New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-09

Treasury Department were the cigar stamps reqou
Inv rho amendatory act OF March 3, 1863. A., "a.
The number stamps in their various forms for aus
TILED spirits ordered ron nno n recters STAMPS 2CoO
o00 Wholesale dealers stamps; lOOOCO STOCK on manu-
stamns. Q 600 900 warehouse stamps.
AZ The date of this report Nov 2 there had been sent
10 collectors taxpaid stamps 46O0G rectlhers slamI
stamps, 433,GOO; warehouse stamps 10000. ., 40.
The stamps for tobacco snuff ana cigars unoe oI Rank
Note Company of NewYork at prices varying WIN inc
kinds and amounts required. Their use Is 10 DO CUM
menced the 23d of the present month. o.. ,,oo
stamps are printed upon tinfoil wrappers for ounce
and hafounee packages of neGuth % mon
fo in the United States. at charge OF IA cents per
1000: .,, .h r.aosurv bui,dinp are pre-
nnred under written contracts and the direct speeto
Of an agent of this Bureau. The performance Oh ho
secured in each case; In that OF Butler carpenter ny
deposit OF United States securities VIII s"o ed
Treasurer, and in other cases Dy pohu' WIZ"
suretes. -s ,xn ATTORNEYS
II ia the duty of District AttOrneys under lhe ACT
March, 1867 make report to TINS onide t az e ~
every term of Court OF suits me- United States is
nnrv The times ard character OF these reports prevent
the distribution OF the sns @ 9owng statements are
breTed to be measuraby correct for the year 1868:
Number Of suits brought IN Federal 0oaIs, rs. 229l
5saod and sSs 100
Judgments recovered PIoeeednfs iGl og more than Que
a9
Some Of as9g, .ci IN favor G United ss9
Number Of suits decided against United 81
Nnmber osn.ts settled dismissed OK
Number Of suits pending JAY 1862 7a1 AZ
Amount recovered IN suits IN eIe Of
Gnonnt eoecle from and paid into e"uA''
Proceeds 81 paid into Court
with the exception of division OF the southern Ju
dcia District of New York, ana the va ,o
eastern as a new judicial district the feue.hl
main as they before the outbreak Oh me ~
The proceedings growing out oil INC olsu'.io o,,id
national banks ana the issue OF nail9nal euincS
alone have almost clogged the already scarcely aueqao
,ndicaI machinery In some ocaltes aud since revenue
eases and proceedings IN bankruptcy nave peen ti
the calendars been enlarged tat III Tue
business ooners speedy determination Vi "Co"o'''N
cause has been hardly expected ,.-,, .,.a,oh
Considerable relief formerly oouhneu ul.ousu
terms which held by judges from aulQlhlng
whose own dOckets comparatively hsht ~! ~
Nc te Government OF expenses incurred by judge Wio
sitting outside his district Is 10" IN
Judges naturally decline TO UNDERTAKE eA,a y, ,'t
creased cost To themselves Although the old system may
have been liable to some abuses, respectfully SUNNI.
that tie advantages 20 the Government lar Out"csue
the peeunary loss and that unless some iauVHt
I'm e OrgauzaOn OF the courts be maze IL VII Dc
IN return 10 the system under which judges were "hB
" stofed I'm NV last report the statutes should DO
the attorneys and marshas 10 report 10 TINS ohtc %
among other things may learn OF the distribution VI o
nroceeds Of every suit The fccb OF district alOIne! =
believe should he modified 20 as TO give ArHer
saton than now for the faithful prosecution OF cllnn
proceedugs It's through these aud the lbtlohlhcn'
OF offenders, rather than from penalties ana
that the laws can be successfully Nlhuoa'ou w" WV "
enue more fully collected.
The mower Of compromise has been exercised WIN gTcat
care aud only upon the accommodation Ol wv oV he
nue. officers or district attorneys, ana lhe appFoN o IN
Secretary OF the Treasury. No alleged Violation Ny
been compounded except upohlh opiun VI
Coverrnen Mt attorney that the Oncnse was TECHNICAL UT
couid not be proved 10 the jury. -. $50.
The number Of cases compromised during lhe 9e"A was
$50. sroot1s7
Assessed penalties tsrd BY 50 On GO