Union army during the
Opinion Of the Attorney General ON Certain
Questions Of Revenue.
At the request OF the Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue the Secretary Of the Treasury submitted the
following question TO tho Attorney General for his
opinion =
First whether railroads ed exclusively by State
and operated by agents fall within provisions Of
tho Internal Revenue Of June 40 1854 which pro-
vides "1hai evory person. trim, company, or
ton owning or possessing or having the care or man
agement OF any railroad canal steamboat ship barge,
canal boat other vessel. Stage coach, or oher
vehicle engaged employed In the business OF trans
porting passengers MIRO
he mails OF ihs United states or any cana, the
water OF which IN used for mining purposes
shalt be subject TO and pay duty Of two and
half per ccntum upon tho gross receipts OF such
railroad. Section l03, further provides that any
railroad, canal, turnpike, canal navigation or siacx
water company, indebted for any money which bonds
or evidence of indebtedness been issued pay
able years after date, upon which interest
has been stipulated to be paid. or coupon Representing
the interest, any sucn company that may have
declared any dividend IN scrp or money due or
10 us stockholders part OF the earnings profits
come gaIns VI such company, and pronts Of
company, carried 10 the account Of any fund used
for construction shall be subject tn aud pay ot
coupons, dividends profits whenever the sliai
be payable.
Sse.uos l22-secoad--whstbe articles manufactured
by convict labor In the pentehtiary prisons Of .
State, for The State como Within the nineteenth
ton OF The act OF June 20, 1894 wh,oh declares
there shalt 10 levied collected aud paid certain duties
upon articles goods, and merchaudis, there
matter mentioned which snail Be produced sod sold
manufactured or made, sold or be consumed or used
BY the manufacturer OF producer thereof OF removal
for consumption Tor delivery TO others than the agents
OF the manufacturer or producer within ihe Unit I'd
States or territory thereof.
The Attorney General has given ~ his opinion that
State embraced by the decsralovy clause Of
ton a. OF tho Of July H. 1856, oh c follows
And any words any and all parts OF this act and OF
all which this additional indicating or referring
70 person person shall DO taken 10 include
partnerships Grms, assocIatons, body corporais
or polite, or any o.ne, parry woa.so'vsr
compatible with the interest thcro,f and that ncthsr
railroads owned by the State, tho pross earnings
thereof the profits accumulated therefrom the
dends paid upon their bonds articles manufactured
BY COW labor In the psntentiary OF state for the
to either under the act OF 1894 any other VI
tbs internal revenue.